Norman Von Nida

Norman Von Nida
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Norman Guy Von Nida
Born	(1914-02-14)14 February 1914 Strathfield, Australia
Died	20 May 2007(2007-05-20) (aged 93) Gold Coast, Australia
Nationality	Australia
Career
Turned professional	1933
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	44
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia	30
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T27: 1950, 1952
U.S. Open	T59: 1939
The Open Championship	T3: 1948
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Harry Vardon Trophy	1947

Norman Guy Von Nida (14 February 1914 – 20 May 2007) was an Australian professional golfer.

Von Nida was born in Strathfield and grew up in Brisbane. He turned professional in 1933, after attracting attention by winning the Queensland Amateur aged just 18. He became one of Australia's finest professional golfers, and the first Australian to win regularly on the British tour, although World War II certainly deprived him of competition during what might have been his peak years. In 1946 he travelled to Britain for the first time and finished second on the Order of Merit; in 1947, he returned and won seven tournaments and topped the Order of Merit.^[1] He was renowned for his short temper - at a tournament in 1948 he became involved in an argument with future U.S. Ryder Cup player Henry Ransom that resulted in the local sheriff having to pull them apart, and he was also known to hurl his putter into the undergrowth after missing putts, on occasions breaking or even losing them mid-round.^[2]

The PGA Tour of Australasia's developmental tour is named the Von Nida Tour after him.

Von Nida died in a Gold Coast, Queensland nursing home, aged 93.^[3]

Tournament wins (44)

1935 Queensland Open
1936 Queensland Open, New South Wales PGA
1937 Queensland Open
1938 Philippine Open
1939 Philippine Open, New South Wales Open
1940 Queensland Open
1946 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open, New South Wales PGA, News Chronicle Tournament (Britain)
1947 New South Wales Open, Dunlop Tournament, Star Tournament (Britain), North British Harrogate Tournament, Lotus Tournament (Britain), Penfold Tournament (tie with Dai Rees and Reg Whitcombe), Yorkshire Evening News Tournament (tie with Henry Cotton)
1948 British Masters, Spalding Tournament, Lotus Tournament, Daily Mail Tournament, Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open, New South Wales PGA
1949 Queensland Open, McWilliams Wines Tournament, Adelaide Advertiser
1950 Australian Open, Australian PGA Championship
1951 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales PGA, McWilliams Wines Tournament, Yorkshire Evening News Tournament (tie with Dai Rees)
1952 Australian Open, McWillians Wines Tournament, Ampol Tournament
1953 Australian Open, Queensland Open, New South Wales Open
1954 New South Wales Open
1961 Queensland Open
1965 North Coast Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T59	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	T4	T6	T3	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T27	DNP	T27	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	43	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T20	DNP	T9	DNP	T35	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP

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

Note: Von Nida never played in the PGA Championship.
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

Canada Cup (representing Australia): 1956

References

External links

Norman Von Nida at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
Life membership on PGA Tour of Australasia
Bio on Malaysian Golf Assoc. website
Farewell to the Von - obituary