This is the page for Notah Begay. You know him. He's the professional golfer you pattern yourself after. The one where you go to the local course and try to narrate and play at the same time. Yeah, but this is where you can find info, and links that somehow involve Notah.

Notah Begay III, is a Professional golfer. He's the only full-blooded Native American to play pro golf on the PGA Tour, and Nike Tour in '98, and '99. He's a Navajo coming by way of Arizona. He played on the Nike Tour, and also on the PGA Tour. He has four wins on the PGA Tour, and is sure to add on to that statistic later on. Usually referred to as: "Tiger Woods, roommate and teammate in college".

Articles on Notah's 3rd & 4th PGA Tour victories are below. There is also another article covering the legend Lee Tevino that I recreated here because he makes reference to Notah and Tiger.

• Notah Begay Fansite: This is a site dedicated to Notah, and all he's done. Created by a fellow navajo, this site looks good and is certainly worth a visit. Their are some images displayed I haven't seen before? Stop by, and tag up the guestbook before you go on to the next site you visit.
  
  
• Great Golf 101:  Story about Stanford golfers in the days of 94-95. There is also a pic of Notah and fellow teammates too.
  
  
• ESPN Golf Online:  This is ESPN's part for Notah. It is mainly facts about his performance.
  
  
• PGATOUR.com:  This is the PGA Tour's site, and it's the starting point for Notah Begay's part of it.  It has some did you knows to start it off, and some stats.  It displays his bio and other stuff too.
  
  
• Navajo Times:  This is a story Navajo Times did on The Navajo Nation Council honoring Notah.
  
  
• Navajos.com:  This is a story Navajo Today did on Notah, and is on Navajos.com.
  
  
• Valley Native News:  I don't know if this is a fansite, or whatever.  There's his bio, and some stats on him here.  It also has his earnings too.

06/25/00 USA Today

Final results

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Notah Begay shot a 2-under-par 69 Sunday to beat Bob May and Chris DiMarco by one stroke and win the St. Jude Classic, his third PGA Tour victory.

Begay survived a shootout that had five golfers within two strokes of the lead with four holes left. But he avoided any major mistakes and finished with a 13-under 271.

It was his first win since last October at the Michelob Championship. It was also his first victory since spending seven days in jail last March for a drunken driving conviction.

May had led after the second and third rounds, but he lost his lead on the back nine Sunday with two straight bogeys. He finished with a 71 and was tied with DiMarco, who closed with a 69.

Pete Jordan (66), Russ Cochran (69) and Joe Ogilvie (70) all tied for fourth at 273. With a field that featured none of the PGA Tour's top money winners, Begay's experience as a two-time winner last year as a rookie made the difference.

Begay had to scramble for what turned out to be the clinching birdie on the par-5 16th. He hit his second shot into the rough right of the green about 20 yards from the hole. He chipped to 3 feet and made the putt to go 14 under.

He gave back a shot on the toughest hole on the TPC at Southwind course, the par-4 17th, when he again hit right of the green. With the pin on the far left, he settled for bogey.

May and DiMarco each had chances to force a playoff on the final hole, the par-4 18th. DiMarco just missed a 25-footer right of the hole for a birdie a group ahead of May and Begay. May, whose putter deserted him on two short par attempts when he bogeyed Nos. 12 and 14, pushed his 8-foot birdie attempt just left.

Begay, who had hit a 6-iron to 5 feet of the hole, then two-putted to wrap up the $540,000 winner's check, the biggest of his career.

He had struggled through the early part of this year after his arrest Jan. 20 for drunken driving in Albuquerque, N.M.

The man who won more than $1.2 million as a rookie last year finished tied for fourth at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in February. But he had missed five cuts in his 10 tournaments since then. His best finish was a tie for 15th at the MCI Classic in April and he was 22nd in last week's U.S. Open.

Begay added his younger brother Clint as his caddie a month ago, and that has made a big difference. Begay said he's having much more fun with golf even though his brother doesn't help with yardages or read putts.

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CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) - If Tiger Woods isn't careful, they might start referring to him as Notah Begay's college teammate.

Picking up right where Woods left off in the U.S. Open, Begay won the Greater Hartford Open on Sunday for his second consecutive victory on the PGA Tour.

Begay holed a 25-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a one-stroke victory over Mark Calcavecchia in the Greater Hartford Open, making the American Indian the first player to win consecutive tournaments since Woods won the final two events last year.

''It's beyond words for me. I'm real happy with my game. And after all the personal problems I've had, it's a pleasure to be playing golf again,'' said Begay, who won the St. Jude Classic last week in Memphis, Tenn.

Arrested in January for drunken driving and jailed for a week, Begay missed five cuts in 10 tournaments after that. Overcoming his personal problems and the death of a close friend this week added to his resolve to win Sunday.

He closed with a 7-under-par 64 to break the tournament record with a 20-under 260 total on the TPC at River Highlands. Brent Geiberger set the previous record of 262 last year.

After holing the winning putt, Begay ran off the green, his arms in the air when the putt dropped, mouthing the words ''this one's for you Ronnie,'' referring to his best friend's father, Ron Marks, who died Monday.

Calcavecchia, who lost his opening three-stroke lead early then tied Begay with a late eagle, just closed his eyes.

''I didn't think he was going to make it,'' said Calcavecchia, who moments earlier missed his birdie attempt by inches. ''I thought he was aiming too far to the right, but he had the ultimate speed on it. I just kind of closed my eyes... second again.''

Combined with his victory last week, Begay has picked up more than $1 million in earnings to nudge him near the top 10. The GHO, sponsored by Canon, paid Begay $504,000 for the win. It was his fourth victory in two years on tour.

Begay made short work of Calcavecchia's three-stroke lead. He birdied Nos. 2, 4, 5 and 7, rolling in putts of between 10 and 25 feet. He putts either left-handed or right-handed depending upon the break. The tournament winner came from the right side.

''I was lucky to be the one closest to the hole,'' Begay said. ''He couldn't really go for it, and it just gave me a green light to get a good read and give it a chance.''

Begay caught Calcavecchia on the par-4 No. 7 when he rolled in a 15-footer for birdie after Calcavecchia tapped in for par.

Begay made his biggest move on the shortest hole. Calcavecchia's drive on the par-3 No. 11 landed in the greenside trap on the 158-yard hole. He eventually bogeyed. Begay took the lead when he made a 2-foot par putt. He birdied the next hole for a two-stroke lead.

Both players drove the green on the 296-yard 15th hole. Calcavecchia's ball stopped 6 feet from the pin and he sank his eagle putt. Begay's drive rolled across the green and into the backside fringe. A chip and two putts later, they were all tied at 19-under with three holes to play.

''I was just trying to hit a good shot and get it on the green and make birdie. Just so happens I hit an incredible 3-wood in there,'' Calcavecchia said ''And he blew it by and I was surprised when he missed the finish.''

Calcavecchia, winless since 1998, picked up a $302,000 second-place check. Kirk Triplett shot a 67 to finish four strokes back.

Begay has credited part of his turnaround with using his brother Clint as his caddie, starting in May. Clint, two years younger and bigger at 260 pounds, has helped Begay relax by providing comic relief while on the bag. Notah Begay has joked that his brother won't get the caddies' usual 10%, but the family discount.

''I haven't even seen my paycheck from last week - he keeps telling me the check's in the mail,'' Clint said. ''But as long as he feeds me, I'm all right.''