Ed Updegraff
| Ed Updegraff | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Edgar Rice Updegraff | ||
| Born | March 1, 1922 Boone, Iowa, U.S. | ||
| Died | December 23, 2022 (aged 100) Saddlebrooke, Arizona, U.S. | ||
| Sporting nationality |  United States | ||
| Career | |||
| Status | Amateur | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | T44: 1966 | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Amateur | 7th: 1969 | ||
| British Amateur | T3: 1963 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Edgar Rice Updegraff (March 1, 1922 – December 23, 2022) was an American amateur golfer and urologist.[1][2]
Biography
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Updegraff was born in Boone, Iowa, and is a descendant of the Dutch[3] and German Op den Graeff family. He was a direct descendant of Herman op den Graeff, mennonite leader of Krefeld, and his grandson Abraham op den Graeff, one of the founders of Germantown and in 1688 signer of the first protest against slavery in colonial America.
Medical career
[edit]He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Iowa State University and his medical degree from the University of Iowa. 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]
Sporting career
[edit]Updegraff had a long amateur career, winning many tournaments 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.[4] 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 tie for 4th place at the 1969 Tucson Open on the PGA Tour but failed to sign his scorecard and was disqualified.[5]
Updegraff received the Bob Jones Award from the United States Golf Association in 1999.[6] He was inducted into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame in 1969[7] and the Iowa Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2006.[8]
As of June 2021, Updegraff lived at Saddlebrooke Ranch.[9] He turned 100 in March 2022,[10] and died on December 23, 2022, in Saddlebrooke, Arizona.[11]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1940 Northwest Amateur
- 1941 Northwest Amateur
- 1947 Northwest Amateur
- 1952 Arizona Amateur
- 1954 Southwestern Amateur[12]
- 1955 Southwestern Amateur,[12] Arizona Amateur
- 1957 Western Amateur[13]
- 1959 Western Amateur[14]
- 1961 Southwestern Amateur,[12] Arizona Amateur
- 1962 Sunnehanna Amateur
- 1967 Pacific Coast Amateur
- 1969 Southwestern Amateur,[12] Arizona Amateur
- 1981 U.S. Senior Amateur[15]
U.S. national team appearances
[edit]- Walker Cup: 1963 (winners), 1965 (tied, cup retained), 1969 (winners), 1975 (winners, non-playing captain)
- Americas Cup: 1963 (winners), 1967 (winners, non-playing captain)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Edgar Rice Updegraff, MD profile". William P. Didusch Center For Urologic History. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ a b Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 189. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
- ^ Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania (2018)
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on February 12, 2020. Retrieved October 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Huffman, Bill (Fall 2012). "A Life Well Played" (PDF). AZ Golf Insider. pp. 16–21. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 23, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ Rickard, Jack (October 17, 2001). "Arizona Golf Association Hall of Fame". Tucson Citizen. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ a b "Ed Updegraff profile". Iowa Golf Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on June 11, 2016. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
- ^ Hansen's Hundred, No. 82
- ^ "Happy 100th birthday to 'Dr. Ed,' Tucson golf legend and the greatest amateur champion in state history". Arizona Daily Star. March 1, 2022. Retrieved November 26, 2022.
- ^ Hansen, Greg. "Ed Updegraff dies at 100; played in six Masters during esteemed amateur golf career". Arizona Daily Star.
- ^ a b c d "Southwestern Amateur – Tournament Archives". Southwestern Golf Association. Archived from the original on January 6, 2014. 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.