Player did not meet the minimum number of rounds requirement to be officially ranked. The rank indicated is the position the
player would be ranked if the minimum had been met.
Began playing golf at age 6. Father played in a business league while working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Notah would
tag along for the twilight, nine-hole competition. In summer would save spare change for bucket of range balls and then asked
head pro at Ladera Golf Course near his home if he could work at course for playing privileges...Most successful Native American
golfer, with four TOUR victories. Half Navajo, one-quarter San Felipe and one-quarter Isleta...In a continuing effort to honor
heritage, conducted a junior clinic in Philadelphia, MS, home to the Choctaw Indian Reservation, two weeks prior to the 2002
Southern Farm Bureau Classic. "I hope to sort of continue to help (Native American) junior programs along, and work with them
to increase the diabetes awareness within their community. These are some of the pivotal issues that are an integral part
of my agenda as reaching out to Native American groups."...Has putted left- and right-handed, depending upon direction the
putt breaks...Brother Clint caddied in his two 2000 victories...The movie, "Windtalkers," starring Nicolas Cage and Christian
Slater, tells the story of the 375 Navajo Indians recruited to help in intelligence during World War II. Begay's grandfather,
the late Notah Begay, was one of the Navajos recruited to assist the U.S. government. His grandfather was a radioman and was
stationed on the front line.
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