Sam Urzetta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSam Urzetta
professional golfer
Date of Birth: 19-Mar-1926
Place of Birth: Rochester, New York, United States
Date of Death: 08-Apr-2011
Profession: golfer
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Sam Urzetta
- Samuel Urzetta (March 19, 1926 – April 8, 2011) was an American professional golfer, best known for winning the 1950 U.S.
- Amateur.Urzetta attended St.
- Bonaventure University where he captained the basketball team and led the nation in free-throw shooting percentage as a junior.
- He was inducted into the St.
- Bonaventure Athletics Hall of Fame in 1969.In 1950, Urzetta won the U.S.
- Amateur over Frank Stranahan.
- The match went a record 39 holes (scheduled for 36), a record that still stands (although tied in 2000).
- He played on the U.S.
- Walker Cup team in 1951 and 1953.Urzetta turned professional in 1954 and played on the PGA Tour and then became the head professional at the Country Club of Rochester from 1956 to 1993.
- He was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Western New York Section of the PGA of America in 1986.
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