Al Brosch

{{Short description|American golfer (1911–1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Al Brosch | image = Al-Brosch.JPG | imagesize = 135 | caption = Brosch hitting a shot (c. 1965) | fullname = Albert Wenzel Brosch | nickname = Red | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|11|8}} | birth_place = Farmingdale, New York, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|12|10|1911|11|8}} | death_place = Mineola, New York, U.S. | height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}} | weight =  | nationality = {{USA}} | residence = | spouse = Ellen Fredericka Blixt | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro =  | retired =  | extour = PGA Tour | prowins = 25 | otherwins =  | majorwins =  | masters = T35: 1950 | usopen = 6th: 1937 | open = DNP | pga = T5: 1951 | wghofid =  | wghofyear =  | award1 =  | year1 =  | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection =  }} '''Albert Wenzel "Red" Brosch''' (November 8, 1911 – December 10, 1975)<ref name=who>{{cite book |last1=Elliott |first1=Len |first2=Barbara |last2=Kelly |title=Who's Who in Golf |year=1976 |publisher=Arlington House |location=New Rochelle, New York |isbn=0-87000-225-2 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/28 28–9] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/28 }}</ref> was an American professional golfer.

==Early life== Brosch was born in Farmingdale, New York, on November 8, 1911, to Henry J. Brosch and his wife Catherine.

==Professional career== Brosch turned pro in the 1930s. He primarily worked primarily as a club pro. However, Brosch also played some as a touring professional on what is now known as the PGA Tour. He made 125 cuts between 1933 and 1962. Broach's career was interrupted by his service in World War II. He was drafted in 1943 and reached the rank of corporal.

Brosch was the first player to shoot a round of 60 on the Tour, in the third round of the 1951 Texas Open.<ref name="who" /><ref name="stptetm">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wVpIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YU4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5932%2C4782201 |work=St. Petersburg Times |location=Florida |agency=Associated Press |last=Ratliff |first=Harold V. |title=Brosch's 60 sets new PGA tourney record |date=February 11, 1951 |page=29}}</ref><ref name="szzsxt">{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vF8bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=-k0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3928%2C4027554 |work=Pittsburgh Press |agency=United Press |title=Al Brosch's sizzling 60 shatters PGA record |date=February 11, 1951 |page=39}}</ref> He went on to finish fourth, shooting a final-round 70 (268), three strokes out of the Dutch Harrison-Doug Ford playoff. Three weeks later, Brosch turned in his top PGA Tour performance, a runner-up finish at the St. Petersburg Open. He fell by six strokes to winner Jim Ferrier.

As a club pro, he worked primarily in the New York City area, including Bethpage, Cherry Valley Club, and Sands Point Golf Club. Brosch won the Long Island Open ten times,<ref name="who" /> the Long Island PGA Championship nine times,<ref>[http://metpga.bluegolf.com/bluegolf/metpga11/event/metpga115/champions.htm Long Island PGA Championship – Past Champions]</ref> and the Metropolitan PGA six times. He success was so great at the Long Island PGA that the tournament was jocularly referred to as a "benefit" for Brosch because he reliably picked up the first place cheque.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=Newsday (Nassau Edition) 16 Sep 1960, page 115 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/712408147/ |access-date=2022-12-31 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life== In June 1936, he married Ellen Fredericka Blixt.

Brosch died on December 10, 1975, and was interred in Long Island National Cemetery.<ref name="Hall of Fame" />

== Awards and honors == In 1975, Brosch was honored as the PGA Metropolitan Section’s second Sam Snead Award recipient for his contributions to golf, the PGA and the Metropolitan Section.<ref name="Hall of Fame">{{cite web |publisher=PGA Metropolitan Section |title=Al Brosch |url=http://met.pga.com/Hall-of-Fame-Al-Brosch.html |accessdate=June 8, 2015}}</ref>

==Professional wins (25)== ''this list mat be incomplete'' *1938 Metropolitan PGA *1939 Long Island PGA Championship, Long Island Open *1940 Long Island PGA Championship *1941 Metropolitan PGA *1942 Long Island PGA Championship *1946 Long Island Open *1947 Metropolitan PGA, Long Island PGA Championship, Long Island Open *1948 Long Island Open *1949 Long Island PGA Championship, Long Island Open *1950 Metropolitan PGA, Long Island PGA Championship, Long Island Open *1951 Long Island PGA Championship, Long Island Open *1952 Metropolitan PGA *1953 Long Island Open *1956 Long Island Open *1959 Metropolitan PGA, Long Island PGA Championship, Long Island Open *1960 Long Island PGA Championship

==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1934 !1935 !1936 !1937 !1938 !1939 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T36 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T28 |style="background:yellow;"|6 |T41 |CUT |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |R32 |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1940 !1941 !1942 !1943 !1944 !1945 !1946 !1947 !1948 !1949 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |T47 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |T53 |T39 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |13 |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:yellow;"|R16 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |R64 |R32 |style="background:yellow;"|R16 |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1950 !1951 !1952 !1953 !1954 !1955 !1956 !1957 !1958 !1959 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |T35 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T55 |T38 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |CUT |style="background:yellow;"|T10 |T15 |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T37 |T43 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|PGA Championship |R32 |style="background:yellow;"|QF |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T59 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1960 !1961 !1962 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|PGA Championship |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |} ''Note: Brosch never played in The Open Championship.''<br> {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} NT = no tournament<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play<br> "T" indicates a tie for a place

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