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Frank Stranahan

United States · born , Toledo, Ohio, U.S. · died

2championship wins

Summary

  • Best major finish runner-up, 1947 Masters, 1947 Open and 1953 Open
  • Open top 10s 1950 (T9)
  • Titles 1948 The Amateur and 1950 The Amateur
  • Amateur runner-up 1950 U.S. Amateur and 1952 The Amateur

Wins

  1. 1948 The Amateur Championship Royal St George's Golf Club · 5 & 4
  2. 1950 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 8 & 6

Near misses

  1. 1947 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jimmy Demaret · 283
  2. 1947 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to Fred Daly · 294
  3. 1950 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T9 · 286
  4. 1950 U.S. Amateur Minneapolis Golf Club · runner-up to Sam Urzetta · 39 holes
  5. 1952 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Harvie Ward · 6 & 5
  6. 1953 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · runner-up to Ben Hogan · 286

Rivals

Beat him

Next in the chain: Jimmy Demaret's rivals →

Moments

Records and firsts

  1. — Open most Silver Medals · 4 (1949, 1950, 1951, 1953)

Results by championship

    Best day

    1953 The Open

    Runner-up to Ben Hogan · 286.

    Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1953.

    Career line, 1947–1953

    Masters
    1947 Masters: runner-up to Jimmy Demaret
    The Open
    1947 The Open: runner-up to Fred Daly1950 The Open: finished T91953 The Open: runner-up to Ben Hogan
    U.S. Amateur
    1950 U.S. Amateur: runner-up
    The Amateur
    1948 The Amateur: won1950 The Amateur: won1952 The Amateur: runner-up
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    8 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Other win
    • Runner-up
    • Top 10

    Frank Stranahan was born on August 5, 1922, in Toledo, Ohio, U.S. Stranahan's best major finish was second, at the 1947 Masters, the 1947 Open and the 1953 Open. Stranahan won the 1948 The Amateur and the 1950 The Amateur. Stranahan was runner-up at the 1950 U.S. Amateur and the 1952 The Amateur.

    See Frank Stranahan in our rooms: The Masters, The Open, Greatest Golfer by State, Every Ground, U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (2)

    1. 1948 The Amateur Championship Royal St George's Golf Club · 5 & 4
    2. 1950 The Amateur Championship St Andrews Links · 8 & 6

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1947 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Jimmy Demaret · 283
    2. 1947 The Open Royal Liverpool Golf Club · runner-up to Fred Daly · 294
    3. 1950 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished T9 · 286
    4. 1950 U.S. Amateur Minneapolis Golf Club · runner-up to Sam Urzetta · 39 holes
    5. 1952 The Amateur Championship Prestwick Golf Club · runner-up to Harvie Ward · 6 & 5
    6. 1953 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · runner-up to Ben Hogan · 286

    Records and firsts

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

    1. — Open most Silver Medals · 4 (1949, 1950, 1951, 1953)

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Full name

    Status

    • professional, turned professional in 1954 Wikipedia

    College or club

    • University of Miami
    • Harvard University
    • University of Pennsylvania

    Source: Wikipedia: Frank Stranahan

    Died in

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1947 Walker Cup team
    • 1949 Walker Cup team
    • 1951 Walker Cup team
    • 1952 Americas Cup team
    • 1941 Trans-Mississippi Amateur winner
    • 1941 Ohio Amateur winner
    • 1942 Ohio Amateur winner
    • 1942 South Florida Championship winner
    • 1946 Mexican Amateur winner
    • 1946 Western Amateur winner
    • 1946 North and South Amateur winner
    • 1946 Great Lakes Amateur winner
    • 1947 Canadian Amateur winner
    • 1947 Great Lakes Amateur winner
    • 1948 Canadian Amateur winner
    • 1948 Mexican Amateur winner
    • 1948 All-American Amateur winner
    • 1949 Western Amateur winner
    • 1949 North and South Amateur winner
    • 1949 All-American Amateur winner

    Source: Wikipedia: Frank Stranahan

    Known for

    • Frank Richard Stranahan (August 5, 1922 – June 23, 2013) was an American sportsman. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    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. Wikipedia: Frank Stranahan
    2. Wikidata: Q5489819
    3. R&A 1950
    4. Golf Bible
    5. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    6. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    7. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners
    8. Wikipedia: U.S. Amateur
    9. championships-plt.usga.org: u s amateur champions
    10. championships.usga.org: u s amateur records
    11. Wikipedia: Minneapolis Golf Club