Fuzzy Zoeller's 1991 US Open at Hazeltine Contestant Badge - Mazzeo Collection
Available to the public for the first time is Fuzzy Zoeller's 1991 US Open at Hazeltine National Contestant Badge. Seven years after Zoeller's US Open victory, Zoeller used this contestant badge featuring the detailed center USGA Great Seal relief and his name below as an identifier on the course. This relic was used throughout the US Open play that year. As the accompanying pictures depict, there are signs of wear on the reverse consistent to that of usage and aging of this metal.
Hesitancy arose among the PGA Tour players when it was announced that for the first time in 21 years Chaska, Minnesota's Hazeltine National Golf Club would play host to the US Open again in 1991. Disgruntled 1970 US Open contestant Dave Hill gave his unfiltered opinion post-round that it was "80 acres of corn and a few cows." The tournament would prove to play out as the USGA intended it to, with an extra day of golf and a duel between tour stars and major winners Payne Stewart and Scott Simpson. Midwesterner, Springfield, Missouri native Payne Stewart outlasted 1987 US champion Scott Simpson in an 18-hole Monday playoff in the Minneapolis suburb for his second major in the region (first outside of Chicago at Kemper Lakes) and first of his two U.S. Open titles. His playoff round of 75 would be two lower than Simpson's. A triumphant fist pump from Stewart donning a red and white striped NFL Super Bowl shirt and one 'FORE' cleat off of the ground remains the memorable still from the tournament.
The Michael Mazzeo Collection
"Mike Mazzeo was my regular caddie for 18 and a half years. Mike was family. I’m supposed to tell Mike he can’t come to Augusta?” Fuzzy Zoeller didn't often mince words, and this time was no exception when speaking to the Augusta Chronicle on his 1983 Masters caddy choice. It was a telling response, and the feeling was mutual. "I laughed everyday," Mazzeo answered without hesitation when asked what it was like to loop for Fuzzy, whom he still refers to as either "The Boss" or even "The Pied Piper of Golf" three decades later. The relationship started in Zoeller's second year on tour in 1976 and lasted until 1995, with a year and a half break between 1980 and '82. Philadelphia-born, 'The Strategist' was "renown for his precision and expertise" as remembered by the CaddyBytes website in its review of the the games 'legendary caddies' for their "Haul" of Fame. Footage of the 1984 US Open at Winged Foot shows the young, visor clad Mazzeo in stride with Zoeller. The team out-dueled Greg Norman for that memorable feat and 7 others on the PGA Tour. Mazzeo labeled and kept everything his partner gave him, as Zoeller advised him to do saying it "might be worth something someday." Significant balls, flags, some gloves, bags with duck headcovers and even Zoeller's 1984 US Open winning, dated 'FUZ' clubs - Mazzeo's time capsule had it all. Finishing up his career, Mazzeo carried the bags of Curtis Strange, Mike Donald, Mike Reid, Ben Crane and more. Mazzeo then proved he wasn't done, notching a pair of 'W's' - one with both Reid and Crane. With an unmatched work ethic and sense of humility, Mazzeo was well respected by players and his peers while on Tour. In this auction we proudly offer The Mike Mazzeo Collection.
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