Dave Ragan
Summary
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 2-1-1 · 2.5 points (62.5%)
- Singles 1-0-0 · Foursomes 1-0-0 · Four-ball 0-1-1
- Best major finish runner-up, 1963 PGA Championship
Near misses
- 1963 PGA Championship Dallas Athletic Club (Blue Course) · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 281
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 4 matches: 2 won, 1 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points. Foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-1-1, singles 1-0-0.
- 1963 Atlanta Athletic Club (East Lake course) USA · USA won 23–9 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
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Results by championship
Best day
1963 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 281.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1963.
Career line, 1963–1963
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Ryder Cup, USA
Dave Ragan was born in 1935 in Daytona Beach, Florida. Ragan's best major finish was second, at the 1963 PGA Championship. Ragan played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1963), winning 2, losing 1 and halving 1 of 4 matches for 2.5 points.
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The record
Near misses
- 1963 PGA Championship Dallas Athletic Club (Blue Course) · runner-up to Jack Nicklaus · 281
Ryder Cup
Ragan played 1 Ryder Cups for USA: 4 matches, 2 won, 1 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points (62.5% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-0-0, four-ball 0-1-1, singles 1-0-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1963 Atlanta Athletic Club (East Lake course) USA · USA won 23–9 · 2-1-1, 2.5 points
Partners, with matches played together: Bob Goalby (2), Billy Casper (1).
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.