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.

Jack Whitaker and Jim Nantz participate in a panel discussion at the CBS 2016 Winter TCA in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Associated Press)

Jack Whitaker

Legendary sportscaster Jack Whitaker, who landed on Normandy just after D-Day in World War II before becoming one of the signature voices during the iconic age of network TV sports coverage, died at the age of 95. But it was one word – “mob” – that got him booted from the CBS Masters telecast for six years. Whitaker was working the tournament in 1966 when he said something that upset Augusta National Golf Club chairman Clifford Roberts.