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Mayer was born inStamford, Connecticut. He apprenticed with renowned player and teacherClaude Harmon at theWinged Foot Golf Club in suburban New York City.^[1]

Professional career

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Mayer won seven times on thePGA Tour, between 1953 and 1965. Mayer almost won the 1954U.S. Open, but a triple bogey on the final hole left him tied for third, two shots back, asEd Furgol won.

Mayer's career year was 1957, when he finished the regulation 72 holes of theU.S. Open atInverness Club tied with defending championCary Middlecoff. He won the 18-hole playoff 72 to 79, and his prize was $7,200. He later won $50,000 at theWorld Championship of Golf, topped thePGA Tour money list with winnings of $65,835, and won thePGA Player of the Year award. He also played on the1957 Ryder Cup team.

Personal life

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Mayer battled alcoholism, which kept him from winning more often on the Tour.^[2] Mayer died at age 64 inPalm Springs, California.

Awards and honors

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In 2008, Mayer was inducted into theConnecticut Golf Hall of Fame.

Professional wins (7)

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PGA Tour wins (7)

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Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 13, 1953	Eastern Open	−9 (69-70-70-70=279)	4 strokes	Charlie Bassler,Doug Ford, Chandler Harper
2	Mar 21, 1954	Miami Beach International Four-Ball (withTommy Bolt)	−30 (67-61-65-65=258)	Playoff	Julius Boros andDutch Harrison
3	May 22, 1955	Kansas City Open	−17 (69-67-68-67=271)	6 strokes	Chandler Harper,Billy Maxwell
4	Jun 24, 1956	Philadelphia Daily News Open	−3 (70-65-63-71=269)	Playoff	Bud Holscher
5	Jun 16, 1957	U.S. Open	+2 (70-68-74-70=282)	Playoff	Cary Middlecoff
6	Aug 11, 1957	World Championship of Golf	−9 (72-69-70-68=279)	1 stroke	Al Balding,Sam Snead
7	May 16,1965	Greater New Orleans Open Invitational	−15 (72-67-66-68=273)	1 stroke	Bruce Devlin,Billy Martindale

PGA Tour playoff record (3–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1952	Miami Open	Jack Burke Jr.	Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
2	1954	Miami Beach International Four-Ball (withTommy Bolt)	Julius Boros andDutch Harrison	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1956	Philadelphia Daily News Open	Bud Holscher	Won with par on second extra hole
4	1957	U.S. Open	Cary Middlecoff	Won 18-hole playoff; Mayer: +2 (72), Middlecoff: +9 (79)

Source:^[3]

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1957	U.S. Open	1 shot deficit	+2 (70-68-74-70=282)	Playoff¹	Cary Middlecoff

¹ Defeated Middlecoff in an 18-hole playoff: Mayer 72 (+2), Middlecoff 79 (+9).

Results timeline

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Tournament	1948	1949
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	T41
PGA Championship

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament		T25		T16	T29	T10	T43	T35	CUT	T4
U.S. Open	T12	CUT	T28	T54	T3	CUT	T41	1	T23	CUT
PGA Championship							R64	5	T14	CUT

Tournament	1961	1962	1963	1965	1966	1967
Masters Tournament	T19	CUT	T15	CUT	CUT	DQ
U.S. Open	T42		CUT
PGA Championship				CUT

Note: Mayer never played inThe Open Championship.

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1959 PGA Championship)
DQ = disqualified
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament	Wins	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	1	2	6	14	9
U.S. Open	1	1	2	2	4	13	9
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	0	0	1	1	2	5	3
Totals	1	1	4	5	12	32	21

Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1957 U.S. Open – 1957 PGA)

U.S. national team appearances

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Ryder Cup:1957

References

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^Harmon, Butch; Eubanks, Steve (2006).The Pro: Lessons About Golf and Life from My Father, Claude Harmon, Sr. Crown.ISBN 978-0307338037.
^Sommers, Robert (1995).The U.S. Open: Golf's Most Prestigious Tournament (second ed.).
^"Dick Mayer". PGA Tour. RetrievedSeptember 15, 2025.

External links

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Dick Mayer at thePGA Tour official site

