In 1984, at the unforgiving Winged Foot Golf Club, Frank Urban “Fuzzy” Zoeller did something unthinkable during the U.S. Open. Standing in the fairway on the 72nd hole, he grabbed a white towel from his bag and waved it high in mock surrender. He mistakenly thought Greg Norman had just drained a birdie putt to seal the championship. He was wrong. Norman had only saved par. But that spontaneous moment defined a man who refused to take the game too seriously.

That spirit is now gone. On November 27, 2025, Fuzzy Zoeller passed away at the age of 74 following a massive heart attack. Tributes poured in immediately. President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to honor a man he considered both a friend and a legend. Donald Trump recalls the Iconic “White Towel” Moment at Winged Foot.

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