Ed Updegraff
| Ed Updegraff | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Edgar Rice Updegraff |
| Born |
March 1, 1922 Boone, Iowa |
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T44: 1966 |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Amateur | 7th: 1969 |
| British Amateur | T3: 1963 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Bob Jones Award | 1999 |
Edgar Rice Updegraff (born March 1, 1922) is an American amateur golfer and urologist.[1][2]
Updegraff was born in Boone, Iowa and descendant of the German Op den Graeff family. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Iowa and his medical degree from the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Unlike his father and brothers, who were otolaryngologists, Updegraff chose urology as a specialty.[1] He eventually settled into practice in Tucson, Arizona in 1951, partially because of the opportunity to continue playing golf there.[1]
Updegraff had a long amateur career, winning many tournament on a local, state, and national scale, including the Western Amateur (1957, 1959), Sunnehanna Amateur (1962), Pacific Coast Amateur (1967), and U.S. Senior Amateur (1981). He was a semi-finalist at 1963 British Amateur.[3] He played on three winning Walker Cup teams (1963, 1965, 1969) and captained the 1975 team to a win.[2] He also finished in a tied for 4th place at the 1969 Tucson Open on the PGA Tour but failed to sign his scorecard and was disqualified.[4]
Updegraff received the Bob Jones Award from the United States Golf Association in 1999.[5] He was inducted into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame in 1969[6] and the Iowa Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2006.[7]
Amateur wins
- 1940 Northwest Amateur
- 1941 Northwest Amateur
- 1947 Northwest Amateur
- 1952 Arizona Amateur
- 1954 Southwestern Amateur[8]
- 1955 Southwestern Amateur,[8] Arizona Amateur
- 1957 Western Amateur[9]
- 1959 Western Amateur[10]
- 1961 Southwestern Amateur,[8] Arizona Amateur
- 1962 Sunnehanna Amateur
- 1967 Pacific Coast Amateur
- 1969 Southwestern Amateur,[8] Arizona Amateur
- 1981 U.S. Senior Amateur[11]
U.S. national team appearances
- Walker Cup: 1963 (winners), 1965 (winners), 1969 (winners), 1975 (winners, non-playing captain)
- Americas Cup: 1963, 1967 (non-playing captain)
References
- 1 2 3 "Edgar Rice Updegraff, MD profile". William P. Didusch Center For Urologic History. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- 1 2 Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 189. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
- ↑ "Lunt, Blackwell In British Final". Reading Eagle (Reading, Pennsylvania). UPI. June 8, 1963. p. 6.
- ↑ "Trevino Wins Tucson Open". The News and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina). AP. February 24, 1969. p. 2-B.
- 1 2 Huffman, Bill (Fall 2012). "A Life Well Played" (PDF). AZ Golf Insider. pp. 16–21. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ↑ Rickard, Jack (October 17, 2001). "Arizona Golf Association Hall of Fame". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- 1 2 "Ed Updegraff profile". Iowa Golf Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 "Southwestern Amateur – Tournament Archives". Southwestern Golf Association. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ↑ "Updegraff Western Winner". The Spencer Daily Reporter. Spencer, Iowa. AP. August 26, 1957. p. 4.
- ↑ "Updegraff Cops Western Amateur Golf Tourney". Lakeland Ledger (Lakeland, Florida). AP. August 17, 1959. p. 8.
- ↑ "USGA Senior Amateur Championship - 1981". USGA. Retrieved January 6, 2014.