Vic Ghezzi

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Victor J. Ghezzi (October 19, 1910 – May 30, 1976) was an American golfer. (Birth year sometimes listed as 1912) He won 11 times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1941 PGA Championship. He was selected for three Ryder Cup teams, 1939, 1941, and 1943 but each was canceled due to World War II. He was born in Rumson, New Jersey and died in Miami Beach, Florida.

[edit] PGA Tour wins (11)

1935 (2) Los Angeles Open, Calvert Open
1936 (2) Hollywood Open, New Jersey PGA Championship
1937 (1) Lake Placid Open
1938 (3) North and South Open, Inverness Invitational (with Sam Snead), Hershey Four-Ball (with Ben Hogan)
1941 (1) PGA Championship
1947 (1) Greater Greensboro Open
1948 (1) Dapper Dan-Alcoma Tournament

Major championship is shown on bold.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
The Masters	NYF	NYF	T25	8	T15	T8	T10	T12
U.S. Open	T45	DNP	CUT	20	T18	T20	T11	T29
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T17	T17	T9	T17	T9	T9	DNP	T17

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Masters	T39	T6	DNP	NT	NT	NT	T12	21	T18	T35
U.S. Open	15	19	NT	NT	NT	NT	T2	T6	T14	T37
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	T18	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T17	1	T17	NT	DNP	T5	T17	T3	T33	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	T14	WD	T30	WD	T29	T53	T29	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	T38
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T33	T9	T9	T33	DNP	T17	T65	T33	T56	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	T57	CUT	WD	T49	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	WD	DNP	DNP	WD

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10