Harvie Ward
Harvie Ward | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Edward Harvie Ward, Jr. |
Born | (1925-12-08)December 8, 1925 Tarboro, North Carolina |
Died | September 4, 2004(2004-09-04) (aged 78) Pinehurst, North Carolina |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
College | North Carolina |
Turned professional | 1974 |
Former tour(s) | Champions Tour |
Best results in major championships (wins: 3) | |
Masters Tournament | 4th: 1957 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | T7: 1955 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
U.S. Amateur | Won: 1955, 1956 |
British Amateur | Won: 1952 |
Edward Harvie Ward, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – September 4, 2004) was an American golfer best known for his amateur career. He is best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur (twice) and the British Amateur.
Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, Ward attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As a Tar Heel, he won the NCAA Division I individual title in 1949, and graduated with a degree in economics.[1]
Ward's win in the British Amateur came in 1952 (he finished runner-up in 1953), and his consecutive U.S. Amateur wins came in 1955 and 1956. He also won several other significant amateur events including the Canadian Amateur, making him one of two golfers to win the U.S., British, and Canadian Amateurs (the other is Dick Chapman). Ward is the only player in history to have won those three titles along with the NCAA Championship. He finished runner-up in the 1952 Western Amateur. He also won the 1977 North Carolina Open as a professional.
Ward played on three winning Walker Cup teams (1953, 1955, 1959), winning all six of his matches.
In 1957, Ward lost his amateur status, in a controversial ruling by the United States Golf Association, for accepting expense money from sponsors for golf tournaments. The ruling was reversed in 1958. His primary sponsor, Eddie Lowery, who was serving at the time on the USGA's Executive Committee, had incorrectly claimed income tax deductions for the money he was spending to sponsor Ward, one of his car dealership employees in the San Francisco area. Ward was unaware of this situation, and was not personally at fault. Following the ruling, Ward's life went into a tailspin, and he took several years to recover.[1]
Ward played in 19 professional majors. In 11 Masters Tournament appearances, he finished in the top 10 twice (4th in 1957 and tied for 8th in 1955), in the top 25 five times, and only missed two cuts. In the U.S. Open, he made the cut in five of eight appearances, including a tie for 7th in 1955.
Ward turned professional in 1974, and became a club professional and golf instructor. His best-known student was three-time major winner Payne Stewart. He worked at Foxfire Country Club, Grand Cypress Golf Club (Orlando, Florida), Interlachen Golf Club (Winter Park, Florida) and Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Southern Pines, North Carolina).[2] He played occasionally on the Senior PGA Tour from 1980 to 1990.
Ward was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame in 1965,[3] the Carolinas Golf Reporters Association - Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame in 1981,[4] and the Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame in 1996.[5]
Amateur wins
- 1948 North and South Amateur
- 1949 NCAA Division I Championship, Carolinas Amateur, Tournament of Golf Champions
- 1952 British Amateur, Dogwood Invitational
- 1953 Dogwood Invitational
- 1954 Canadian Amateur
- 1955 U.S. Amateur, San Francisco City Championship
- 1956 U.S. Amateur
Professional wins
- 1977 North Carolina Open
Major championships
Amateur wins (3)
Year | Championship | Winning Score | Runner-up |
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1952 | British Amateur | 6 & 5 | Frank Stranahan |
1955 | U.S. Amateur | 9 & 8 | Bill Hyndman |
1956 | U.S. Amateur | 5 & 4 | Chuck Kocsis |
Results timeline
Tournament | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 |
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Masters Tournament | T51 | T35 | T35 | T21 | T14 LA | T20 | T8 LA | T34 | 4 LA | CUT | CUT | |||||||||
U.S. Open | T39 | CUT | CUT | T7 LA | 47 | T26 | T37 | CUT | ||||||||||||
U.S. Amateur | QF | R128 | R16 | R128 | R32 | R32 | R32 | R64 | 1 | 1 | R16 | R16 | R16 | R64 | R32 | |||||
British Amateur | 1 | 2 |
Note: Ward never played in The Open Championship or the PGA Championship.
LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Sources: Masters,[6] U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur[7]
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Walker Cup: 1953 (winners), 1955 (winners), 1959 (winners)
- Americas Cup: 1952 (winners), 1954 (winners), 1956 (winners), 1958 (winners)
References
- ^ a b Frost, Mark (November 6, 2007). The Match: The Day the Game of Golf Changed Forever. Hyperion. ISBN 978-1-4013-0278-8.
