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Chick Harbert

United States · born , Dayton, Ohio · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1954 PGA Championship
  • Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 2-0-0 · 2 points (100.0%)
  • Ryder Cup captain 1955
  • Runner-up in majors 2 times

Wins

  1. 1954 PGA Championship Keller Golf Club · won the final 4 & 3 against Walter Burkemo

Near misses

  1. 1947 PGA Championship Plum Hollow Country Club · runner-up to Jim Ferrier · lost the final 2 & 1
  2. 1952 PGA Championship Big Spring Country Club · runner-up to Jim Turnesa · lost the final 1 up

Ryder Cup

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

  1. 1949 Ganton Golf Club USA · USA won 7–5 · 1-0-0, 1 point
  2. 1955 Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club USA · USA won 8–4 · 1-0-0, 1 point
  3. 1955 Captain USA · won 8–4

Rivals

Beat him

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Ryder Cup opponents

Next in the chain: Jim Ferrier's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1954 PGA Championship Harbert sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the 36th green to beat Tommy Bolt 1 up in the semifinal.
  2. 1954 PGA Championship Three down to Burkemo after four holes of the final, Harbert lost only one more hole and closed it out on the 33rd.

Records and firsts

  1. 1947 PGA Championship PGA Championship match-play finals (finals, won, lost): 3 · 1 · 2 (1947; 1952; 1954)

Results by championship

    Best day

    1954 PGA Championship

    Keller Golf Club, Maplewood, Minnesota · won the final 4 & 3 against Walter Burkemo

    Harbert sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the 36th green to beat Tommy Bolt 1 up in the semifinal.

    Three down to Burkemo after four holes of the final, Harbert lost only one more hole and closed it out on the 33rd.

    Chosen by rule: his most recent major win. Year page: 1954.

    Career line, 1947–1955

    PGA Championship
    1947 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jim Ferrier1952 PGA Championship: runner-up to Jim Turnesa1954 PGA Championship: won
    Ryder Cup
    1949 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-0-01955 Ryder Cup (USA): 1-0-0
    19481950195219541956

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

    • Major win
    • Runner-up
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Chick Harbert was born on February 20, 1915, in Dayton, Ohio. Harbert won one major championship: the 1954 PGA Championship. Harbert played in 2 Ryder Cups for USA (1949, 1955), winning 2, losing 0 and halving 0 of 2 matches for 2 points, and captained the side in 1955.

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (1)

    1. 1954 PGA Championship Keller Golf Club, Maplewood, Minnesota · won the final 4 & 3 against Walter Burkemo

    Near misses

    1. 1947 PGA Championship Plum Hollow Country Club · runner-up to Jim Ferrier · lost the final 2 & 1
    2. 1952 PGA Championship Big Spring Country Club · runner-up to Jim Turnesa · lost the final 1 up

    Ryder Cup

    Harbert played 2 Ryder Cups for USA: 2 matches, 2 won, 0 lost, 0 halved, 2 points (100.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 2-0-0 (won-lost-halved).

    1. 1949 Ganton Golf Club USA · USA won 7–5 · 1-0-0, 1 point
    2. 1955 Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club USA · USA won 8–4 · 1-0-0, 1 point
    3. 1955 Captain USA · won 8–4

    PGA Championship match play

    Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 23 won, 8 lost, including 1 of 3 finals.

    1. 1946 Round of 64 lost to Newton Bassler 3 & 1
    2. 1947 Round of 64 beat Ted Neist 2 & 1
    3. 1947 Round of 32 beat Clayton Heafner won on 20th hole
    4. 1947 Round of 16 beat Ed Oliver 3 & 2
    5. 1947 Quarterfinal beat Leland Gibson 6 & 5
    6. 1947 Semifinal beat Vic Ghezzi 6 & 5
    7. 1947 Final lost to Jim Ferrier 2 & 1
    8. 1948 Round of 64 beat Joe Zarhardt 4 & 2
    9. 1948 Round of 32 beat Eddie Burke won on 26th hole
    10. 1948 Round of 16 beat Skip (Stewart) Alexander 11 & 10
    11. 1948 Quarterfinal lost to Ben Hogan 2 & 1
    12. 1950 Round of 64 beat Herman Scharlau 6 & 5
    13. 1950 Round of 32 beat Harold Williams 5 & 3
    14. 1950 Round of 16 lost to Lloyd Mangrum 6 & 5
    15. 1951 Round of 64 beat Clayton Heafner won on 22nd hole
    16. 1951 Round of 32 lost to Walter Burkemo won on 19th hole
    17. 1952 Round of 64 beat Denny Shute 5 & 4
    18. 1952 Round of 32 beat Leonard Schmutte 3 & 2
    19. 1952 Round of 16 beat Henry Williams Jr. 6 & 5
    20. 1952 Quarterfinal beat Fred Haas Jr. 2 & 1
    21. 1952 Semifinal beat Bob Hamilton 1 up
    22. 1952 Final lost to Jim Turnesa 1 up
    23. 1953 Round of 64 lost to Pete Cooper 3 & 2
    24. 1954 Round of 64 beat Mike Krak 5 & 3
    25. 1954 Round of 32 beat John O’Donnell 3 & 1
    26. 1954 Round of 16 beat Ed Oliver 3 & 1
    27. 1954 Quarterfinal beat Jerry Barber 1 up
    28. 1954 Semifinal beat Tommy Bolt 1 up
    29. 1954 Final beat Walter Burkemo 4 & 3
    30. 1955 Round of 64 beat Eric Monti 3 & 1
    31. 1955 Round of 32 lost to Johnny Palmer 1 up

    Records and firsts

    Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.

    1. 1947 PGA Championship PGA Championship match-play finals (finals, won, lost): 3 · 1 · 2 (1947; 1952; 1954)

    Sources

    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 bio
    4. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    5. Golf Compendium winners list
    6. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
    7. rydercup.com — link no longer works (checked October 17, 2026): https://rydercup.com/news-media/usa/ryder-cup-team-usa-past-captains
    8. Golf Compendium
    9. PGA of America winners & venues
    10. Golf Compendium 1954
    11. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    12. Today's Golfer purse history
    13. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 78
    14. Golf Compendium 1947
    15. Golf Compendium 1948
    16. Golf Compendium 1950
    17. Golf Compendium 1952
    18. Golf Compendium 1953
    19. GC: 1949 ryder cup
    20. Wikipedia: 1949 Ryder Cup
    21. GC: 1955 ryder cup
    22. Wikipedia: 1955 Ryder Cup