ABOUT JACK
Amateur Highlights
FIRST GOLF CLASS
age
10
51
CARDED IN THE FIRST NINE HOLES
HE EVER PLAYED
Scioto Club Juvenile Trophy
WINNER
age
11
Scioto Club Juvenile Trophy
WINNER
age
12
Ohio State Junior Championship
WINNER
Consecutive five straight wins
1952 to 1956 INCLUSIVE
U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR
age
13
Ohio State Junior Title
WINNER
First National Tournament
U.S.G.A JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Columbus Junior Match-Play Championship
WINNER
JACK AND CHARLIE – 1954
age
14
Columbus Junior Championship
BOTH STROKE-PLAY AND MATCH-PLAY
Ohio State Junior Crown
WINNER
age
15
Ohio Jaycees
WINNER
Ohio State Junior
WINNER
U.S. Amateur
FIRST TIME QUALIFIED
Columbus District Amateur Title
WINNER
Columbus Junior Championship
BOTH STROKE-PLAY AND MATCH-PLAY
1956 JACK and Bill Foley
1956 JACK ON SCC RANGE WITH GROUT
age
16
Ohio Jaycees
WINNER
Ohio State Junior
WINNER
U.S. National Jaycees Championship
LOST
Won Ohio State Open
TWO-ROUND FINAL DAY SCORES OF 64 AND 72
Qualified for the first time
YEAR
1957
TOURNAMENT
U.S Open
SCORE
80-80-160
FINISH
MC
1957 INTERNATIONAL JC JUNIOR
age
17
National Jaycees Championship
FIRST NATIONAL TITLE
1958 TRANS-MISS CHAMP
age
18
Trans-Mississippi Championship
WINNER
YEAR
1958
TOURNAMENT
U.S. Open
SCORE
79-75-73-77-304
FINISH
T41st
Played in first PGA tour event
1959 U.S. AMATEUR
age
19
U.S. Amateur
BROADMOOR, COLORADO SPRINGS
DEFEATING CHARLIE COE, 1-UP, IN 36-HOLE FINAL
North-South
WINNER
Trans-Mississippi Championships
WINNER
Reached Quarter Finals
BRITISH AMATEUR
1959 U.S. WALKER CUP TEAM
Walker Cup Squad
MUIRFIELD SCOTLAND
WINNERS, AGAINST GREAT BRITAIN
1960 U.S. OPEN
age
20
U.S. Open Runner-up
TO ARNOLD PALMER BY 2 STROKES
A RECORD 282 FOR AMATEUR ENTRY
1960 WORLD AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
World Amateur Team Championships
13 STROKES with 269
ECLIPSING BEN HOGAN’S RECORD BY 18 SHOTS
Colonial Amateur Champion
year
1960
tournament
U.S. Open
SCORE
71-71-69-71-282
finish
2nd
1961 U.S. AMATEUR
age
21
U.S. Amateur
WINNER
DEFEATING DUDLEY WYSONG, 8 AND 6
BARBARA AND JACK
Western Amateur Champion
1961
Big Ten Champion
WINNER
Walker Cup Squad
WINNER
YEAR
1961
TOURNAMENT
U.S Open
SCORE
75-69-70-70-284
FINISH
T4th
NCCA Championships
NCAA
CHAMPION
1961 U.S. AMATEUR
MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP APPEARANCES (AMATEUR)
YEAR | TOURNAMENT | SCORE | FINISH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | U.S. Open | 80-80-160 | MC |
| 1958 | U.S. Open | 79-75-73-77-304 | T41st |
| 1959 | Masters | 76-74-150 | MC |
| – | U.S. Open | 77-77-154 | MC |
