Francis G. "Bo" Wininger - Summit View Cemetery - Guthrie, OK
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N 35° 53.818 W 097° 24.338
14S E 643889 N 3973695
Pro Golfer who took 4th place at the 1965 PGA Championship
Waymark Code: WMFRAF
Location: Oklahoma, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2012
Views: 3
The final resting place of "Bo" Wininger is at the west side of Guthrie's Summit View Cemetery. His is an upright marker, with crossed golf clubs at the center bottom, and a golf ball placed on a small green.
From wikipedia:
Francis G. "Bo" Wininger (November 16, 1922 – December 7, 1967) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s.
Wininger played on the same high school football and baseball teams in Commerce, Oklahoma as future Yankee great Mickey Mantle, albeit a few years before Mantle came along. He attended Oklahoma State University.
Wininger served in the United States Naval Air Corps during World War II. He turned pro in 1952 and joined the PGA Tour in 1953. After winning three times in the mid-1950s, he quit playing the tour full-time in 1959 to take a job in public relations. He returned to his winning ways in the early 1960s, winning the Greater New Orleans Open Invitational in 1962 and 1963 and the Carling Open Invitational in 1962.
Wininger had several runner-up finishes on the PGA Tour in addition to his six wins; these include a 2nd or T-2 finish at the 1957 and 1959 Canadian Open, the 1959 and 1960 Dallas Open Invitational, and the 1959 San Diego Open Invitational. He was the first back-to-back winner in the modern history of the New Orleans tournament. His best finish in a major was 4th place at the 1965 PGA Championship.
He died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 45 after suffering a stroke that left him paralyzed on his right side.
Description:
Pro Golfer in the 1950 and 1960's
Date of birth: 11/16/1922
Date of death: 12/07/1967
Area of notoriety: Sports
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Sunrise to Sunset
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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