John Fischer (golfer)

John Fischer
— Golfer —
Fischer in 1934
Personal information
Full name	John W. Fischer
Born	(1912-03-10)March 10, 1912 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	May 25, 1984(1984-05-25) (aged 72)
Nationality	United States
Career
Status	Amateur
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	T27: 1932
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1936
British Amateur	T33: 1934

John W. Fischer (March 10, 1912 – May 25, 1984) was an American amateur golfer in the 1930s.

Fischer was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He won the 1932 NCAA individual golf championship and the Big Ten Conference individual championship in 1932, 1933 and 1935 while playing at the University of Michigan.^[1] He also won the 1936 U.S. Amateur.^[2]

Fischer played on the Walker Cup team in 1934,^[3] 1936,^[4] and 1938,^[5] and captained the team in 1965.^[6]

Fischer was inducted into the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1980 as part of the third induction class. Only one Michigan golfer (Chuck Kocsis) was inducted into the Hall of Honor before Fischer.

Tournament wins

this list may be incomplete

1932 NCAA Championship
1932 Big Ten Championship
1933 Big Ten Championship
1935 Big Ten Championship
1936 U.S. Amateur

Major championships

Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1936	U.S. Amateur	37 holes	Jack McLean

Results timeline

Tournament	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946
U.S. Open	DNP	T27	T43	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	QF	R16	R128	R128	1	SF	DNP	R32	QF	R64	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNQ
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	R64	DNP	DNP	DNP	R256	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1934 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 24, 1934, pg. 12.

Source for 1938 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 25, 1938, pg. 21.

NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
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

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1934 (winners), 1936 (winners), 1938, 1965 (non-playing captain, tie)

References

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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