Dick Chapman

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Dick Chapman
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Richard D. Chapman
Born	(1911-03-23)March 23, 1911 Greenwich, Connecticut
Died	November 15, 1978(1978-11-15) (aged 67) Rancho Santa Fe, California
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
Status	Amateur
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	11th: 1954
U.S. Open	T21: 1954
The Open Championship	CUT: 1961
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1940
British Amateur	Won: 1951

Richard D. Chapman (March 23, 1911 – November 15, 1978) was an American amateur golfer. Time magazine crowned Chapman "the Ben Hogan of amateur golf".^[1]

Chapman was born in Greenwich, Connecticut.^[2] He was the 1940 U.S. Amateur golf champion. He was a member of Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, which was the site of his first major triumph. He remains one of only three players to have won a USGA title on their home course. He holds a place in the Masters Tournament record book for the most appearances (19) as an amateur, a distinction he shares with Charles Coe.

Although Chapman was quite the international player, winning the 1951 British Amateur, he also won state amateur championships in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and the Carolinas. He also won the prestigious North and South Amateur. At the 1958 U.S. Amateur, Chapman and his son, Dixie, both qualified, giving a rare father-and-son appearance.

Chapman's career was put on hold for World War II, where he served as a major in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After the war, Chapman picked up where he left off, with a string of victories in the British, French, Canadian, and Italian amateurs. Chapman is one of only two players (the other is Harvie Ward) who has won the U.S., British, and Canadian Amateur Championships.

"Blessed with a strong competitive spirit and an inquiring mind into the technicalities of the swing," reads the entry on Chapman in Who's Who in Golf. "Chapman not only played the game but wrote about it and worked at its many phases."^[2]

In the 1950s, Chapman collaborated with the USGA on a handicap format for foursomes play called the Chapman System.^[2] The system worked as follows: two golfers on the same team each tee off, then play the other's ball. From there, the team would play out the best shot.

Chapman played on the winning Walker Cup teams in 1947, 1951, and 1953.

Chapman's final success came in 1967 with a victory in the International Senior Amateur. A stroke in the early 1970s hampered his career, and he died in Rancho Santa Fe, California in 1978.

Chapman was inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame in 2001.^[3]

Tournament wins (16)

this list is probably incomplete

1934 Westchester Amateur
1936 Connecticut Amateur
1938 Connecticut Amateur
1939 French Open Amateur, New York State Amateur
1940 U.S. Amateur
1948 Golf Illustrated Gold Vase (England)
1949 Canadian Amateur
1950 Massachusetts Amateur
1951 British Amateur, New England Amateur
1952 French Open Amateur
1953 Carolinas Amateur
1957 Carolinas Amateur
1958 North and South Amateur
1960 Italian Open Amateur

Major championships

Amateur wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1940	U.S. Amateur	11 & 9	W. B. McCullough Jr.
1951	British Amateur	5 & 4	Charles Coe

Results timeline

Tournament	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T37
U.S. Open	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP	T50	DNP
British Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	R256	DNP	SF	R16
British Amateur	DNP	R16	R256	QF	DNP	QF

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	T19 LA	DNP	NT	NT	NT	T41	T14	T40 LA	50
U.S. Open	T36	T49	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP
British Open	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	1	R64	NT	NT	NT	NT	R16	R16	R128	DNP
British Amateur	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	2	R16	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T35	T20	T55	37	11	T53	T65	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	T21	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	54
British Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R32	R32	DNP	DNP	DNP	R256	R64	QF	R16	R64
British Amateur	2	1	R32	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962
Masters Tournament	CUT	CUT	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP
British Open	DNP	CUT	DNP
U.S. Amateur	R64	DNP	R32
British Amateur	DNP	-	-

Note: Chapman never played in PGA Championship.

LA = Low Amateur
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, 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

Source for The Masters: www.masters.com

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

Source for 1935 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 24, 1935, pg. 22.

Source for 1936 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 26, 1936, pg. 20.

Source for 1937 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 29, 1937, pg. 21.

Source for 1939 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 27, 1939, pg. 3.

Source for 1948 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 28, 1948, pg. 6.

Source for 1952 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 30, 1952, pg. 2.

Source for 1961 British Open: www.opengolf.com

Source^[4]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1947 (winners), 1951 (winners), 1953 (winners)

References

↑ Milestones. November 27, 1978. Retrieved May 24, 2011.
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Elliott, Len; Barbara Kelly (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. pp. 35–6. ISBN 0-87000-225-2. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
↑ Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame Members
↑ Past Champions at Winged Foot Golf Club - Members

v t e 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

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Persondata
Name	Chapman, Dick
Alternative names	Chapman, Richard D.
Short description	Amateur golfer
Date of birth	March 23, 1911
Place of birth	Greenwich, Connecticut
Date of death	November 15, 1978
Place of death	Rancho Santa Fe, California

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