Shell's Wonderful World Of Golf 1970 | George Knudson vs Roberto De Vicenzo (Improved Audio)

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A lovely match between George Knudson and Roberto De Vicenzo, from Shell's Wonderful World of Golf. Played on the St. Charles Country Club in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada.
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@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Round starts at 5:48

@mikewalker1885 2 жыл бұрын

These Shell programmes are truly wonderful thanks for posting.

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the comment

@donaldschmidt2990 6 ай бұрын

One additional comment, I love what Greendistantstar said about Knudsons cut stinger off the deck with his persimmon wood and balata golf ball!! It's great to see people who appreciate true GENIUS. And that's what George Knudson was. In all upper case. Had Knudson putted at all I believe he would have outdone every playervof that era, but Nicklaus. The Bear was Untouchable. A bullet-proof hide. Everyone else was fair game.

@FabrisFanatic 3 ай бұрын

9:39 "And if there is any weakness in George's game I believe it's the little short putt." Such truth. Knudson was the man with a million dollar swing and a 10 cent putter. 😞

@richyclubsport5155 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, George particularly took the club inside and up, slightly over the top on downswing, frowned upon nowadays, so simple and effective. Brilliant footage, could watch these old videos all day

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Yea these old shells matches are fantastic. Thanks for the comment Richy

@murrayculix 10 ай бұрын

None of these guys are over the top. The do not cove over the shaft plane at adress. You midwits need to stop . It only looks over the top to you cause he takes the club on the inside during his backswing. Do as a favor and quit golf.

@johnmule9419 8 ай бұрын

Watched George play many times at our New Orleans Tour stop in the 70's. Always a pleasure watching his action. The great Ben Hogan loved his swing and I can see why. There's a lot of Hogan in George's technique. Simple and on-plane every time like a machine. Addressed every club off the toe and had a powerful lateral move through the ball. Thanks for posting this!

@alpistor 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks again! Can never see enough of Knudson's swing.

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

It's a pureness like few others ever achieve.. Thanks for the comment Al.

@dmathebest8177 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful color for a 50 year old film. Great to spend an hour in winter with two legendary golfers from my youth, as well as colorful Jimmy Demaret! Thanks for the video!

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Jimmy is always great on the commentary. Thanks for the comment!

@donaldschmidt2990 Жыл бұрын

What an artist Geirge Knudson was with a golf club. He missed at least five putts in this match from inside six feet. It's astonishing this man won 9 times as a nickel and dime putter! Easily top five ball strikers in his era. Even Lee Trevino raved about his genius as a shotmaker. Had he been even a respectable putter, this man would have won 30 to 40 tournaments. Beyond a doubt. As for the great Roberto, his power off the tee was astonishing. Imagine him with modern equipment on these billiard table fairways. Next to Ben Higan and Sam Snead he was probably the best player of that era. Beautiful players to watch. Much more elegant than today's slashers.

@extrememetaldrummer1 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this. Thank you so much!

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it my friend

@willielarsson9651 2 жыл бұрын

A beautifully short and compact swing, perfect for replicating shot after shot. I'm ashamed to say I've never heard of this chap, but I will definitely look out for more info. Thanks for posting.

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and good luck with your game!

@thebigleone1066 2 жыл бұрын

I was there in 1970. So cool. Thank you for the upload.

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! thanks for the comment my friend

@christopherfranklin972 2 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for uploading this match which I had not seen before,such a pleasure to watch the effortless power of de Vicenzo's swing!

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

It's a beautiful swing. He seemed like a really great guy as well. Cheers

@buffaloben15golf88 11 ай бұрын

His wedge swing is so rock solid.

@AtEboli Жыл бұрын

I love the sweaters they wore back then. Especially the baby blue one Demaret has.

@mvitti21 9 ай бұрын

That was a very enjoyable match. Thanks for uploading it.

@GreenDistantStar Жыл бұрын

His tee-to-green game was exquisite. If George could have putted, he would have captured a Major or two, I'm sure.

@coophandluke3697 2 жыл бұрын

Used to watch shell golf in the 60s, good stuff

@robsaxepga 8 ай бұрын

These guys are stinking it up! And yet, they're still scoring well. Lots of wind.

@TrevorStymie 8 ай бұрын

Yeah it was an interesting match for sure

@hannesnell3897 2 жыл бұрын

George's swag is out of this world!

@GreenDistantStar 2 жыл бұрын

That ball-flight at 7:20 is insane. A balata off the deck with a persimmon wood driver to create a fading stinger? Get outta here.

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Love that clip man!

@matthewoberton1830 2 жыл бұрын

Notice Roberto's glove is black on the back of his hand and white on the palm side. This was for sure a visual aid in forming his grip.

@bitemenow609 11 ай бұрын

Knudson had a fantastic swing. It was simple and efficient. He was a poor putter. But he won a lot during his day.

@kingward8426 2 жыл бұрын

All the greens of this era appear to be slow - based upon these broadcasts. Too bad Knudson wasn't a better putter.

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

Much slower indeed my friend

@marcusdolby1 Жыл бұрын

Jack Nicklaus said he has never seen a better fairway wood player than George Knudson.

@dallaz7048 Жыл бұрын

George was a great shot maker with the clubs they had to work with those days. George could draw or fade the ball like Hogan

@douglasthompson9482 10 ай бұрын

Better days and society…..I remember it well. Great golf too, playing for next to nothing. Take me back to those golden days. Poor George had a horrible short game.

@chrissnape9537 Ай бұрын

Roberto looks a little like John Rahm

@coeenc123 11 ай бұрын

relaxing music at the start.Anyone know the names?

