Ted Ball
| Ted Ball | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Edward Ball |
| Born | 11 April 1939 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 1995 |
| 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 of Australasia |
| Professional wins | >50 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 11 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1964, 1975 |
Edward "Ted" Ball (11 April 1939 – 1995) was an Australian professional golfer. He won 11 times on the PGA Tour of Australasia, and winning over 50 tournaments in his 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, winning 10 more times from then until 1974. 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 his personal greatest achievement in his career.
Amateur highlights
- 1960 Australian Amateur, New South Wales Champion of Champions, New South Wales Amateur
Professional wins
PGA Tour of Australasia (11)
- 1962 Queensland Open
- 1964 City of Sydney Open, Tasmanian Open, New South Wales Open, Wills Classic
- 1965 The Lakes Open
- 1970 City of Sydney Open
- 1972 South Australia Open
- 1973 Wills Masters
- 1974 New South Wales Open, Wills Masters
Other wins
this list is incomplete
- 1964 Singapore Open
- 1968 Queensland PGA Championship
- 1973 South Australia Open
- 1975 Indian Open
- 1977 Papua New Guinea Open, New South Wales PGA Championship[1]
- 1980 New South Wales PGA Championship[1]
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1960
Professional
- World Cup (representing Australia): 1974
See also
References
- ^ a b "NSW PGA Championship". PGA of Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2014.