At 82, Littler hasn't lost swing that made him famous

pgatour.com 28 Feb '12, 3pm

At 82, Littler hasn't lost swing that made him famous

text size Chris Condon/PGA TOUR Don January (left) and Gene Littler at the Liberty Mutual Insurance Legends of Golf in 2010. Feb. 28, 2012 By Vartan Kupelian, PGATOUR.COM correspondent WORLD GOLF HALL OF FAME : Littler's profile Unlike some athletes who are burdened by having to live up to a nickname, sweet-swinging Gene Littler never had a problem with being called "Gene the Machine." "I appreciated that and I don't think it was a burden at all," Littler said. "It made me feel like maybe I'm OK." Littler was more than just OK. In his prime, he was one of the best and had the titles to prove it. Littler, a San Diego native, won 29 times on the PGA TOUR and added eight victories on the Champions Tour, including three of the first five tournaments in which he played. His first Champions Tour victory came at the 1983 Daytona Beach Seniors Golf Classic, and the eighth came in ...

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