Hall of Fame

Hometown: New York Mills, N.Y.
Residence: Miami Shores, F.L.
Deceased (1917-1997)

Career Highlights

• Left arm was 10 inches shorter than his right due to a boyhood fall from playground equipment and an unsuccessful surgery.

• 2x winner of Utica City Championship (1939, 1940)

• 1945 North-South Amateur Champion

• Qualifying Medalist, 1940 U.S. Public Links Championship

• Won 11 professional tournaments

• 6x winner on PGA Tour

• 1947 Bing Crosby Pro-Am

• 1954 Phoenix Open

• 1954 US Open

• 1956 Miller High Life Open

• 1956 Rubber City Open

• 1957 Agua Caliente Open

• Played PGA Senior Tour

• 1954 PGA Player of the Year

• Played Ryder Cup (1957)

• Canada Cup (1955; individual and team winner)

• Played in 21 U.S. Opens, 16 Masters Tournaments, 13 PGA Championships, and one British Open

• Member of the Greater Utica Sports Hall of Fame (click here)

• Member of the METPGA Hall of Fame (click here)

• Member of the Michigan Golf Hall of Fame (click here)