Leo Diegel

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**Leo Diegel**
Personal Information
Birth	April 27, 1899 Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Death	May 5, 1951 (age 52) North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Nationality	United States
College	None
Career
Professional wins	33 (PGA Tour: 30, Other: 3)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 2
Masters	T16: 1934
U.S. Open	T2: 1920
British Open	T2: 1930
PGA Championship	Won 1928, 1929
Awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2003

Leo Harvey Diegel (April 27, 1899 – May 5, 1951) was a prominent American professional golfer of the 1920s and early 1930s.

Diegel was born in Detroit, Michigan. He won 30 PGA circuit events, and was a four-time winner of the Canadian Open (1924-25, 1928-29). In 1925, Diegel out performed over 100 competitors to win the Florida Open (billed as the "Greatest Field Of Golfers Ever to Play in Florida") at the Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club.

Diegel was selected for the inaugural 1927 Ryder Cup team and went on to play on the 1929, 1931 and 1933 teams as well. Diegel's great year was 1928 when he won the Canadian Open and, in winning the 1928 PGA Championship, stopped the four-year winning streak of Walter Hagen (defeating him in the quarter-final to avenge defeats by Hagen in the 1925 quarter-finals and the 1926 final). Diegel achieved the rare double of defending both titles successfully in 1929, this time defeating Hagen in the semi-finals and finishing off The Haig's career. Diegel was runner-up to Bobby Jones at the British Open in 1930, but subsequently did not challenge at any major championships.

Diegel died in North Hollywood, California. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2003.

1 PGA Tour wins (30)
2 Other wins
3 Results in major championships
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] PGA Tour wins (30)

1920 (1) Pinehurst Fall Pro-Am Bestball (with Tommy Armour)
1921 (1) Coronado Beach Open
1922 (1) Shreveport Open
1923 (1) District of Columbia Open Championship
1924 (3) Shawnee Open, Canadian Open, Illinois Open
1925 (5) Florida Open, Canadian Open, Middle Atlantic Open, Mid-Southern Amateur-Professional, Mid South All Pro
1926 (1) Middle Atlantic Open
1927 (2) Middle Atlantic Open, San Diego Open
1928 (4) Long Beach Open (tie with Bill Mehlhorn), Canadian Open, PGA Championship, Massachusetts Open
1929 (4) San Diego Open, Miami International Four-Ball (with Walter Hagen), Canadian Open, PGA Championship
1930 (3) Oregon Open, San Francisco Open-Match Play, Pacific Southwest Pro
1933 (1) California Open
1934 (2) Rochester Open, New England PGA

PGA Tour says Diegel won 30 tournaments; one is missing above.

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins

this list is probably incomplete

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open	T2	T26	7	T8	T25	8	T3	T11	T18	T8
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	F?	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	3
PGA Championship	R32	DNP	DNP	DNP	R32	QF	F	DNP	1	1

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
The Masters	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	T16	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T11	3	4	T17	T17	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T2	DNP	DNP	T3	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	R16	R32	DNP	R32	R32	DNP	DNP	R64	R32	R32

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
F? = Finish unknown
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF, F = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.