Bud Ward

Bud Ward
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Marvin Harvey Ward
Born	(1913-05-01)May 1, 1913 Elma, Washington
Died	January 2, 1968(1968-01-02) (aged 54) San Mateo, California
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1949
Professional wins	15
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	T21: 1940
U.S. Open	4th: 1939
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1939, 1941
British Amateur	T5: 1947

Marvin Harvey "Bud" Ward (May 1, 1913 – January 2, 1968) was an American golfer best known for twice winning the U.S. Amateur, in 1939 and 1941.

Ward was born in Elma, Washington. He excelled as an amateur golfer, winning the U.S. Amateur twice, the Western Amateur three times and his home state Washington Amateur twice. He played on the Walker Cup team in 1938 and 1947. His best performance in a major came in 1939 U.S. Open when he finished one shot out of a playoff with Byron Nelson, Craig Wood, and Denny Shute.

Ward turned professional in 1949 and worked as a club pro until his death in 1968 from cancer. He died in San Mateo, California.

Ward was elected to the Pacific Northwest Golf Association Hall of Fame in 1979,^[1] the Pacific Northwest section of the PGA of America Hall of Fame in 1981,^[2] and the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame.^[3]

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1938 Washington Amateur
1939 U.S. Amateur
1940 Western Amateur
1941 U.S. Amateur, Western Amateur, Pacific Northwest Amateur
1942 Tam O'Shanter All American Amateur
1946 Washington Amateur
1947 Western Amateur

Professional wins

this list may be incomplete

1938 Washington Open (as an amateur)
1939 Northwest Open (as an amateur)
1940 Northwest Open (as an amateur)
1946 Northwest Open (as an amateur)
1947 Northwest Open (as an amateur)
1948 Northwest Open (as an amateur)
1949 Montana Open (as an amateur), Washington Open (as an amateur)
1951 Northern California Open
1952 Utah Open
1955 Washington Open, Northern California PGA Championship
1956 Northern California Open
1958 Northern California PGA Championship
1961 Northwest Open

Major championships

Amateur wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1939	U.S. Amateur	7 & 5	Raymond Billows
1941	U.S. Amateur	4 & 3	Patrick Abbott

Results timeline

Amateur

Tournament	1936	1937	1938	1939
U.S. Amateur	R256	SF	R64	1
The Amateur Championship	DNP	DNP	R128	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948
U.S. Amateur	QF	1	NT	NT	NT	NT	R16	QF	R16
The Amateur Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	QF	DNP

Professional

Tournament	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	T36	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	4 LA

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	T21	DNP	T28 LA	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	T30	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	T30	NT	NT	NT	NT	T26 LA	5 LA	CUT	WD

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	WD	DNP	DNP	T30	DNP	T31	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	39	DNP	T17	T37

Note: Ward never played in The Open Championship or the PGA Championship.
LA = Low amateur
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for 1938 Amateur Championship: The Glasgow Herald, May 25, 1938, pg. 21.

Source for 1947 Amateur Championship: The Glasgow Herald, May 31, 1947, pg. 5.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1938, 1947 (winners)

References

↑ Pacific Northwest Golf Association biography Archived September 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Pacific Northwest Section biography Archived August 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame biography Archived April 25, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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