Skee Riegel
Summary
Wins
- 1947 U.S. Amateur Pebble Beach Golf Links · 2 & 1
Near misses
- 1951 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Ben Hogan · 282
Rivals
Beat him
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Results by championship
Career line, 1947–1951
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Runner-up
Skee Riegel was born on November 25, 1914, in New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania, U.S. Riegel's best major finish was second, at the 1951 Masters. Riegel won the 1947 U.S. Amateur.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1947 U.S. Amateur Pebble Beach Golf Links · 2 & 1
Near misses
- 1951 The Masters Augusta National Golf Club · runner-up to Ben Hogan · 282
PGA Championship match play
Every recorded match in our bracket file, 1916–1957: 0 won, 2 lost.
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Robert Henry Riegel Wikipedia
Other names
- Skee Wikipedia
Status
- professional, turned professional in 1950 Wikipedia
College or club
- West Point
- Hobart College
- Lafayette College
Source: Wikipedia: Skee Riegel
Died in
- West Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. Wikidata
Beyond our rooms
- 1947 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1949 Walker Cup team (winners)
- 1942 Florida State Amateur won
- 1943 Southern Oregon Amateur won
- 1946 Trans-Mississippi Amateur won
- 1947 Monroe Invitational won
- 1948 Trans-Mississippi Amateur won
- 1948 Western Amateur won
- 1957 Pennsylvania Open Championship won
- 1959 Pennsylvania Open Championship won
- 1959 Yorktown Open won
- 1960 Philadelphia Open Championship won
- 1960 Genesee (Genny) Open won
- 1967 Salsbury Open won
Source: Wikipedia: Skee Riegel
Known for
- Robert Henry "Skee" Riegel was an American professional golfer. 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.