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Chandler Harper

United States · born , Portsmouth, Virginia · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1950 PGA Championship
  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-1-0 · 0 points (0.0%)

Wins

  1. 1950 PGA Championship Scioto Country Club · won the final 4 & 3 against Henry Williams Jr.

Ryder Cup

1 Cups, 1 matches: 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-0.

  1. 1955 Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club USA · USA won 8–4 · 0-1-0, 0 points

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Henry Williams Jr.Lost the 1950 PGA Championship final to Chandler Harper

Ryder Cup partners

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Jerry Barber's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1950 PGA Championship Harper shot 75 to Williams's 79 in the morning 18 of the final and went to lunch 3 up.
  2. 1950 PGA Championship Harper was still 3 up with nine to play and closed out the match on the 33rd hole.
  3. 1955 Ryder Cup John Fallon and John Jacobs beat Chandler Harper and Jerry Barber 1 up for GB's only foursomes point.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1950 PGA Championship

    Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio · won the final 4 & 3 against Henry Williams Jr.

    Harper shot 75 to Williams's 79 in the morning 18 of the final and went to lunch 3 up.

    Harper was still 3 up with nine to play and closed out the match on the 33rd hole.

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1950.

    Career line, 1950–1955

    PGA Championship
    1950 PGA Championship: won
    Ryder Cup
    1955 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-1-0
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    • Major win
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Chandler Harper was born on March 10, 1914, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Harper won one major championship: the 1950 PGA Championship. Harper played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1955), winning 0, losing 1 and halving 0 of 1 match for 0 points.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1950 PGA Championship Scioto Country Club, Columbus, Ohio · won the final 4 & 3 against Henry Williams Jr.

    Ryder Cup

    Harper played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 1 matches, 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points (0.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1955 Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club USA · USA won 8–4 · 0-1-0, 0 points

    Partners, with matches played together: Jerry Barber (1).

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 11 won, 8 lost, including 1 of 1 finals.

    1. 1946 Round of 64 beat Bob Gutwein 5 & 3
    2. 1946 Round of 32 beat Jimmy Thomson 2 & 1
    3. 1946 Round of 16 lost to Ed Oliver 5 & 4
    4. 1947 Round of 64 beat Chick Rutan 2 & 1
    5. 1947 Round of 32 lost to Mike Turnesa won on 22nd hole
    6. 1948 Round of 64 beat Sam Schneider 4 & 3
    7. 1948 Round of 32 lost to Ky Laffoon 3 & 2
    8. 1949 Round of 64 lost to Bob Hamilton 2 & 1
    9. 1950 Round of 64 beat Fred Annon 5 & 3
    10. 1950 Round of 32 beat Dick Metz 1 up
    11. 1950 Round of 16 beat Bob Toski 2 & 1
    12. 1950 Quarterfinal beat Lloyd Mangrum 1 up
    13. 1950 Semifinal beat Jimmy Demaret 2 & 1
    14. 1950 Final beat Henry Williams Jr. 4 & 3
    15. 1951 Round of 64 lost to Jim Turnesa won on 23rd hole
    16. 1952 Round of 64 beat Charles Lepre 6 & 5
    17. 1952 Round of 32 lost to Jim Turnesa 3 & 1
    18. 1953 Round of 64 lost to Jack Isaacs 4 & 3
    19. 1956 Round of 16 lost to Jack Burke Jr. 3 & 2

    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.

    1. where2golf
    2. PGA Tour
    3. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    4. Golf Compendium winners list
    5. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    6. Wikipedia: Chandler Harper
    7. PGA of America winners & venues
    8. Golf Compendium 1950
    9. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    10. Today's Golfer purse history
    11. Trenham, Philadelphia PGA history 1950–1959
    12. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 82
    13. Golf Compendium 1946
    14. Golf Compendium 1953
    15. Golf Compendium 1956
    16. GC: 1955 ryder cup
    17. Wikipedia: 1955 Ryder Cup