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Grant Waite

Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer
Grant Osten Waite (born 11 August 1964) is a New Zealand professional golfer.

Waite was born in Palmerston North, New Zealand. He has one PGA Tour victory, the Kemper Open in 1993, and finished second to Tiger Woods at the 2000 Bell Canadian Open.

Waite won the New Zealand Open and the Trafalgar Capital Classic in 1992, and the Utah Open in 1993. In 1996, Waite shot a final round 60 in the Phoenix Open.

Waite qualified for the 2015 Champions Tour by finishing second at qualifying school in 2014.

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Events on 1964

  • 6Mar

    Muhammad Ali

    Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
  • 26Apr

    Tanzania

    Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
  • 12Jun

    Nelson Mandela

    Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • 12Aug

    Apartheid in South Africa

    South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
  • 28Nov

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.