Cary Middlecoff

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**Cary Middlecoff**
Personal Information
Birth	January 6, 1921 Halls, Tennessee, U.S.
Death	September 1, 1998 (age 77) Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Nationality	United States
College	University of Mississippi
Career
Professional wins	40 (PGA Tour: 40)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 3
Masters	Won 1955
U.S. Open	Won 1949, 1956
British Open	14th: 1957
PGA Championship	2nd: 1955
Awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1986
Vardon Trophy	1956

Emmett Cary Middlecoff (January 6, 1921 – September 1, 1998) was a dentist from Memphis, Tennessee who gave up his practice to join what is now the PGA Tour in the 1940s. At the time, a career as a dentist would quite likely have been more lucrative.

During his playing career he won 40 professional tournaments, including the 1955 Masters and U.S. Open titles in 1949 and 1956 and later developed a reputation as one of the best of the early golf television commentators. He won the Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average in 1956. He played on three Ryder Cup teams: 1953, 1955, and 1959. In 1986, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

He also appeared in two motion pictures as himself (Follow the Sun (1950) and The Bellboy (1960) and wrote a newspaper column, "The Golf Doctor." He also appeared in a short biographical sports documentary Golf Doctor (1947).

Middlecoff was born in Halls, Tennessee, graduated from Christian Brothers High School, and died in Memphis, Tennessee.

He played collegiate golf at The University of Mississippi where he was the school's first golf All-American in 1939.

1 PGA Tour wins (40)
2 Major Championships
- 2.1 Wins (3)
- 2.2 Results timeline
3 See also
4 References

[edit] PGA Tour wins (40)

1945 (1) North and South Open (as an amateur)
1947 (1) Charlotte Open
1948 (2) Hawaiian Open, Miami International Four-Ball (with Jim Ferrier)
1949 (6) Rio Grande Valley Open, Jacksonville Open, U.S. Open, Motor City Open (co-winner with Lloyd Mangrum), Reading Open, Miami International Four-Ball (with Jim Ferrier)
1950 (3) Houston Open, Jacksonville Open, St. Louis Open
1951 (6) Lakewood Park Open, Colonial National Invitation, All American Open, Eastern Open, St. Louis Open, Kansas City Open
1952 (4) El Paso Open, Motor City Open, St. Paul Open, Kansas City Open
1953 (3) Houston Open, Palm Beach Round Robin, Carling Open
1954 (1) Motor City Open
1955 (6) Bing Crosby Pro-Am Invitational, St. Petersburg Open, The Masters, Western Open, Miller High Life Open, Cavalcade Of Golf
1956 (3) Bing Crosby National Pro-Am Golf Championship, Phoenix Open, U.S. Open
1958 (1) Miller Open Invitational
1959 (1) St. Petersburg Open Invitational
1961 (1) Memphis Open Invitational

(missing one win)

Major championships are shown in bold.

Source: (Barkow 1989, pp. 265)

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] Wins (3)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s) Up
1956	U.S. Open	+1 (71-70-70-70=281)	1 stroke	Ben Hogan, Julius Boros
1955	The Masters	-9 (72-65-72-70=279)	7 strokes	Ben Hogan
1949	U.S. Open	+2 (75-67-69-75=286)	1 stroke	Clayton Heafner, Sam Snead

[edit] Results timeline

Tournament	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Masters	T12 LA	T29	2	T23
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	T21	1
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	T7	T12	11	T27	T9	1	3	CUT	T6	2
U.S. Open	T10	T24	T24	WD	T11	T21	1	2	T27	T19
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	14	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	T5	T17	T3	2	DNP	DNP	T20	T8

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	CUT	CUT	T29	CUT	CUT	CUT	WD	CUT	CUT	WD
U.S. Open	T43	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T29	T11	T15	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971
The Masters	CUT	WD
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

LA = Low Amateur
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10