R.I.P

Major U.S. Golf Champion Dead at 74

President Donald Trump remembered Fuzzy Zoeller as “a truly remarkable person and player.”

The United States Golf Association (USGA) announced on Nov. 27 that golfer Frank Urban “Fuzzy” Zoeller Jr. has died at the age of 74. Zoeller won two major titles, including the 1979 Masters Tournament—on his first time competing—and the 1984 U.S. Open, which were mentioned in a post on Truth Social commemorating him by President Donald Trump, 79. “A truly remarkable person and player, he will be missed!” Trump wrote. USGA’s CEO, Mike Whan, called Zoeller “one of a kind” and extended his condolences to his family. In 1997, Zoeller was caught in controversy after he made a racially insensitive joke about golfer Tiger Woods during an interview with CNN. Eleven years later, Zoeller called the situation “the worst thing I’ve gone through in my entire life.” In 1985, he was awarded the USGA’s highest honor for exceptional sportsmanship in golf, and he has said about himself that he’s “not a great player” but “a damn good one.” Zoeller’s cause of death has not been made public.