Harvie Ward

Harvie Ward
— Golfer —
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
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
U.S. Open	T7: 1955
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA 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
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
Masters Tournament	DNP	T51	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	QF	R128	R16
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T35	T35	T21	T14 LA	T20	T8 LA	T34	4 LA	CUT	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T39	DNP	CUT	CUT	T7 LA	47	T26	T37	CUT
U.S. Amateur	R128	R32	R32	R32	R64	1	1	DNP	R16	R16
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	1	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R16	R64	R32
British Amateur	DNP	–	–

Note: Ward never played in the British Open or the PGA Championship.

LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
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
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

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)

References

1 2 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
↑ Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame members list
↑ Carolinas Hall of Fame to Honor Two Professionals
↑ www.masters.com
↑ USGA Championship Database

External links

Obituary
Harvie Ward at the PGA Tour official site

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 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 A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 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 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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