Australian golf legend Jack Newton, who tied for second place at the 1980 Masters, and whose career was curtailed when he lost his right arm when he stepped into a spinning airplane propeller, has died, his family said in a statement.
“Dad was a fearless competitor and iconic Australian, blazing a formidable trail during his professional golfing career between 1971 and 1983 before his career tragically ended.
Newton, from Sydney, turned professional when he was 19, The Age reported.
His other top-10 finish in a major came the same year, when he tied for 10th place with Gil Morgan to finish 12 shots behind winner Tom Watson at Muirfield.
Newton and five friends had flown to Sydney to watch a cricket event, The Age reported.
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