Ed Dudley
Dudley in 1939
Personal information
Full name	Edward Bishop Dudley
Nickname	Big Ed
Born	(1901-02-19)February 19, 1901 Brunswick, Georgia
Died	October 25, 1963(1963-10-25) (aged 62) Colorado Springs, Colorado
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality	United States
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	19
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	15
Other	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	3rd:1937
PGA Championship	T3:1932
U.S. Open	5th:1937
The Open Championship	6th:1937

Edward Bishop Dudley (February 19, 1901 – October 25, 1963) was an Americanprofessional golfer active in the late 1920s and 1930s. He was given the nickname of "Big Ed" in acknowledgment of his 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) frame.

Born inBrunswick, Georgia, Dudley was a 15-time winner on thePGA Tour. His achievements were mainly recognized retrospectively, since the PGA Tour of today did not formally exist as such; this situation was the same for all of his cohorts as well.^[1] The Tour as it was begun and evolved in the early 1920s, making Dudley one of its early pioneers. His first noteworthy professional results were made in the 1925 season, when he won theOklahoma Open among other strong showings.^[2]

After winning both theLos Angeles andWestern Opens in 1931, Dudley had his best year in 1933, when he was a quarter-finalist in thePGA Championship and won selection to theRyder Cup team (having also played on the1929 team). He won two key matches in the1937 Ryder Cup, to help the United States win for the first time inGreat Britain. In a total of four Ryder Cup matches played, Dudley compiled a record of three wins and one loss, across three Cup series. All Ryder Cup matches were played at 36 holes in that era. All three U.S. teams he played for (1929:Moor Park Golf Club, 1933:Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, and 1937: again, Southport and Ainsdale) had to travel toGreat Britain. Dudley also served as Ryder Cup honorary team captain in 1949, when the matches were played at theGanton Golf Club in England; the USA also won that match.^[2]

Dudley finished 24 times in the top-10 atmajor championships, and this is a record among players who did not win at least one major. His high finishes in majors include third place at the PGA Championship in1932, and at theMasters Tournament in1937. In 1937, he became the first player to finish in the top-10 in all four majors in one year, a feat not repeated untilArnold Palmer in 1960.^[3][4]

Dudley served as the first head golf professional at the newly establishedAugusta National Golf Club, from 1932 to 1957. He served as president of thePGA of America from 1942 to 1948. He is a member of the PGA Hall of Fame.^[2] He was posthumously inducted into the Georgia Golf Hall of Fame in 1990. He was also the club professional at theBroadmoor Golf Club inColorado Springs, Colorado for over two decades; this shared arrangement with Augusta National was possible because of the mainly mid-autumn through early spring season at Augusta National.^[5]

Among Dudley's most famous students were PresidentDwight Eisenhower, singerBing Crosby, and comedianBob Hope. Dudley died of aheart attack in Colorado Springs, one week after undergoing surgery to remove blood clots from his leg.^[5]

• 1928 (1)Southern California Pro
• 1929 (2)Pennsylvania Open Championship,Philadelphia Open Championship
• 1930 (2)Shawnee Open,Pennsylvania Open Championship
• 1931 (2)Los Angeles Open,Western Open
• 1932 (1)Miami International Four-Ball (withTommy Armour)
• 1933 (2)Philadelphia Open Championship,Hershey Open
• 1935 (1) True Temper Open Championship
• 1936 (2)Shawnee Open,Philadelphia Open Championship
• 1937 (1)Sacramento Open
• 1939 (1) Walter Hagen 25th Anniversary (withBilly Burke)

• 1925Oklahoma Open
• 1926Oklahoma Open
• 1940Philadelphia Open Championship
• 1942Utah Open

NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

• Most consecutive cuts made – 29 (1933 Open Championship – 1946 Masters)
• The longest streak of top-10s – 6 (1936 PGA – 1938 Masters)

• Philadelphia PGA Class of 1992 Ed Dudley

• American male golfers
• PGA Tour golfers
• Ryder Cup competitors for the United States
• Golf administrators
• Golfers from Georgia (U.S. state)
• Golfers from Colorado
• Sportspeople from Brunswick, Georgia
• Sportspeople from Colorado Springs, Colorado
• 1901 births
• 1963 deaths

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