On This Day In Alabama History: Hubert Green Was Born In Birmingham

Alabama News Center | December 28, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200

December 28, 1946

Golfer Hubert Green was born in Birmingham. Named the 1971 Rookie of the Year by Sports Illustrated, Green went on to win 26 professional golf tournaments, including the coveted U.S. Open in 1977 and the PGA Championship in 1985. He is also a three-time member of the U.S. Ryder Cup Team, which represents the United States annually against a team of European players, and won each of his individual matches. Despite battling throat cancer in 2003, he remained an active player on the Senior PGA Tour until 2009. Green was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame and the World Golf Hall of Fame.

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