Henry Ransom

February 25, 1911 (age 76)

Houston, Texas , United States

He turned professional in 1933. His best finishes in the major championships were a T-5 at the 1950 United States. Open and at the 1953 and 1956 Professional Golf Association Championships (lost in quarter-finals of match play). Ransom was forced off the tour in the late 1950s because of an allergy to grass. After retiring as a tour player, he coached the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University golf team from 1959 to 1973, winning six Southwest Conference titles. He was also a golf course architect. His designs included Idylwild Golf Club in Sour Lake, Texas. Professional Golf Association Tour wins (5) 1946 Saint Other wins.

Henry B. Ransom

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Ransom was born in Houston, Texas.

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He turned professional in 1933. His best finishes in the major championships were a T-5 at the 1950 United States. Open and at the 1953 and 1956 Professional Golf Association Championships (lost in quarter-finals of match play). Ransom was forced off the tour in the late 1950s because of an allergy to grass.

After retiring as a tour player, he coached the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical University golf team from 1959 to 1973, winning six Southwest Conference titles.

He was also a golf course architect. His designs included Idylwild Golf Club in Sour Lake, Texas.

Professional Golf Association Tour wins (5) 1946 Saint Other wins.

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1946 Saint Paul Open 1949 Wilmington Open 1950 World Championship of Golf 1951 Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Roberto DeVicenzo) 1955 Rubber City Open this list may be incomplete 1948 Illinois Professional Golf Association Championship.

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Partner:: Norman Von Nida

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