Smiley Quick

Smiley Quick

Lyman Loren "Smiley" Quick (March 19, 1909 – December 23, 1979) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s.

Quick was born in Centralia, Illinoiscite web | title=Today in Golf History: March 19 | url=http://golfonline.com/golfonline/features/history/article/0,17742,467984,00.html | accessdate=2007-12-22] , but lived most of his life in southern California in places like Inglewood and Los Angeles. He served as a combat Marine in World War II.cite web | title=Boxing: Money burned a hole in sucker Joe's pocket | author=McGowan, Jack | date=September 29, 2007 | publisher= Belfast Telegraph | url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/other-sports/article3010757.ece | accessdate=2007-12-22] His best year as an amateur was 1946 when he won the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship and was runner-up at the U.S. Amateur after missing a putt from 2 1/2 feet at Baltusrol's Lower Course giving Ted Bishop the championship. [cite web | title=Major National Championships Conducted at Baltusrol – 1946 Men's U.S. Amateur | publisher=Tillinghast.net | url=http://www.tillinghast.net/majorchampsbalt.shtml | accessdate=2007-12-22] Quick played on the 1947 Walker Cup team and turned professional in 1948.

As a pro, Quick never lived up to the potential he showed as an amateur; the closest he came to winning on the PGA Tour was when he tied for first with Jack Burke, Jr., Sam Snead and Dave Douglas at the 1950 Bing Crosby Pro-Am.

In his later years, he made a living gambling on the golf course with people like Titanic Thompson. Quick hustled boxing great Joe Louis out of a quarter million dollars — enough to buy an apartment in Los Angeles and a fleet of fast cars. [cite web | title=The Brown Bomber's Green Legacy | author= Lerner, Rich | publisher=The Golf Channel | date=November 12, 2007 | url=http://www.thegolfchannel.com/15100/24372/ | accessdate=2007-12-22]

Amateur wins

*1940 Southern California Golf Association Championship
*1943 Southern California Golf Association Championship
*1946 U.S. Amateur Public Links
*1947 Mexican Amateur

Professional wins

PGA Tour (1)

*1950 Bing Crosby Pro-Am (tie with Sam Snead, Dave Douglas, and Jack Burke, Jr.)

Other (3)

*1948 California State Open
*1949 California State Open
*1951 Utah Open

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