Jack Burke Jr., the oldest living Masters champion who made the greatest comeback in history at Augusta National, one of the two majors, died Friday morning in Houston. He was 100 years old.
A member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, Mr. Burke also won the PGA Championship and was equally talented as a teacher.
He built the legendary Champions Golf Club in Houston and offered lessons along with his homegrown wisdom.
His death was confirmed by Houston Golf Association CEO and President Steve Timms, who met with Burke's wife.
Burke, a Texas native and World War II veteran, won the PGA Championship and Masters in 1956.
The last of his 16 career PGA Tour titles came in 1963, but his career was far from over.
He and Jimmy Demaret, another Masters champion, founded Champions Golf Club in 1957, a club built specifically for great players.
It was followed by the Ryder Cup in 1967, the U.S. Open in 1969, and three years of the Tour Championship, which Tiger Woods won for the first time in 1999.
Burke and Woods share a locker in the Champion Room at Augusta National.
