{{Short description|American golfer and golf course architect}} {{use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Dean Refram | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1936|11|8}} | birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1991|7|28|1936|11|8}} | death_place = Tampa, Florida, U.S. | height = <!-- {{height|ft=|in=}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert| |lb|kg st|abbr=on}} --> | nationality = {{USA}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = Florida Southern College | status = Professional | yearpro = <!-- Year turned professional --> | extour = PGA Tour | prowins = 2 | pgawins = 1 | otherwins = 1 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = T30: 1964 | usopen = T13: 1969 | open = DNP | pga = 72nd: 1979 | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Dean Refram''' (November 8, 1936 – July 28, 1991) was an American professional golfer and golf course architect.
== Early life and amateur career == Refram was born in Miami, Florida.<ref name=obit1>{{cite news | title = Dean Refram, 54, golfer, developer | newspaper = St. Petersburg Times | location = St. Petersburg, Florida | date = July 29, 1991 | page = 6 }}</ref> He attended Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Florida, and was a member of the golf team.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Florida Southern College Athletics |url=http://www.fscmocs.com/page.asp?articleID=317#MG |title=Mocs in the Professional Ranks |accessdate=2010-05-10 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101123185239/http://fscmocs.com/page.asp?articleID=317 |archivedate=2010-11-23 |df= }}</ref>
== Professional career == Refram played on the PGA Tour in the 1960s and 1970s. He won twice on tour: the 1968 Robinson Open and the 1975 Walt Disney World National Team Championship with Jim Colbert.<ref name=hour>{{cite news|title=Golf pro Dean Refram, course designer, dies|newspaper=The Hour|location=Norwalk, Connecticut|date=July 31, 1991|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1916&dat=19910731&id=OgghAAAAIBAJ&sjid=I3YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4293,3625225|accessdate=2010-05-10}}</ref>
After leaving the Tour in 1975, Refram spent the latter part of his career as a golf course designer and architect.<ref name=hour/> Most of the courses he designed were in Florida.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dean Refram Courses Built|publisher=World Golf|url=http://www.worldgolf.com/golf-architects/dean-refram.html|accessdate=2010-05-10}}</ref>
== Personal life == Refram died in Tampa, Florida at age 54 of respiratory problems complicated by cancer.<ref name=obit1/><ref name=hour/> His son, Dean Refram Jr., also is a professional golfer.
==Professional wins (2)== ===PGA Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Date!!Tournament!!Winning score!!Margin of<br>victory!!Runner(s)-up |- | align="center" |1 || align="right" |Oct 26, 1975|| Walt Disney World National Team Championship<br>(with {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Colbert) || −36 (63-63-62-64=252) || 3 strokes || {{flagicon|ZAF|1928}} Bobby Cole and {{flagicon|USA}} John Schlee,<br>{{flagicon|MEX}} Victor Regalado and {{flagicon|USA}} Charlie Sifford |}
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dean Refram |url=https://www.pgatour.com/player/01993 |access-date=2025-08-05 |publisher=PGA Tour}}</ref>
=== Other wins (1) === * 1968 Robinson Open
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1962 !1963 !1964 !1965 !1966 !1967 !1968 !1969 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T30 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |T28 |T14 |CUT |T28 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T13 |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1970 !1971 !1972 !1973 !1974 !1975 !1976 !1977 !1978 !1979 !1980 |- |align=left|Masters Tournament |48 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|U.S. Open |T36 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |- |align=left|PGA Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |72 |CUT |} ''Note: Refram never played in The Open Championship.'' {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> "T" indicates a tie for a place
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{PGATour player|01993}}
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