Chick Harbert

Chick Harbert
— Golfer —
Harbert in 1959
Personal information
Full name	Melvin R. Harbert
Nickname	Chick
Born	(1915-02-20)February 20, 1915 Dayton, Ohio
Died	September 1, 1992(1992-09-01) (aged 77) Ocala, Florida
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1940
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	18
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	7
Other	11
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	3rd: 1948
U.S. Open	T8: 1946, 1957
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	Won: 1954

Melvin R. "Chick" Harbert (February 20, 1915 – September 1, 1992) was an American professional golfer.

Harbert won seven times on the PGA Tour, including one major championship, the 1954 PGA Championship, then a match play event. A three-time finalist, he was also that event's runner-up twice, in 1947 (falling to Jim Ferrier) and 1952 (to Jim Turnesa). Harbert was one of the great PGA Championship match play competitors, compiling a 24–10 (.706) record between 1946, his first appearance, and 1957, the final year of the match play format.

In 1949, Harbert played on the Ryder Cup team, winning his singles match against Sam King, 4 and 3, at Ganton Golf Club in Scarborough, England. He was playing-captain of the U.S. team in 1955, with a singles victory against Syd Scott (3 and 2) to his credit.

In 1955, he represented the United States at the Canada Cup team competition at Columbia Country Club outside Washington, D.C. He teamed with Ed Furgol, with the duo outdueling Australia's team of Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle by nine strokes. He finished fourth in the individual competition, two strokes out of the Furgol, Thomson and Flory Van Donck playoff that Furgol won.

After turning 50, he made two official Senior PGA Tour appearances. He tied for 43rd at the 1981 Michelob Senior Classic and then tied for 40th in the same tournament the following year. In addition, he played in nine Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf team events, with his top showing a fifth-place performance in the inaugural event in 1978, when he teamed with Bob Toski.

Harbert was born in Dayton, Ohio and died in Ocala, Florida. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

Amateur wins

this list may be incomplete

1939 Trans-Mississippi Amateur

Professional wins

PGA Tour wins (7)

1941 (1) Beaumont Open-Texas
1942 (2) Texas Open, St. Paul Open
1948 (2) Jacksonville Open, Charlotte Open
1949 (1) Inverness Invitational Four-Ball (with Bob Hamilton)
1954 (1) PGA Championship

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins

this list is probably incomplete

1937 Michigan Open (as an amateur)
1942 Michigan Open
1946 Michigan PGA Championship
1947 Michigan PGA Championship
1948 Michigan Open
1949 Michigan PGA Championship
1950 Michigan PGA Championship
1953 Michigan Open, Michigan PGA Championship
1957 Puerto Rico Open
1959 Michigan PGA Championship

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1954	PGA Championship	4 & 3	Walter Burkemo

Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

Tournament	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T18 LA
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	T33	DNP	T10	NT	NT	NT	T7	T34	3	WD
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	NT	NT	NT	NT	T8	12	T28	T23
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	DNP	DNP	R64	2	QF	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T24	T44	DNP	T5	T12	T32	T40	CUT	T17	T14
U.S. Open	DNP	CUT	T24	T42	DNP	T34	CUT	T8	T52	T26
PGA Championship	R16	R32	2	R64	1	R32	R32	R128	CUT	T28

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T39	35	43	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T31	T29	DNP	CUT	T50	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T32	T52	T11	CUT	T44	CUT	CUT	T67	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	WD

Note: Harbert never played in The Open Championship.
LA = Low amateur
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	1	2	4	9	21	17
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	2	5	22	13
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	1	2	0	4	5	9	22	17
Totals	1	2	1	6	11	23	65	47

Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1951 PGA – 1956 Masters)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1942 Masters – 1946 U.S. Open)

U.S. national team appearances

Professional

Ryder Cup: 1949 (winners), 1955 (winners, playing captain)
Canada Cup: 1955 (winners)

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day 2016 Jimmy Walker

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

Chick Harbert in the Ryder Cup

American Ryder Cup captains

United States Ryder Cup team – 1949

Skip Alexander Jimmy Demaret Bob Hamilton Chick Harbert E. J. Harrison Clayton Heafner Lloyd Mangrum Johnny Palmer Sam Snead Ben Hogan (non-playing captain)

Won: 7 – 5

United States Ryder Cup team – 1955

Jerry Barber Tommy Bolt Jack Burke, Jr. Doug Ford Marty Furgol Chandler Harper Ted Kroll Cary Middlecoff Sam Snead Chick Harbert (playing captain)

Won: 8 – 4

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