Two-time major winner Fuzzy Zoeller was one of golf\u2019s most gregarious characters.<\/p>\n
The Indiana native was the last player to win the Masters on his first attempt, a three-man playoff in 1979 and he also won the 1984 US Open.<\/p>\n
However, Zoeller\u2019s life was changed when he made a racially insensitive joke about Tiger Woods in 1997, in television interview.<\/p>\n
Zoeller quickly apologised but the controversy festered and Zoeller later said he received death threats for years.<\/p>\n
Writing for\u00a0Golf Digest\u00a0in 2008, he said it was “the worst thing I\u2019ve gone through in my entire life”.<\/p>\n
Zoeller also won eight PGA Tour titles and a Senior PGA Championship.<\/p>\n
His fast play and easygoing nature endeared Zoeller to golf fans.<\/p>\n
Zoeller was given the Bob Jones Award by the USGA in 1985, the organisation\u2019s highest honour given for distinguished sportsmanship.<\/p>\n
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