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A outspoken leader for diversity in the game of golf.
A beloved golf journalist.
A true son of Argentina.
A college golf coach who also won more than a thousand games in softball.
Six golfers and the coach of a small New Mexico college.
The world of golf indeed lost some true legends in 2022. Here’s a closer look at those we said goodbye to this year.
Bob Shearer
Bob Shearer of Australia at the 2007 Jersey Seniors Classic at La Moye Golf Club in St.Brelade, Jersey. (Photo: Phil Inglis/Getty Images)
Bob Shearer, who twice won the Australian PGA, died on Jan. 9, 2022, after suffering a heart attack, according to the PGA of Australia. “Bob was a giant of the game here in Australia in the ‘70s and ‘80s and I am just absolutely devastated that I have lost another of my great mates,” said PGA Chair Rodger Davis. “Bob and I travelled a lot together playing in Europe and as tough as he was to beat on the golf course you couldn’t find a better bloke to have a beer with after the round,” Davis said.
Tim Rosaforte
Tim Rosaforte at the Paramount Theater prior to the World Golf Championships – Dell Match Play at Austin Country Club on March 21, 2016 in Texas. (Photo by Chris Condon/PGA Tour)
Tim Rosaforte, who rose from a newspaper reporter to become one of the top American golf journalists, died Jan. 11, 2022, of Alzheimer’s Disease. He was 66. He was only the second person in his family to go to college, and he used that determination to become a sports writer and eventually one of the most popular announcers on Golf Channel and NBC Sports as golf’s first true insider.
Eduardo Romero
Eduardo Romero competes in the 2009 Open de France. (Photo: Mitchell Gunn-USA TODAY Sports)
From a Golfweek story published in 2002:
Raised in a farming town outside the industrial city of Cordoba, where his father toiled as an autoworker in the mornings and a club golf professional in the afternoons, Eduardo Romero is a true son of Argentina….
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