Complex sentence: He is remembered as a touring golf professional with a number of tournament wins and good finishes in golf major championships and as the first golf club maker to build and patent the forerunner to the modern perimeter-weighted or cavity back iron.
Split into simpler sentences: He is remembered as a touring golf professional with a number of tournament wins and good finishes in golf major championships. He was the first golf club maker to build and patent the forerunner to the modern perimeter-weighted or cavity back iron.