From the time he played out of St. Charles Country Club to win the Manitoba junior championship in 1954 and 1955 and added the Canadian junior title in 1955, George Knudson was destined to become one of the best golfers ever produced in Canada.
George went on to win eight events on the PGA Tour in an 11-year span from 1961 to 1972 and built a reputation as one of the best swingers in the game. He was a member of the Canada Cup team nine times and claimed low individual honors in 1966 and teamed with Al Balding to win the world team title in 1986.
In addition to his PGA successes, the Knudson record includes three Manitoba Open championships in 1958, 1959 and 1960. He won five Canadian PGA titles and was five times low Canadian player in the Canadian Open.
His greatest showing in the Masters championship was in 1969 he finished in a tie for second place with Tom Weiskopf and Billy Casper, one shot behind the winning George Archer.
George was inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame in 1986, Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1988 and he is an inaugural inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame & Museum Inc., September 29, 2003.