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Marty Furgol Personal information Full name Martin A. Furgol Born January 5, 1916
New York Mills, New YorkDied November 23, 2005 (aged 89)
FloridaNationality United States
Career Turned professional 1937 Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Champions TourProfessional wins 5 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 5 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T11: 1957 U.S. Open T9: 1953 The Open Championship DNP PGA Championship T9: 1949, 1955 Martin A. Furgol (January 5, 1916 – November 23, 2005) was an American professional golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s. He played on the 1955 Ryder Cup team. He was born in New York Mills, New York and died in Florida. Although he was from the same town as golfer Ed Furgol, they are not related.
PGA Tour wins (5)
No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of
VictoryRunner(s)-up 1 Feb 25, 1951 Houston Open -11 (69-67-72-69=277) 1 stroke Jack Burke, Jr.
2 Jul 15, 1951 Western Open -10 (68-68-69-65=270) 1 stroke Cary Middlecoff
3 Sep 26, 1954 National Celebrities Open -11 (68-68-68-69=274) 1 stroke Bo Wininger
4 Feb 1, 1959 San Diego Open Invitational -14 (70-71-64-69=274) 1 stroke Joe Campbell,
Billy Casper,
Dave Ragan,
Mike Souchak,
Bo Wininger
5 Sep 20, 1959 El Paso Open -15 (73-69-66-65=273) 4 strokes Jay Hebert,
Ernie Vossler
PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)
No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1 1954 Greater Greensboro Open Doug Ford
Lost in 18-hole playoff (Ford:72, Furgol:75) See also
External links
- Marty Furgol at the PGA Tour official site
United States Ryder Cup team – 1955 Jerry Barber • Tommy Bolt • Jack Burke, Jr. • Doug Ford • Marty Furgol • Chandler Harper • Ted Kroll • Cary Middlecoff • Sam Snead
Chick Harbert (playing captain)
Won: 8 – 4Categories:- American golfers
- PGA Tour golfers
- Champions Tour golfers
- 1916 births
- 2005 deaths
- American golf biography stubs
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