Claude Harmon

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Claude Harmon, Sr. (July 14, 1916 – July 23, 1989) was an American golfer.

Harmon was born in Savannah, Georgia. He was the last ever club professional to win a major golf tournament, winning the 1948 Masters Tournament. He won the Masters by five shots and pocketed $2,500 for his efforts. Claude served as the pro at a New York area club, Winged Foot Golf Club, but in 1959, he was hired as the head professional at Thunderbird Country club where he served for the remainder of his career. Also in 1959, Harmon played in the U.S. Open that was held at Winged Foot. He died of heart failure in 1989 and is interred at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City, California. He died in Houston, Texas at the age 73.

His sons Butch, Craig, and Bill all occupy spots in Golf Digest's 'top 50 teachers' list. His other son Dick Harmon died in February, 2006 at age 58.

[edit] PGA Tour wins

1948 The Masters
1950 Miami International Four-Ball (with Pete Cooper)

Major Championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	18	T26	1	T11
U.S. Open	DQ	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	T15	T19	CUT	T8
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	27	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	DNP	T3	T33	T9	T3	T17

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	T32	T35	T14	T34	T53	T28	T46	T38	T9	CUT
U.S. Open	T38	T54	DNP	CUT	T15	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	T3
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T9	T33	DNP	T3	T17	T9	T17	6	T56	T38

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	T16	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT	CUT	WD	WD	WD	WD
U.S. Open	T27	DNP	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	CUT	T44	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

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