Jim thorpe golf biography
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Jim thorpe golf biography
Jim Thorpe (golfer)
American professional golfer (born 1949)
Jimmy Lee Thorpe (born February 1, 1949) is an American retired professional golfer, who last played on the Champions Tour.[1]
Early life
Thorpe was born in Roxboro, North Carolina, the ninth of the twelve children of a fairway superintendent.
He attended Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland.
Professional career
Thorpe turned professional in 1972. He won three times on the PGA Tour in the mid-1980s. He has surpassed this at senior level by winning over ten times, including one senior major championship (the 2002 Tradition) and making the top ten of the Champions Tour's career money list in 2004.[2]
Thorpe's late success has been clouded by charges filed in federal court in Orlando, Florida, charging him with failure to pay $1.6 million in taxes between the years 2002 and 2004.
After his lawyer stated that Thorpe intended to plead innocent to the charges,[3] Thorpe ple