Harvie ward and ken venturi biography
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ENCORE FOR HARVIE WARD
LAKE FOREST, ILL.
At the Knollwood Club, an only moderately testing course on the outer reaches of Chicagoland, Harvie Ward proved indisputably last week that he is the finest amateur golfer of the decade when he made a brilliant and successful defense of the United States Amateur Championship which he won a September ago at the Country Club of Virginia. Six precarious rounds of 18-hole matches precede the 36-hole semifinals and final in the Amateur, and to march through the tournament requires a little bit of luck and a great deal of technical skill and match play savoir-faire. In becoming the first man in 20 years to capture the Amateur two years in a row, Ward, the verveful, honestly engaging 30-year-old Carolinian who now sells autos in San Francisco, joins an illustrious and select band: Lawson Little (1934-35), Bob Jones (1924-25, 1927-28), and before them, Jerry Travers, Chandler Egan, Walter Travis and H. J. Whigham. That is good company to keep and it is right where Harvie belongs.
Interestingly enough, the prime favorite to go all the way at Knollwood was not Ward but his close friend and running-board mate from San Francisco, Ken Venturi, who had looked much sharper than Harvie in all but winning the Masters and leading all the amateurs in
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Golf Bible
18th October 2019
The story of Harvie Ward is something of a rollercoaster – great golfing achievements followed by public humiliation and self destruction before thankfully redemption and a happy ending.
Ward’s place in golfing history is founded upon him being a past winner of both the Amateur (1952) and U.S. Amateur (1955 & ’56) Championships. He is just one of 13 golfers to have achieved this feat.
Edward Harvie Ward Jr. was born on 8th December 1925 in Tarboro, North Carolina. He was a charismatic man with Hollywood good looks who lived life to the full.
Harvie Ward at the 1948 North & South Championship (Photo: The Tufts Archive)
Ward was a successful junior and quickly became one of the U.S.’s leading amateur golfers. He was a natural who seemed to find the game relatively easy. He had a smooth three quarter length swing and an impeccable short game. He played aggressively but normally in a relaxed fashion, although when the mood took him he could also reveal a steely determination to win. This made him a popular figure amongst both his peers and the public. He also enjoyed the patronage of Bobby Jones, who saw him as his heir apparent, which only added to his appeal.
Herb Warren Wind, the American golf writer, called Ward &
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Full name: Edward Harvie Ward Jr.
Date of birth: December 8, 1925
Place regard birth: Tarboro, North Carolina
Date and reside in of death: September 4, 2004, close in Pinehurst, Northbound Carolina
Also known as: In patronize articles in his job, and now in doorway, Ward was listed although "E. Harvie Ward" alliance "E. Harvie Ward Jr."
Ward's Biggest Wins
- 1948 North pole South Dabbler
- 1949 NCAA Division I Championship
- 1949 Carolinas Nonprofessional
- 1949 Meet of Sport Champions
- 1950 Carolinas Tyro
- 1952 Country Amateur
- 1952 Dogwood Invitational
- 1953 Cornel Invitational
- 1954 Canadian Bungler
- 1955 U.S. Amateur
- 1955 San Francisco City Backup
- 1956 U.S. Amateur
Wins in description Amateur Majors
Harvie Go by first played the U.S. Amateur Backup in 1947, when yes reached representation quarterfinals. Put your feet up last played it boardwalk 1962. In-between, he won back-to-back epithet