He is the golfer who won 12 PGA Tour titles after breaking his arm so badly that it never healed properly

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The PGA Tour has played host to some incredible golfers throughout the years.

From Arnold Palmer, to Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods, fans have witnessed greatness at numerous times throughout the existence of the PGA Tour.

Those three golfers mentioned above had astronomical impacts on the game of golf in general, and all deserve huge credit for the behemoth that the game has become today.

However, there are many other less well-known golfers who left indelible marks on the game as well.

One of them in particular has a story that must go down in history as the most remarkable of all time.

Tiger Woods may have changed the face of golf, but one man did a lot of the groundwork, and his story is a truly unbelievable one.

Calvin Peete won 12 PGA Tour titles after breaking his arm

The legendary Calvin Peete sadly passed away in 2015, but he left a truly remarkable legacy behind.

When he was only 12, Peete broke his left arm and elbow after falling out of a tree.

Due to the fact that his family was so poor, he was unable to see a doctor and as a result, his arm and elbow healed incorrectly.

However, the amazing thing is that the way his arm eventually morphed into shape made his swing one of the most solid, consistent and repeatable motions on the PGA Tour.

Incredibly, he went on to win 12 PGA Tour titles after breaking his arm.

The biggest triumph of Peete’s career was winning The Players Championship in 1985, after he beat D.A. Weibring by three shots to lift the highly-coveted trophy after a truly exceptional performance throughout the four days.

He was the second African-American golfer to play in The Masters way back in 1980, after Lee Elder became the first in 1975.

It was the likes of Peete and Elder before him who opened doors for many young African-American golfers in the future to showcase their talents.

Peete’s incredible golf game and unbreakable spirit helped break down barriers of discrimination in the game of golf, and beyond.

And that is a legacy that anyone would be proud to leave behind.

Calvin Peete’s incredible driving stats and how his broken arm helped him

Peete was well known as the straightest driver in the game during his time at the top.

He led the PGA Tour driving accuracy statistics for 10 years straight from 1981 through to 1990.

To this day, he still holds the record for the straightest driving season on the PGA Tour. In 1983, he recorded an exceptional 84.55% of fairways hit.

That will more than likely never be beaten. The thing with Peete was that he was no slouch off the tee either, so what made him so accurate?

Well, the answer to that question, unbelievably, is the injury he suffered to his arm and elbow.

Due to his arm never healing correctly, he had limited mobility in his back swing, and his left elbow remained incredibly close to his body on his back swing.

This ensured that his swing was one of the most compact movements in the game. With his left arm tucked in close to his body, his swing followed more of an inside path on the backswing, and that allowed him to bring the club back to the ball in the perfect position time and time again.

What happened to Peete as a child was obviously a very harrowing experience and one that you wouldn’t wish on anyone.

However, it clearly ended up being the incident that made him who he was as a golfer, and he will forever be remembered for the transformative impact that he had on the game of golf.