Ed Updegraff Explained

Ed Updegraff
Fullname:Edgar Rice Updegraff
Birth Date:1 March 1922
Birth Place:Boone, Iowa, U.S.
Death Place:Saddlebrooke, Arizona, U.S.
Status:Amateur
Masters:T44: 1966
Usopen:DNP
Open:DNP
Pga:DNP
Usamateur:7th: 1969
Britamateur:T3: 1963
Award1:Bob Jones Award
Year1:1999

Edgar Rice Updegraff (March 1, 1922 – December 23, 2022) was an American amateur golfer and urologist.[1] [2]

Biography

Updegraff was born in Boone, Iowa, and is a descendant of the Dutch[3] and German Op den Graeff family. He was a direct descendant of Herman op den Graeff, mennonite leader of Krefeld, and his grandson Abraham op den Graeff, one of the founders of Germantown and in 1688 signer of the first protest against slavery in colonial America.

Medical career

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Iowa State University and his medical degree from the University of Iowa. Unlike his father and brothers, who were otolaryngologists, Updegraff chose urology as a specialty.[1] He eventually settled into practice in Tucson, Arizona, in 1951, partially because of the opportunity to continue playing golf there.[1]

Sporting career

Updegraff had a long amateur career, winning many tournaments on a local, state, and national scale, including the Western Amateur (1957, 1959), Sunnehanna Amateur (1962), Pacific Coast Amateur (1967), and U.S. Senior Amateur (1981). He was a semi-finalist at 1963 British Amateur.[4] He played on three winning Walker Cup teams (1963, 1965, 1969) and captained the 1975 team to a win.[2] He also finished in a tie for 4th place at the 1969 Tucson Open on the PGA Tour but failed to sign his scorecard and was disqualified.[5]

Updegraff received the Bob Jones Award from the United States Golf Association in 1999.[6] He was inducted into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame in 1969[7] and the Iowa Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2006.[8]

As of June 2021, Updegraff lived at Saddlebrooke Ranch.[9] He turned 100 in March 2022,[10] and died on December 23, 2022, in Saddlebrooke, Arizona.[11]

Amateur wins

Sources:[6] [8]

U.S. national team appearances

1963 (winners), 1965 (tied, cup retained), 1969 (winners), 1975 (winners, non-playing captain)

1963 (winners), 1967 (winners, non-playing captain)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Edgar Rice Updegraff, MD profile . William P. Didusch Center For Urologic History . January 6, 2014.
  2. Book: Elliott . Len . Barbara . Kelly . Who's Who in Golf . 1976 . Arlington House . New Rochelle, New York . 0-87000-225-2 . 189 . registration .
  3. Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania (2018)
  4. News: Lunt, Blackwell In British Final . Reading Eagle . Reading, Pennsylvania . UPI . June 8, 1963 . 6.
  5. News: Trevino Wins Tucson Open . The News and Courier . Charleston, South Carolina . AP . February 24, 1969 . 2-B . October 7, 2016 . February 12, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200212130252/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19690224&id=A5VIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tAkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4674,5476189 . dead .
  6. A Life Well Played . Bill . Huffman . AZ Golf Insider . Fall 2012 . 16–21 . January 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140123222052/http://www.azgolf.org/images/uploads/news/magazine/10-2012_magazine.pdf . January 23, 2014 . dead .
  7. News: Arizona Golf Association Hall of Fame . Tucson Citizen . Jack . Rickard . October 17, 2001 . January 6, 2014.
  8. Web site: Ed Updegraff profile . Iowa Golf Hall of Fame . January 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160611132037/http://www.iowagolf.org/HTML/Hall_of_Fame/2006/EdUpdegraff.html . June 11, 2016 . dead .
  9. https://tucson.com/sports/greghansen/hansens-hundred-no-82-dr-ed-operated-at-golf-courses-nationwide-from-el-rio-to/article_139a9b72-c65e-11eb-bcea-bbd848c1de60.html Hansen's Hundred, No. 82
  10. Web site: Happy 100th birthday to 'Dr. Ed,' Tucson golf legend and the greatest amateur champion in state history . . March 1, 2022 . November 26, 2022.
  11. Web site: Hansen . Greg . Ed Updegraff dies at 100; played in six Masters during esteemed amateur golf career . Arizona Daily Star.
  12. Web site: Southwestern Amateur – Tournament Archives . Southwestern Golf Association . January 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106221141/http://www.swga.net/history-and-archives/tournament-archives/ . January 6, 2014 . dead .
  13. Web site: Updegraff Western Winner . The Spencer Daily Reporter . Spencer, Iowa . AP . August 26, 1957 . 4.
  14. News: Updegraff Cops Western Amateur Golf Tourney . Lakeland Ledger . Lakeland, Florida . August 17, 1959 . AP . 8.
  15. Web site: USGA Senior Amateur Championship – 1981 . USGA . January 6, 2014.

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