Herman Keiser

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Herman W. Keiser (October 7, 1914 – December 24, 2003) was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour who won the 1946 Masters Tournament. He was born in Springfield, Missouri and was the golf professional at courses in Portage and Akron, Ohio.

In 1942, Keiser interrupted his career to join the United States Navy, serving aboard the USS Cincinnati during World War II. He was discharged in 1945 and returned to play on the PGA Tour. Despite the long layoff, he earned second place finishes to Sam Snead at the Greater Greensboro Open to Buck White at the Memphis Invitational and twice to leading money winner Ben Hogan at both the Dallas Invitational and the Phoenix Open. However, he achieved golfing immortality at the 1946 Masters Tournament when he took the lead on the third hole and never looked back, defeating Hogan by one stroke to earn $2,500 in first prize money. The following year Keiser was part of the American team that won the Ryder Cup.

Herman Keiser retired in the 1950s having won five tournaments during his PGA career. He returned to live in Ohio where he purchased a driving range. He died in Akron in 2003 from complications of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 89.

1 PGA Tour wins (5)
2 Other wins
3 Major Championships
- 3.1 Wins (1)
- 3.2 Results timeline
4 See also

[edit] PGA Tour wins (5)

1942 (1) Miami Biltmore International Four-Ball (with Chandler Harper)
1946 (3) The Masters, Knoxville Invitational, Richmond Open
1947 (1) Esmeralda Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins

this list is probably incomplete

1939 Iowa Open

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner Up
1946	The Masters	-6 (69-68-71-74=282)	1 stroke	Ben Hogan

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Masters	DNP	DNP	T23	NT	NT	NT	1	T24	T10	T11
U.S. Open	DQ	T26	NT	NT	NT	NT	T38	DNP	T14	CUT
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R32	R64	DNP	NT	DNP	DNP	R64	R64	R64	R64

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	T14	T39	DNP	DNP	DNP	T56	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	R64	DNP	DNP	R64	DNP	DNP	R32	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	CUT	CUT	WD	45	CUT	WD	CUT	CUT	CUT	WD
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	CUT	WD	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982
The Masters	DNP	DNP	WD
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
DQ = Disqualified
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF, F = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.