Departures

Tom Weiskopf

Professional golfer Tom Weiskopf, whose tall frame generated enough power to make him a perennial contender on the PGA tour throughout the 1970s, died Aug. 20 after a struggle with pancreatic cancer. He was 79. Weiskopf won the first of his 16 PGA tour victories in 1968, and notched his first of four second-place finishes at the Masters in 1969. He later won the 1973 British Open Championship in Scotland. Weiskopf remained close to golf even after his days as a serious ­contender waned, apprenticing himself to golf course architect Jay Morrish and becoming a course designer. Golf World magazine named Weiskopf its architect of the year in 1996.

Pete Carril

Famed basketball coach Pete Carril, who altered the game from his long-time perch at Princeton University, died Aug. 15 at age 92. In 1967, the 37-year-­old Carril began a 29-year run coaching the Princeton men’s basketball team to 514 wins. Along the way, the cerebral Carril developed his signature offensive scheme featuring constant motion and off-ball cuts known as the Princeton offense. The offense helped Carril reach the NCAA’s postseason tournament 11 times—advancing twice—and it also became a standard of high school ­basketball across the country. After retiring from collegiate basketball, Carril took his offense to the NBA, serving for a decade as an assistant coach for the Sacramento Kings.