Ted Ball
| Ted Ball | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Edward A. Ball |
| Born | 11 April 1939 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 17 April 1995 (aged 56)[1] |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Professional wins | >50 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 |
| Other | 46 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1964, 1975 |
Edward A. Ball (11 April 1939 – 17 April 1995) was an Australian professional golfer. He won several dozen significant tournaments in his career.
Golf career[]
Ball was born in Hornsby, New South Wales. He had a decorated amateur career, including a win at the Australian Amateur in 1960, along with several other amateur victories. He turned professional in the early 1960s and found immediate success. He won his first title in 1962 at the Queensland Open. He added numerous wins after that internationally. He staged one of Australian golf's greatest comebacks to win the Wills Masters in 1973 and in 1974 became the first player to successfully defend the Wills title. He shot rounds of 70, 69, 72 and 70 at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney to win by two strokes; this is said to be the greatest achievement in his career.
Amateur wins[]
- 1960 Australian Amateur, New South Wales Champion of Champions, New South Wales Amateur
Professional wins (50)[]
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)[]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Oct 1973 | Wills Masters | −6 (71-71-72-68=282) | 2 strokes |  Jerry Heard
|
| 2 | 20 Oct 1974 | New South Wales Open | −8 (70-71-70-69=280) | 7 strokes | Kel Nagle
|
| 3 | 27 Oct 1974 | Wills Masters (2) | −6 (70-69-72-70=281) | 2 strokes |  Gary Player, Ian Stanley
|
| 4 | 28 Sep 1980 | National Panasonic New South Wales PGA Championship | −3 (67-70-76-72=285) | 1 stroke | Wayne Grady, Lyndsay Stephen
|
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1974 | Coca-Cola Lakes Open | , Bob Shearer
|
Shearer won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1974 | Tasmanian Open | Bob Shearer
|
|
| 3 | 1978 | Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship | ,
|
Clifford won with birdie on first extra hole |
Other Australian wins (13)[]
- 1962 Queensland Open
- 1963 Metalcraft Tournament (tie with Peter Thomson)
- 1964 Wagga City Open,[2] City of Sydney Open, Tasmanian Open, New South Wales Open, Wills Classic
- 1965 Lakes Open
- 1968 Queensland PGA Championship
- 1970 City of Sydney Open
- 1972 South Australian Open
- 1973 South Australian Open
- 1977 New South Wales PGA Championship
Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)[]
Other wins (1)[]
this list is incomplete
Team appearances[]
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1960
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1960 (winners)
Professional
References[]
- ^ Stone, Peter (19 April 1995). "Obituary: Ted Ball, 1939-1995; Always a master to the golf fraternity". The Sydney Morning Herald.
- ^ "Ball wins Wagga golf". The Canberra Times. 6 October 1964.
- ^ "S'pore Open to Ted Ball". The Straits Times. 9 March 1964. p. 18.
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