Ted Ball
{{short description|Australian professional golfer}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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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
| death_date = {{death date and age|1995|4|17|1939|11|4|df=y}}{{cite news|first=Peter |last=Stone|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49831774/the-sydney-morning-herald/|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|title=Obituary: Ted Ball, 1939–1995; Always a master to the golf fraternity|date=19 April 1995}}
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| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb st|abbr=on}}
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| status = Professional
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| extour = PGA Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
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| otherwins = 16
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| open = CUT: 1964, 1975
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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
- 1960 Australian Amateur, New South Wales Champion of Champions, New South Wales Amateur
Professional wins (20)
=Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)=
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!No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of !Runner(s)-up |
align=center|1
|align=right|8 Mar 1964 |−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 |−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 |{{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 !Runner(s)-up |
align=center|1
|align=right|21 Oct 1973 |−6 (71-71-72-68=282) |2 strokes |{{flagicon|USA}} Jerry Heard |
align=center|2
|align=right|20 Oct 1974 |−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 |{{flagicon|AUS}} Paul Murray, {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Shearer |Shearer won with birdie on first extra hole |
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|align=center|2 |1974 |{{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 !Runner(s)-up |
align=center|1
|align=right|3 Sep 1963 |−5 (72-69-74-72=287) |colspan=2|Shared title with {{flagicon|AUS}} Peter Thomson |
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|align=right|12 Dec 1964 |−14 (63-71-64-68=266) |5 strokes |{{flagicon|AUS}} Barry Coxon, {{flagicon|AUS}} Bob Tuohy |
=Other Australian wins (11)=
- 1962 Queensland Open
- 1964 Wagga City Open,{{cite news|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/131752908|title=Ball wins Wagga golf|date=6 October 1964|newspaper=The Canberra Times}} City of Sydney Open, Tasmanian Open, New South Wales Open
- 1965 Lakes Open
- 1968 Queensland PGA Championship
- 1970 City of Sydney Open
- 1972 South Australian Open
- 1973 South Australian Open
- 1977 New South Wales PGA Championship
=Other wins (1)=
this list is incomplete
Team appearances
Amateur
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1960
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1960 (winners)
Professional
References
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Category:Australian male golfers
Category:PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
Category:People from the North Shore, Sydney
Category:20th-century Australian sportsmen
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