Ed Updegraff

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'''Edgar Rice Updegraff''' (March 1, 1922 – December 23, 2022) was an American amateur golfer and urologist.<ref name=urology>{{cite web |url=http://www.urologichistory.museum/content/hometownheroes/updegraff/index.cfm |title=Edgar Rice Updegraff, MD profile |publisher=William P. Didusch Center For Urologic History |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref><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 |page=[https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/189 189] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/whoswhoingolf00elli/page/189 }}</ref>

==Biography== [[Image:Coat of arms Op den Graeff.jpg|thumb|120px|left|Possible, but not proven coat of arms Op den Graeff as descendants of Herman op den Graeff (Heraldic representation by Matthias Laurenz Gräff based on the Krefeld Op den Graeff stained glass window from 1630, which may depict the “Lohengrin swan” of the Kleve coat of arms in one window)]] Updegraff was born in Boone, Iowa, and is a descendant of the Dutch<ref>Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania (2018)</ref> and German Op den Graeff family. He was a direct descendant of Herman op den Graeff, mennonite leader of Krefeld, and his grandson Abraham op den Graeff, one of the founders of Germantown and in 1688 signer of the first protest against slavery in colonial America.

===Medical career===

He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Iowa State University and his medical degree from the University of Iowa. Unlike his father and brothers, who were otolaryngologists, Updegraff chose urology as a specialty.<ref name=urology/> He eventually settled into practice in Tucson, Arizona, in 1951, partially because of the opportunity to continue playing golf there.<ref name=urology/>

===Sporting career===

Updegraff had a long amateur career, winning many tournaments on a local, state, and national scale, including the Western Amateur (1957, 1959), Sunnehanna Amateur (1962), Pacific Coast Amateur (1967), and U.S. Senior Amateur (1981). He was a semi-finalist at 1963 British Amateur.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=19630608&id=ARArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6ZsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6638,3367922 |title=Lunt, Blackwell In British Final |newspaper=Reading Eagle |location=Reading, Pennsylvania |agency=UPI |date=June 8, 1963 |page=6}}</ref> He played on three winning Walker Cup teams (1963, 1965, 1969) and captained the 1975 team to a win.<ref name=who/> He also finished in a tie for 4th place at the 1969 Tucson Open on the PGA Tour but failed to sign his scorecard and was disqualified.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19690224&id=A5VIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tAkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4674,5476189 |title=Trevino Wins Tucson Open |newspaper=The News and Courier |location=Charleston, South Carolina |agency=AP |date=February 24, 1969 |page=2-B |access-date=October 7, 2016 |archive-date=February 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212130252/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2506&dat=19690224&id=A5VIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tAkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4674,5476189 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Updegraff received the Bob Jones Award from the United States Golf Association in 1999.<ref name=life>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.azgolf.org/images/uploads/news/magazine/10-2012_magazine.pdf |title=A Life Well Played |first=Bill |last=Huffman |magazine=AZ Golf Insider |date=Fall 2012 |pages=16–21 |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140123222052/http://www.azgolf.org/images/uploads/news/magazine/10-2012_magazine.pdf |archive-date=January 23, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was inducted into the Arizona Golf Hall of Fame in 1969<ref>{{cite news |url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/2001/10/17/142547-arizona-golf-association-hall-of-fame/ |title=Arizona Golf Association Hall of Fame |newspaper=Tucson Citizen |first=Jack |last=Rickard |date=October 17, 2001 |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref> and the Iowa Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2006.<ref name=iowa>{{cite web |url=http://www.iowagolf.org/HTML/Hall_of_Fame/2006/EdUpdegraff.html |title=Ed Updegraff profile |publisher=Iowa Golf Hall of Fame |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160611132037/http://www.iowagolf.org/HTML/Hall_of_Fame/2006/EdUpdegraff.html |archive-date=June 11, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As of June 2021, Updegraff lived at Saddlebrooke Ranch.<ref>[https://tucson.com/sports/greghansen/hansens-hundred-no-82-dr-ed-operated-at-golf-courses-nationwide-from-el-rio-to/article_139a9b72-c65e-11eb-bcea-bbd848c1de60.html Hansen's Hundred, No. 82]</ref> He turned 100 in March 2022,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tucson.com/sports/local/happy-100th-birthday-to-dr-ed-tucson-golf-legend-and-the-greatest-amateur-champion-in/article_d9e18e2c-9989-11ec-8588-97a5b79206f6.html |title=Happy 100th birthday to 'Dr. Ed,' Tucson golf legend and the greatest amateur champion in state history |work=Arizona Daily Star |date=March 1, 2022 |access-date=November 26, 2022}}</ref> and died on December 23, 2022, in Saddlebrooke, Arizona.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Greg |title=Ed Updegraff dies at 100; played in six Masters during esteemed amateur golf career |url=https://tucson.com/sports/ed-updegraff-dies-at-100-played-in-six-masters-during-esteemed-amateur-golf-career/article_32828440-83b4-11ed-ac54-2b8489a19fef.html |website=Arizona Daily Star}}</ref>

==Amateur wins== *1940 Northwest Amateur<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=The Northwest Amateur – Past Champions |url=https://www.nwamspencer.com/history/past-champions/ |publisher=Northwest Amateur Golf Tournament |access-date=2025-08-04}}</ref> *1941 Northwest Amateur<ref name=":0" /> *1947 Northwest Amateur<ref name=":0" /> *1952 Arizona Amateur *1954 Southwestern Amateur<ref name=swa>{{cite web |url=http://www.swga.net/history-and-archives/tournament-archives/ |title=Southwestern Amateur – Tournament Archives |publisher=Southwestern Golf Association |access-date=January 6, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106221141/http://www.swga.net/history-and-archives/tournament-archives/ |archive-date=January 6, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> *1955 Southwestern Amateur,<ref name=swa/> Arizona Amateur *1957 Western Amateur<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1907&dat=19570826&id=uWwrAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ktkEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4588,3284552 |title=Updegraff Western Winner |newspaper=The Spencer Daily Reporter |location=Spencer, Iowa |agency=AP |date=August 26, 1957 |page=4}}</ref> *1959 Western Amateur<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1346&dat=19590817&id=r1pYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LfoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5337,2493896 |title=Updegraff Cops Western Amateur Golf Tourney |newspaper=Lakeland Ledger |location=Lakeland, Florida |date=August 17, 1959 |agency=AP |page=8}}</ref> *1961 Southwestern Amateur,<ref name=swa/> Arizona Amateur *1962 Sunnehanna Amateur *1967 Pacific Coast Amateur *1969 Southwestern Amateur,<ref name=swa/> Arizona Amateur *1981 U.S. Senior Amateur<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.senioram.org/history/past-champions/1981.html |title=USGA Senior Amateur Championship – 1981 |publisher=USGA |access-date=January 6, 2014}}</ref>

Sources:<ref name=life/><ref name=iowa/>

==U.S. national team appearances== *Walker Cup: 1963 (winners), 1965 (tied, cup retained), 1969 (winners), 1975 (winners, non-playing captain) *Americas Cup: 1963 (winners), 1967 (winners, non-playing captain)

== See also ==

* List of male golfers

==References== {{reflist}}

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