His father, Dave Sr., was the longtime pro at a 9-hole golf course outside Houston. won the 1965 PGA Championship by two strokes over the pair of superstar runners-up, Billy Casper and Jack Nicklaus.
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Senior won one PGA Tour tournament plus several state opens, played in two PGA Championships and reached the Round of 16 in 1925, and was runner-up in the 1920 U.S. was a longtime tournament player and club pro, working at many clubs in the Greater Philadelphia area: Delaware County Field Club, Hershey Country Club, Philadelphia Country Club, Aronimink Golf Club and Old York Road Country Club among them. defeated Ted Kroll in the championship match, one of his two wins in major championships. The 1956 PGA Championship was the third in a row whose winner was the son of a PGA of America Professional. Mike was a pioneer of a sort: he owned an indoor driving range in Manhattan, at a time when indoor driving ranges were quite the novelty (they still are today in many places).
Ford's father was Mike Ford, who is also the family member who changed the family name from Fortunato to Ford. Here, he defeated Cary Middlecoff in the championship match. The 1955 PGA Championship was the first of two wins in majors for Doug Ford. He also played in several Senior PGA Championships. Pop was best-known, however, as the pro at Bobby Jones Golf Course in Sarasota, Fla. "Pop" Harbert, who was the pro at (among other places) Richmond (Ind.) Country Club, Hamilton (Ohio) Elks Club, and Battle Creek Country Club in Battle Creek, Mich.
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The List: PGA Champions Whose Fathers Were PGA of America Pros Chick Harbert, 1954 Chick Harbert earned his only win in a major at the 1954 PGA Championship, defeating Walter Burkemo in the final match to become the first son of a PGA of America Professional to win the PGA's own major. How many times has that happened - how many times has the son of a PGA of America golf pro grown up to win the PGA Championship? So far, it's happened nine times. And that is exactly what the sons of PGA Professionals who have won the PGA Championship say. One can imagine that if you grew up the son of a PGA of America golf professional, then, that winning the PGA Championship would have a little extra meaning for you. It was founded in 1916 and has always been run by the PGA of America, the trade organization for club professionals across the United States. The PGA Championship is one of the four majors of men's professional golf.
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