Harvie Ward

Edward Harvie Ward, Jr. (December 8, 1925 – September 4, 2004) was an American golfer best known for his amateur career. He is best known for winning both the U.S. Amateur (twice) and the British Amateur.

Harvie Ward
Ward, circa 1955
Personal information
Full name	Edward Harvie Ward, Jr.
Born	(1925-12-08)December 8, 1925 Tarboro, North Carolina, U.S.
Died	September 4, 2004(2004-09-04) (aged 78) Pinehurst, North Carolina, U.S.
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
College	North Carolina
Turned professional	1974
Former tour(s)	Champions Tour
Best results in major championships (wins: 3)
Masters Tournament	4th: 1957
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	T7: 1955
The Open Championship	DNP
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1955, 1956
British Amateur	Won: 1952

Early life

Born in Tarboro, North Carolina, Ward attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. As a Tar Heel, he won the NCAA Division I individual title in 1949, and graduated with a degree in economics.^[1]

Amateur career

Ward's win in the British Amateur came in 1952 (he finished runner-up in 1953), and his consecutive U.S. Amateur wins came in 1955 and 1956. He also won several other significant amateur events including the Canadian Amateur, making him one of two golfers to win the U.S., British, and Canadian Amateurs (the other is Dick Chapman). Ward is the only player in history to have won those three titles along with the NCAA Championship. He finished runner-up in the 1952 Western Amateur.

Ward played on three winning Walker Cup teams (1953, 1955, 1959), winning all six of his matches.

In 1957, Ward lost his amateur status, in a controversial ruling by the United States Golf Association, for accepting expense money from sponsors for golf tournaments. The ruling was reversed in 1958. His primary sponsor, Eddie Lowery, who was serving at the time on the USGA's Executive Committee, had incorrectly claimed income tax deductions for the money he was spending to sponsor Ward, one of his car dealership employees in the San Francisco area. Ward was unaware of this situation, and was not personally at fault. Following the ruling, Ward's life went into a tailspin, and he took several years to recover.^[1]

Ward played in 19 professional majors. In 11 Masters Tournament appearances, he finished in the top 10 twice (4th in 1957 and tied for 8th in 1955), in the top 25 five times, and only missed two cuts. In the U.S. Open, he made the cut in five of eight appearances, including a tie for 7th in 1955.

Professional career

In 1974, Ward turned professional. He became a club professional and golf instructor. His best-known student was three-time major winner Payne Stewart. He worked at Foxfire Country Club, Grand Cypress Golf Club (Orlando, Florida), Interlachen Golf Club (Winter Park, Florida), and Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club (Southern Pines, North Carolina).^[2] He also won the 1977 North Carolina Open as a professional.

He played occasionally on the Senior PGA Tour from 1980 to 1990.

Awards and honors

• In 1965, Ward was inducted into the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame^[3]
• In 1981, Ward was inducted into the Carolinas Golf Reporters Association - Carolinas Golf Hall of Fame^[4]
• In 1996, Ward was inducted into the Carolinas PGA Hall of Fame^[5]

Amateur wins

• 1948 North and South Amateur
• 1949 NCAA Division I Championship, Carolinas Amateur, Tournament of Golf Champions
• 1952 British Amateur, Dogwood Invitational
• 1953 Dogwood Invitational
• 1954 Canadian Amateur
• 1955 U.S. Amateur, San Francisco City Championship
• 1956 U.S. Amateur

Professional wins

• 1977 North Carolina Open

Major championships

Amateur wins (3)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1952	British Amateur	6 & 5	Frank Stranahan
1955	U.S. Amateur	9 & 8	Bill Hyndman
1956	U.S. Amateur	5 & 4	Chuck Kocsis

Results timeline

Tournament	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966
Masters Tournament		T51		T35	T35	T21	T14 LA	T20	T8 LA	T34	4 LA	CUT								CUT
U.S. Open					T39		CUT	CUT	T7 LA	47	T26	T37	CUT
U.S. Amateur	QF	R128	R16	R128	R32	R32	R32	R64	1	1		R16	R16	R16	R64	R32
British Amateur						1	2

Note: Ward never played in The Open Championship or the PGA Championship.

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Sources: Masters,^[6] U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur^[7]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup: 1953 (winners), 1955 (winners), 1959 (winners)
• Americas Cup: 1952 (winners), 1954 (winners), 1956 (winners), 1958 (winners)