Tony Lema’s First Masters Tournament

After Tony Lema fell in love with Betty Cline in 1962 he went on a hot streak finally breaking through for his first official PGA Tour event in Orange County. That victory, along with his stellar play that fall qualified him for his first Masters Tournament in 1963....

Lucious Bateman, Legendary Instructor to PGA Stars

In the early sixties, Tony Lema, on a rare break from the tour, pulled his car into his mother’s driveway. He had spent the morning running mundane errands around San Leandro, a suburb of Oakland, California. He spotted his nephew, Marc Matoza, an eleven-year-old, in...