Victors' Spoils
EVERYONE KNOWS the Masters has a champions' dinner, but less well-known is that the PGA has one too. At the dinner the previous year's winner gives all the past champions a gift, paid for by the PGA of America. This tradition, unique to the PGA, started only 10 years ago. Below is a list of the free booty past PGA champs have chosen to bestow on one another.
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YEAR | CHAMPION | GIFT |
2003 | Shaun Micheel | Les Paul Gibson guitar |
2002 | Rich Beem | Tony Lama ostrich boots |
2001 | David Toms | Alligator belt with a sterling buckle |
2000 | Tiger Woods | Four-time-zone clock (representing his four Tiger slam wins) |
1999 | Tiger Woods | A cigar humidor |
1998 | Vijay Singh | Wanamaker trophy replicas |
1997 | Davis Love III | Magnum of Beringer wine etched with champions' names |
1996 | Mark Brooks | Signed Leroy Neiman Winged Foot print |
1995 | Steve Elkington | A woman's bracelet from Gerrard's of England |
1994 | Nick Price | Autographed print of Ben Hogan |
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GARY BOGDON (ALL GIFTS)
2002
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GARY BOGDON (ALL GIFTS)
2001
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GARY BOGDON (ALL GIFTS)
1997
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GARY BOGDON (ALL GIFTS)
2000
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GARY BOGDON (ALL GIFTS)
1999
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GARY BOGDON (ALL GIFTS)
1998