Tony Lema, a native of Oakland who joined the PGA Tour in 1957 and won the 1964 Open Championship, was inducted into the Northern California Golf Association Hall of Fame during ceremonies on Thursday ...

LANSING | The sight of a small airplane circling the sky above what was known as the Lansing Sportsmen's Club and flying east toward Indiana on July 26, 1966, puzzled Joanne Parkhill. She wondered why ...

On July 24, 1966, a plane carrying pro golfer Tony Lema crashed onto the seventh green of the Lansing Sportsman's Club along the Lansing-Munster border. One wing touched down, then the plane flipped ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. In 1963, Jack Nicklaus, at 23, becomes the youngest golfer to win the Masters, beating Tony Lema by a stroke. See more sports ...