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Art Wall Jr.

United States · born , Honesdale, Pennsylvania, USA · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1959 The Masters
  • Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 4-2-0 · 4 points (66.7%)

Wins

  1. 1959 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 284 (-4) · by 1 stroke from Cary Middlecoff

Ryder Cup

3 Cups, 6 matches: 4 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 4 points. Foursomes 2-2-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 2-0-0.

  1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic
  2. 1959 Eldorado Country Club USA · USA won 8.5–3.5 · 1-1-0, 1 point
  3. 1961 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 14.5–9.5 · 3-0-0, 3 points

Rivals

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Jay Hebert's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1959 Masters Wall started the final round six strokes back and won with a 66, birdieing five of his last six holes.
  2. 1959 Masters Nineteen-year-old amateur Jack Nicklaus made his Masters debut and missed the cut by one stroke with 76-74.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1959 Masters

    Augusta National Golf Club · 284 (-4) · by 1 stroke from Cary Middlecoff

    Wall started the final round six strokes back and won with a 66, birdieing five of his last six holes.

    Nineteen-year-old amateur Jack Nicklaus made his Masters debut and missed the cut by one stroke with 76-74.

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1959.

    Career line, 1957–1961

    Masters
    1959 Masters: won
    Ryder Cup
    1957 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-1-01959 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-1-01961 Ryder Cup (USA): 3-0-0
    195819601962

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Art Wall Jr. was born on November 25, 1923, in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, USA. Wall won one major championship: the 1959 Masters. Wall played in 3 Ryder Cups for USA (1957, 1959, 1961), winning 4, losing 2 and halving 0 of 6 matches for 4 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1959 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · 284 (-4) · by 1 stroke from Cary Middlecoff

    Ryder Cup

    Wall played 3 Ryder Cups for USA: 6 matches, 4 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 4 points (66.7% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-2-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 2-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic
    2. 1959 Eldorado Country Club USA · USA won 8.5–3.5 · 1-1-0, 1 point
    3. 1961 Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club USA · USA won 14.5–9.5 · 3-0-0, 3 points

    Partners, with matches played together: Jay Hebert (2), Fred Hawkins (1), Doug Ford (1).

    Masters Champions Dinner

    No menu has been recorded for the 1960 (as the 1959 champion) dinner. Until about 1986 champions did not design the meal: the club served its standard menu.

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

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