Passages: Notable golf deaths in 2019

In 2019, the golf world mourned the loss of architect Alice Dye, Gordon Brand Jr., Dan Jenkins and several others.

Gene Littler holds the trophy he received after winning the U.S. Open in Birmingham, Mich., June 17, 1961.
Gene Littler. (File photo)

Gene Littler

Twenty-nine time PGA Tour winner and 1961 U.S. Open champion Gene Littler died in February at age 88 in his hometown of San Diego. Littler was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1990.