v t e U.S. Open champions
1895Horace Rawlins 1896James Foulis 1897Joe Lloyd 1898Fred Herd 1899Willie Smith 1900Harry Vardon 1901Willie Anderson† 1902Laurie Auchterlonie 1903Willie Anderson† 1904Willie Anderson 1905Willie Anderson 1906Alex Smith 1907Alec Ross 1908Fred McLeod† 1909George Sargent 1910Alex Smith† 1911John McDermott† 1912John McDermott 1913Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡Walter Hagen 1915Jerome Travers# 1916Chick Evans# 1919Walter Hagen† 1920Ted Ray 1921‡Jim Barnes 1922Gene Sarazen 1923Bobby Jones#† 1924Cyril Walker 1925Willie Macfarlane† 1926Bobby Jones# 1927Tommy Armour† 1928Johnny Farrell† 1929Bobby Jones#† 1930Bobby Jones# 1931Billy Burke† 1932Gene Sarazen 1933Johnny Goodman# 1934Olin Dutra 1935Sam Parks Jr. 1936Tony Manero 1937Ralph Guldahl 1938Ralph Guldahl 1939Byron Nelson† 1940Lawson Little† 1941Craig Wood 1946Lloyd Mangrum† 1947Lew Worsham† 1948Ben Hogan 1949Cary Middlecoff 1950Ben Hogan† 1951Ben Hogan 1952Julius Boros 1953‡Ben Hogan 1954Ed Furgol 1955Jack Fleck† 1956Cary Middlecoff 1957Dick Mayer† 1958Tommy Bolt 1959Billy Casper 1960Arnold Palmer 1961Gene Littler 1962Jack Nicklaus† 1963Julius Boros† 1964Ken Venturi 1965Gary Player† 1966Billy Casper† 1967Jack Nicklaus 1968Lee Trevino 1969Orville Moody 1970‡Tony Jacklin 1971Lee Trevino† 1972Jack Nicklaus 1973Johnny Miller 1974Hale Irwin 1975Lou Graham† 1976Jerry Pate 1977Hubert Green 1978Andy North 1979Hale Irwin 1980Jack Nicklaus 1981David Graham 1982Tom Watson 1983Larry Nelson 1984Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985Andy North 1986Raymond Floyd 1987Scott Simpson 1988Curtis Strange† 1989Curtis Strange 1990Hale Irwin† 1991Payne Stewart† 1992Tom Kite 1993Lee Janzen 1994Ernie Els† 1995Corey Pavin 1996Steve Jones 1997Ernie Els 1998Lee Janzen 1999Payne Stewart 2000‡Tiger Woods 2001Retief Goosen† 2002‡Tiger Woods 2003Jim Furyk 2004Retief Goosen 2005Michael Campbell 2006Geoff Ogilvy 2007Ángel Cabrera 2008Tiger Woods† 2009Lucas Glover 2010Graeme McDowell 2011‡Rory McIlroy 2012Webb Simpson 2013Justin Rose 2014‡Martin Kaymer 2015Jordan Spieth 2016Dustin Johnson 2017Brooks Koepka 2018Brooks Koepka 2019Gary Woodland 2020Bryson DeChambeau 2021Jon Rahm 2022Matt Fitzpatrick 2023Wyndham Clark 2024Bryson DeChambeau 2025J. J. Spaun
† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur; 1942–1945cancelled due toWorld War II

U.S. Open champions

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur; 1942–1945cancelled due toWorld War II

v t e PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year
PGA Players of the Year 1948Ben Hogan 1949Sam Snead 1950Ben Hogan 1951Ben Hogan 1952Julius Boros 1953Ben Hogan 1954Ed Furgol 1955Doug Ford 1956Jack Burke Jr. 1957Dick Mayer 1958Dow Finsterwald 1959Art Wall Jr. 1960Arnold Palmer 1961Jerry Barber 1962Arnold Palmer 1963Julius Boros 1964Ken Venturi 1965Dave Marr 1966Billy Casper 1967Jack Nicklaus 1968 No award 1969Orville Moody 1970Billy Casper 1971Lee Trevino 1972Jack Nicklaus 1973Jack Nicklaus 1974Johnny Miller 1975Jack Nicklaus 1976Jack Nicklaus 1977Tom Watson 1978Tom Watson 1979Tom Watson 1980Tom Watson 1981Bill Rogers 1982Tom Watson 1983Hal Sutton 1984Tom Watson 1985Lanny Wadkins 1986Bob Tway 1987Paul Azinger 1988Curtis Strange 1989Tom Kite 1990Nick Faldo 1991Corey Pavin 1992Fred Couples 1993Nick Price 1994Nick Price 1995Greg Norman 1996Tom Lehman 1997Tiger Woods 1998Mark O'Meara 1999Tiger Woods 2000Tiger Woods 2001Tiger Woods 2002Tiger Woods 2003Tiger Woods 2004Vijay Singh 2005Tiger Woods 2006Tiger Woods 2007Tiger Woods 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Tiger Woods 2010Jim Furyk 2011Luke Donald 2012Rory McIlroy 2013Tiger Woods 2014Rory McIlroy 2015Jordan Spieth 2016Dustin Johnson 2017Justin Thomas 2018Brooks Koepka 2019Brooks Koepka 2020Justin Thomas 2021Jon Rahm 2022Cameron Smith PGA Tour Players of the Year 1990Wayne Levi 1991Fred Couples 1992Fred Couples 1993Nick Price 1994Nick Price 1995Greg Norman 1996Tom Lehman 1997Tiger Woods 1998Mark O'Meara 1999Tiger Woods 2000Tiger Woods 2001Tiger Woods 2002Tiger Woods 2003Tiger Woods 2004Vijay Singh 2005Tiger Woods 2006Tiger Woods 2007Tiger Woods 2008Pádraig Harrington 2009Tiger Woods 2010Jim Furyk 2011Luke Donald 2012Rory McIlroy 2013Tiger Woods 2013–14Rory McIlroy 2014–15Jordan Spieth 2015–16Dustin Johnson 2016–17Justin Thomas 2017–18Brooks Koepka 2018–19Rory McIlroy 2019–20Dustin Johnson 2020–21Patrick Cantlay 2021–22Scottie Scheffler 2022–23Scottie Scheffler 2024Scottie Scheffler

PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

PGA Tour Players of the Year

v t e United States Ryder Cup team –1957
Tommy Bolt Dow Finsterwald Doug Ford Ed Furgol Fred Hawkins Lionel Hebert Ted Kroll Dick Mayer Art Wall Jr. Jack Burke Jr. (playing captain)
Lost: 4.5 – 7.5

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