- Norman Von Nida
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Norman Von Nida Personal information Full name Norman Guy Von Nida Born 14 February 1914
Strathfield, AustraliaDied 20 May 2007 (aged 93)
Gold Coast, AustraliaNationality Australia Career Turned professional 1933 Former tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia Professional wins 43 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour of Australasia 30 Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament T27: 1950, 1952 U.S. Open T59: 1939 The Open Championship T3: 1948 PGA Championship DNP Norman Guy Von Nida (14 February 1914 – 20 May 2007) was an Australian professional golfer.
Von Nida was born in Strathfield and grew up in Brisbane. He turned professional in 1933, after attracting attention by winning the Queensland Amateur aged just 18. He became one of Australia's finest professional golfers, and the first Australian to win regularly on the British tour, although World War II certainly deprived him of competition during what might have been his peak years. In 1946 he travelled to Britain for the first time and finished second on the Order of Merit; in 1947, he returned and won seven tournaments and topped the Order of Merit.[1] He was renowned for his short temper - at a tournament in 1948 he became involved in an argument with future U.S. Ryder Cup player Henry Ransom that resulted in the local sheriff having to pull them apart, and he was also known to hurl his putter into the undergrowth after missing putts, on occasions breaking or even losing them mid-round.[2]
The PGA Tour of Australasia's developmental tour is named the Von Nida Tour after him.
Von Nida died in a Gold Coast, Queensland nursing home, aged 93.[3].
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Tournament wins (43)
- 1935 Queensland Open
- 1936 Queensland Open, New South Wales PGA
- 1937 Queensland Open
- 1938 Philippine Open
- 1939 Philippine Open, New South Wales Open
- 1940 Queensland Open
- 1946 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open, New South Wales PGA, News Chronicle Tournament (Britain)
- 1947 New South Wales Open, Dunlop Southport Tournament, Star Tournament (Britain), North British Harrogate Tournament, Lotus Tournament (Britain), Penfold Tournament (Britain, tie with Dai Rees and Reg Whitcombe), Yorkshire Evening News Tournament
- 1948 British Masters, Spalding Tournament, Lotus Tournament, Daily Mail Tournament, Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open, New South Wales PGA
- 1949 Queensland Open, McWilliams Wines Tournament, Adelaide Advertiser
- 1950 Australian Open, Australian PGA Championship
- 1951 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales PGA, McWilliams Wines Tournament
- 1952 Australian Open, McWillians Wines Tournament, Ampol Tournament
- 1953 Australian Open, Queensland Open, New South Wales Open
- 1954 New South Wales Open
- 1961 Queensland Open
- 1965 North Coast Open
Results in major championships
Tournament 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open T59 DNP DNP NT NT NT NT DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship DNP NT NT NT NT NT NT T4 T6 T3 DNP Tournament 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Masters Tournament T27 DNP T27 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 43 DNP U.S. Open CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship T20 DNP T9 DNP T35 DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 Masters Tournament CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT Note: Von Nida never played in the PGA Championship.
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10See also
- Golfers with most PGA Tour of Australasia wins
References
External links
Categories:- Australian male golfers
- PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
- 1914 births
- 2007 deaths
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