- ^ Harvie Ward dies aged 78
- ^ "North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame profile". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
- ^ Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame members list Archived 2008-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Carolinas Hall of Fame to Honor Two Professionals
- ^ www.masters.com
- ^ USGA Championship Database Archived 2010-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Obituary
- Harvie Ward at the PGA Tour official site
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- 1896 H. J. Whigham
- 1897 H. J. Whigham
- 1898 Findlay S. Douglas
- 1899 Herbert M. Harriman
- 1900 Walter Travis
- 1901 Walter Travis
- 1902 Louis N. James
- 1903 Walter Travis
- 1904 Chandler Egan
- 1905 Chandler Egan
- 1906 Eben Byers
- 1907 Jerome Travers
- 1908 Jerome Travers
- 1909 Robert Gardner
- 1910 William C. Fownes Jr.
- 1911 Harold Hilton†
- 1912 Jerome Travers
- 1913 Jerome Travers
- 1914 Francis Ouimet
- 1915 Robert Gardner
- 1916 Chick Evans
- 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I
- 1919 Davidson Herron
- 1920 Chick Evans
- 1921 Jesse Guilford
- 1922 Jess Sweetser
- 1923 Max Marston†
- 1924 Bobby Jones
- 1925 Bobby Jones
- 1926 George Von Elm
- 1927 Bobby Jones
- 1928 Bobby Jones
- 1929 Jimmy Johnston
- 1930 Bobby Jones
- 1931 Francis Ouimet
- 1932 Ross Somerville
- 1933 George Dunlap
- 1934 Lawson Little
- 1935 Lawson Little
- 1936 Johnny Fischer†
- 1937 Johnny Goodman
- 1938 Willie Turnesa
- 1939 Bud Ward
- 1940 Dick Chapman
- 1941 Bud Ward
- 1942–1945 Cancelled due to World War II
- 1946 Ted Bishop†
- 1947 Skee Riegel
- 1948 Willie Turnesa
- 1949 Charles Coe
- 1950 Sam Urzetta†
- 1951 Billy Maxwell
- 1952 Jack Westland
- 1953 Gene Littler
- 1954 Arnold Palmer
- 1955 Harvie Ward
- 1956 Harvie Ward
- 1957 Hillman Robbins
- 1958 Charles Coe
- 1959 Jack Nicklaus
- 1960 Deane Beman
- 1961 Jack Nicklaus
- 1962 Labron Harris Jr.
- 1963 Deane Beman
- 1964 William C. Campbell
- 1965 Bob Murphy
- 1966 Gary Cowan†
- 1967 Bob Dickson
- 1968 Bruce Fleisher
- 1969 Steve Melnyk
- 1970 Lanny Wadkins
- 1971 Gary Cowan
- 1972 Vinny Giles
- 1973 Craig Stadler
- 1974 Jerry Pate
- 1975 Fred Ridley
- 1976 Bill Sander
- 1977 John Fought
- 1978 John Cook
- 1979 Mark O'Meara
- 1980 Hal Sutton
- 1981 Nathaniel Crosby
- 1982 Jay Sigel
- 1983 Jay Sigel
- 1984 Scott Verplank
- 1985 Sam Randolph
- 1986 Buddy Alexander
- 1987 Billy Mayfair
- 1988 Eric Meeks
- 1989 Chris Patton
- 1990 Phil Mickelson
- 1991 Mitch Voges
- 1992 Justin Leonard
- 1993 John Harris
- 1994 Tiger Woods
- 1995 Tiger Woods
- 1996 Tiger Woods†
- 1997 Matt Kuchar
- 1998 Hank Kuehne
- 1999 David Gossett
- 2000 Jeff Quinney†
- 2001 Bubba Dickerson
- 2002 Ricky Barnes
- 2003 Nick Flanagan†
- 2004 Ryan Moore
- 2005 Edoardo Molinari
- 2006 Richie Ramsay
- 2007 Colt Knost
- 2008 Danny Lee
- 2009 An Byeong-hun
- 2010 Peter Uihlein
- 2011 Kelly Kraft
- 2012 Steven Fox†
- 2013 Matt Fitzpatrick
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- 2017 Doc Redman
- 2018 Viktor Hovland
- 2019 Andy Ogletree
- 2020 Tyler Strafaci
- 2021 James Piot
- 2022 Sam Bennett
- 2023 Nick Dunlap
- † indicates the event was won in extra holes.