OAK BROOK, Ill., June 27 AB)—Lee Trevino and two other golfers were struck by a lightning bolt and hospitalized today during the second round of … That’s when five professional golfers were struck: Jim Ahern, Jerry Heard, Tony Jacklin, Bobby Nichols and Lee Trevino, They were lucky to survive, though in some cases the injuries were career threatening if not career ending. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events over the course of his career. Still, at 36, he recovered enough to win nine more PGA Tour events, including his second PGA Championship (sixth major) and 26 Senior Tour events from 1990-95. Last week in Montreal he said, "It's like digging up the dead to ask them, 'What did it feel like when you died?' Lee Trevino won the first of his consecutive British Opens in 1971 at Royal Birkdale. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. He was struck by lightning twice more during his career. PGA golfer Lee Trevino was famously struck by lightning during the second round of the Western Open at the Butler National Golf Club in Oakbrook, IL on June 28, 1975. Trevino stays in good health by running on a treadmill, lifting weights and doing plenty of upper body stretches. Lee Buck Trevino (born December 1, 1939) is an American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. I … Filed Under : Lee trevino , Struck by lightning He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. https://www.golfchannel.com/video/lee-trevino-talks-about-being-struck-lightning Don't take it as advice, of course (it's the opposite of what golfers should do if lightning is around ), just enjoy the humor about how hard it was to hit a 1-iron. "If you are caught on a golf course during a storm and are afraid of lightning, hold up a 1-iron. A poor boy at the start, playing a rich man's game. Lee Trevino went on to win nine more titles on the PGA Tour as well as 29 titles on the Champion’s Tour. Quotations by Lee Trevino, American Golfer, Born December 1, 1939. I got hit. And although highly unlikely, there is the risk of animal attack. Golfer Lee Trevino has been struck by lightning 3 times, including once while playing in the 1975 Western Open..!! Ironically, Lee Trevino—the most celebrated golfer to be struck by lightning—may also be getting weary of the honor. The line about lightning is a comical take by Trevino, who was badly injured when he was struck by lightning during a 1975 PGA Tour event. He is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame. Actually, it gets sickening, a little, this talk about lightning. The odds of being hit by lightning in your lifetime are 1 in 300,000 thousand. Since 1975, several dozen people have also died on the golf course from being struck by lightning. That’s what someone does after four back operations including one to implant steel rollers, plus screws placed in his throat and thumb after being struck by lightning in 1975. Trevino (along with golfers Jerry Heard and Bobby Nichols) was struck by lightning during play in the 1975 Western Open. Lee Trevino was sitting under an umbrella with Jerry Heard at the edge of a marsh on the 13th hole of the Butler National Golf Club. An avid talker on the course, a near-loner off it. Share with your friends.