@donaldschmidt2990 6 ай бұрын

People knocking the distances players of that time were hitting the ball are just ignorant. These guys were hitting persimmon WOODS (ACTUAL WOOD) AND BALATA GOLF BALLS. The modern ball is the real culprit in the insane distance the current players hit their shots. Give any of the top players of that era modern equipment, and they'd be hitting the ball through the ozone layer!! Jack Nicklaus, in particular, would have bombed the ball right past Tiger Woods. Or anyone else!! In terms of golf swings, DeVicenzo and especially Knudson rank with the greatest that ever played. Golf was a tougher game to play in that era. Crap equipment, poorly manicured courses, and a bag of peanuts for player purses. There is no player on the PGA tour today with a better swing than George Knudson. NO MAN. If the naysayers making these ridiculous comments had half the swing this Maestro had, they'd be playing on tour. Bashing their tee shots instead of bashing these great players.

@TrevorStymie 6 ай бұрын

Well said and thank you for the comment.

@ag358 Ай бұрын

Yes, that's true and they had rough to contend with so most swings were 85% to keep in fairway. Lofts on irons were not as strong as today, an eight iron in those days would be a pitching wedge. Jacks 341 yard Drive at the PGA championship long drive contest was incredible with that ball and persimmon club head. That drive would've beat the winner of 2017 and 2019 PGA contests. And they used drivers with the frying pan on the end .

@donaldschmidt2990 Ай бұрын

@ag358 What everyone should realize is no one is bashing the marvelous players of today. So why does everyone put down the players of yesteryear, whose skills and finesse were mind blowing!! Who had it so much tougher than the country club existence they compete under now. We're not comparing apples to apples. The greatest of the past would more than hold their own against anyone today.

@ag358 Ай бұрын

@@donaldschmidt2990 anyone putting down players of the past doesn't realize how difficult scoring was, persimmon wood, balls that spin and clearly shorter, courses of seven thousand yards with real rough and sand that wasn't anything like the fluff they have today and traveling conditions like bus, car,train. They need to grow the rough, tighten landing areas,make bunkers a real threat. Bomb a drive down the fairway and miss into rough the players in the past dealt with and the term bomb and gouge would be bomb and oh hell. Yes they had to carve it around those great tracks and talk about Bobby Jones, he played a course in England around 6900 yards with a lot of penalizing for wandering drives and in those days with wood everything and you couldn't lift, clean and place it on the green,he still shot an incredible sixty six without holding any long putts. Yes, I agree with you.

@donaldschmidt2990 Ай бұрын

@ag358 One further comment, how many times do you see a player now bomb a drive 350 yards and then miss the green with his wedge? The trend toward pure power has harmed their games to the degree that they lose finesse. Rory McIlroy, for an extended period, struggled mightily with the short clubs. This cost him a shot at many more majors. Sam Snead, Lee Trevino, and Steve Stricker on today's Champions Tour are as precise as hitting a dartboard Bullseye from a foot away!! This is why Scottie Scheffler has turned today's tour into his private playground. A throwback to a day when players had all the shots. Not bomb and gouge, and bomb it over the green.

@graniteman62 Жыл бұрын

George Knudson, million dollar swing, 2 cent putter, shame he was a sub standard pga tour putter, he was so go at everything else

@coophandluke3697 2 жыл бұрын

George passed way to early

@dallaz7048 Жыл бұрын

Very sad, I had a 4 iron with a groomed grip into from him. I learned to stripe a 4 iron from that grip

@IndepenisDay 2 жыл бұрын

They stab at all their puts

@TrevorStymie 2 жыл бұрын

stab stroke

@john1959ism 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty common in the day.

@IndepenisDay 2 жыл бұрын

@@john1959ism wild, chipping looks similar too

@dougm659 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it remarkable how the audiences have changed since then? Nowadays the vast majority of spectators are at least 30 lbs overweight, back then everyone was slim! Well done McDonalds….how many deaths have you been responsible for?

@AtEboli Жыл бұрын

Maybe they were thin because they were all smokers!

@methshin1 7 ай бұрын

Back when we were a real country

@robertmcdonald7616 2 жыл бұрын

what awful greens

@seansack609 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like early spring in Winnipeg, unfortunately.

@TC..... 10 ай бұрын

Wow what an embarrassment! Drive of only 200-230 yards and absolutely no short game. This guys a pro?

@ag358 6 ай бұрын

That was just on a couple holes on 18 he hit it 275 most on this day was 270 or better except a couple holes. He was a very good player and could score and hit long. Look up other shell tournaments where he shoots 66. Its amazing they hit it 300 with thise small wood heads. Roberto had a 320 on 18. George was 270 on 18. Jacks 342 in 1962 at pga long drive before the championship started was incredible, at similar contests from 2017,2018, 2019. Jack's shot would've beat them all, one winner was bryson but he was short of Jack's blast.

@brianmcg321 2 жыл бұрын

This announcer is on drugs.

@IndepenisDay 2 жыл бұрын

Lol, def talking way too much

@nathanavery4681 2 жыл бұрын

@@IndepenisDay Winning the the Masters three times in 10 years is a powerful hit. Most guys never come back down

@dallaz7048 Жыл бұрын

You can talk when u won that much

@A-FrameWedge Жыл бұрын

Show some respect, Jimmy Demeret one of the all time great players, and very capable announcer. And this isn’t a tournament it is an exhibition match, the Wonderful World of Golf, and he and George Sarazen were great announcers in this series.