Bob Rosburg, the golfer who became more

famous AFTER he retired from playing

Winner of the US PGA Championship in 1959, Bob Rosburg has died at his home in Palm Springs, California. He was 82.
Rosburg was a pioneer in the early days of TV golf commentating. He spent three decades with ABC Sports as the first reporter to call the shots from the golf course.
He had been battling cancer, but longtime friend Sal Johnson wrote on his blog that Rosburg died of head injuries after a fall.
Rosburg won six times on the US PGA Tour, his biggest victory coming at the 1959 PGA Championship when he rallied from six shots behind at Minneapolis Golf Club to beat Jerry Barber and Doug Sanders for his only major.
He had finished second at the US Open earlier that year, and a decade later missed a 3ft putt that would have forced a play-off in the 1969 U.S. Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston.
He achieved greater fame through television.
Rosburg, known as "Rossie" by his colleagues, was hired by ABC Sports in 1974. Instead of sitting in a tower, the network decided it needed a golfer to call the action from the course. Today, every network has on-course reporters.
Rosburg grew up in San Francisco playing golf at The Olympic Club, where at age 12 he defeated Ty Cobb in the club championship. He played baseball and golf at Stanford University, then turned to golf in 1953.
He won his first US PGA Tour event a year later, beating Bo Wininger by one shot in the 1954 Miami Open. His last victory came in 1972 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.