Ted Ball

{{short description|Australian professional golfer}}

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| fullname = Edward A. Ball

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|11|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia

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Edward A. Ball (4 November 1939 – 17 April 1995) was an Australian professional golfer. He won several dozen significant tournaments in his career.

Golf 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. He added numerous wins after that internationally. He staged one of Australian golf's greatest comebacks to win the Wills Masters in 1973. In 1974, he 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 the greatest achievement in his career.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (20)

=Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|8 Mar 1964

|Singapore Open

|−1 (70-77-72-72=291)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Eric Cremin, {{flagicon|JPN|1870}} Tadashi Kitta

align=center|2

|align=right|30 Mar 1975

|Indian Open

|−10 (75-70-67-70=282)

|Playoff

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent!!Result

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|align=center|1

|1975

|Indian Open

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Kuo Chie-Hsiung

|Won with birdie on first extra hole

=PGA Tour of Australia wins (4)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|21 Oct 1973

|Wills Masters

|−6 (71-71-72-68=282)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Heard

align=center|2

|align=right|20 Oct 1974

|New South Wales Open

|−8 (70-71-70-69=280)

|7 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Kel Nagle

align=center|3

|align=right|27 Oct 1974

|Wills Masters (2)

|−6 (70-69-72-70=281)

|2 strokes

|{{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Gary Player, {{flagicon|AUS}} Ian Stanley

align=center|4

|align=right|28 Sep 1980

|National Panasonic New South Wales PGA Championship

|−3 (67-70-76-72=285)

|1 stroke

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Wayne Grady, {{flagicon|AUS}} Lyndsay Stephen

PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (0–3)

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!No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponent(s)!!Result

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|align=center|1

|1974

|Coca-Cola Lakes Open

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Murray, {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Shearer

|Shearer won with birdie on first extra hole

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|align=center|2

|1974

|Tasmanian Open

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Shearer

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|align=center|3

|1978

|Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Mike Cahill, {{flagicon|AUS}} John Clifford

|Clifford won with birdie on first extra hole

=New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (2)=

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!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Winning score

!Margin of
victory

!Runner(s)-up

align=center|1

|align=right|3 Sep 1963

|Metalcraft Tournament

|−5 (72-69-74-72=287)

|colspan=2|Shared title with {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Thomson

align=center|2

|align=right|12 Dec 1964

|Wills Classic

|−14 (63-71-64-68=266)

|5 strokes

|{{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Coxon, {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Tuohy

=Other Australian wins (11)=

=Other wins (1)=

this list is incomplete

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References