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Ed Furgol

United States · born , New York Mills, New York, USA · died

1major championship

Summary

  • First major 1954 U.S. Open
  • Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-1-0 · 0 points (0.0%)

Wins

  1. 1954 U.S. Open Baltusrol G.C. · 284 (+4) · by 1 stroke from Gene Littler

Ryder Cup

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

  1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic

Rivals

Ryder Cup opponents

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Results by championship

    Best day

    1954 U.S. Open

    Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, NJ · 284 (+4) · by 1 stroke from Gene Littler

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1954.

    Career line, 1954–1957

    U.S. Open
    1954 U.S. Open: won
    Ryder Cup
    1957 Ryder Cup (USA): 0-1-0
    195419561958

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    • Major win
    • Ryder Cup, USA

    Ed Furgol was born on March 24, 1917, in New York Mills, New York, USA. Furgol won one major championship: the 1954 U.S. Open. Furgol played in 1 Ryder Cup for USA (1957), 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. 1954 U.S. Open Baltusrol G.C., Springfield, NJ · 284 (+4) · by 1 stroke from Gene Littler

    Near misses

      U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 2 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

      Ryder Cup

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

      1. 1957 Lindrick Golf Club USA · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 0-1-0, 0 points · automatic

      PGA Championship match play

      Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 7 won, 6 lost.

      1. 1951 Round of 64 lost to Charles Bassler 1 up
      2. 1952 Round of 64 lost to Bob Gajda 2 & 1
      3. 1953 Round of 64 beat Johnny Weitzel won on 20th hole
      4. 1953 Round of 32 beat Jim Ferrier 3 & 2
      5. 1953 Round of 16 lost to Claude Harmon 5 & 3
      6. 1954 Round of 64 beat Johnny Weitzel 3 & 2
      7. 1954 Round of 32 lost to Jim Browning 1 up
      8. 1955 Round of 64 beat Jimmy Gauntt won on 20th hole
      9. 1955 Round of 32 beat Gus Salerno won on 20th hole
      10. 1955 Round of 16 lost to Fred Hawkins 6 & 5
      11. 1956 Round of 16 beat Robert Kay 4 & 3
      12. 1956 Quarterfinal beat Jimmy Johnson 1 up
      13. 1956 Semifinal lost to Jack Burke Jr. won on 37th hole

      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. WP: List of American Ryder Cup golfers
      2. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
      3. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 81
      4. Golf Compendium 1953
      5. Golf Compendium 1955
      6. Golf Compendium 1956
      7. GC: 1957 ryder cup
      8. Wikipedia: 1957 Ryder Cup