Henry Williams Jr.
Summary
- Best major finish runner-up, 1950 PGA Championship
Near misses
- 1950 PGA Championship Scioto Country Club · runner-up to Chandler Harper · lost the final 4 & 3
Rivals
Beat him
Next in the chain: Chandler Harper's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1950 PGA Championship
Runner-up to Chandler Harper.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1950.
Career line, 1950–1950
1 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
Henry Williams Jr. was born on January 20, 1917, in Reading, Pennsylvania, U.S. Williams' best major finish was second, at the 1950 PGA Championship.
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The record
Near misses
- 1950 PGA Championship Scioto Country Club · runner-up to Chandler Harper · lost the final 4 & 3
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 14 won, 8 lost, including 0 of 1 finals.
- 1944 Round of 32 lost to Charles Congdon 7 & 6
- 1948 Round of 64 beat Ferdy Catropa 2 & 1
- 1948 Round of 32 lost to George Fazio 7 & 6
- 1949 Round of 64 beat Gene Sarazen 2 & 1
- 1949 Round of 32 beat Jack Harden 1 up
- 1949 Round of 16 beat Al Brosch 7 & 6
- 1949 Quarterfinal lost to Johnny Palmer 7 & 6
- 1950 Round of 64 beat William Heinlein 5 & 3
- 1950 Round of 32 beat Emery Thomas 6 & 5
- 1950 Round of 16 beat Claude Harmon won on 38th hole
- 1950 Quarterfinal beat Dave Douglas 1 up
- 1950 Semifinal beat Henry Picard won on 38th hole
- 1950 Final lost to Chandler Harper 4 & 3
- 1951 Round of 64 lost to Gene Kunes 4 & 2
- 1952 Round of 64 beat Jim Gantz 5 & 4
- 1952 Round of 32 beat Jack Jones 1 up
- 1952 Round of 16 lost to Chick Harbert 6 & 5
- 1953 Round of 64 beat Ed Oliver won on 20th hole
- 1953 Round of 32 beat Charles Bassler 3 & 1
- 1953 Round of 16 lost to Jimmy Clark 4 & 3
- 1954 Round of 64 beat Frank Commisso 3 & 2
- 1954 Round of 32 lost to Elroy Marti 2 up
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Henry E. Williams Jr. Wikipedia
Status
- professional Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1952 Tucson Open winner
- 1949 Philadelphia PGA Championship winner
- 1951 Philadelphia Open Championship winner
- 1953 Philadelphia PGA Championship winner
- 1954 Pennsylvania Open Championship winner
- 1955 Philadelphia Open Championship winner
- 1958 Philadelphia PGA Championship winner
- 1962 Pennsylvania Open Championship winner
- 1962 Jamaica Open winner
- 1968 Salisbury winner
Source: Wikipedia: Henry Williams Jr.
Known for
- American professional golfer on the PGA Tour in the 1950s and 1960s; lost the 1950 PGA Championship final to Chandler Harper. 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.