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Heard of this guy?

Thomas Levet (born September 5, 1968) is a French professional golfer.

Levet was born in Paris, France. He turned professional in 1988 and won the French PGA Championship that year, but he had to wait for a decade for his first win on the European Tour, which came at the 1998 Cannes Open.

Notably, in 2002, he finished second at the Open Championship at Muirfield, being one of four players in a playoff. He had a good chance to win, but bogeyed the final hole of the four-hole playoff to fall into sudden death with Ernie Els, where he again bogeyed to lose to Els.

After spending 2003 on the PGA Tour, he returned to the European Tour in 2004. He claimed the most prestigious title of his career at the Scottish Open and ended the seaon 5th on the Order of Merit. In 2005, he returned to the PGA Tour.

He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Thomas Levet was a member of the 2004 European Ryder Cup Team, team which won the Ryder Cup.

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[Karan]

you won't believe this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Bies_%28golfer%29

Don Bies (golfer)

Don Bies (born December 10, 1937) is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on the PGA Tour and the Senior PGA Tour (now known as the Champions Tour).

Bies was born in Cottonwood, Idaho. He turned pro in 1957. Bies won the 1975 Sammy Davis Jr.-Greater Hartford Open, and is a 7-time winner of the Washington State PGA Championship. His best finish in a major was a T-5 at the 1968 U.S. Open. He last played on the PGA Tour in 1980.

After turning 50 at the end of 1987, Bies joined the Senior Tour, where his fortunes improved dramatically in respect to winning tournaments. He has won numerous events both on the regular Senior Tour and in non-Tour Senior events. These wins include a Senior major championship – The Tradition at Desert Mountain in 1989.

Bies is a member of the Pacific Northwest PGA Hall of Fame. He lives in Seattle with his wife of more than 50 years, Marylin. They have 3 grown children: Karen, Marcy and David; and 8 grandchildren.