# Felice Torza
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{{Short description|American professional golfer (1920–1983}}
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| fullname = Felice Joseph Torza
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|3|15}}
| birth_place = [Naples, Italy](/source/Naples%2C_Italy)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|12|23|1920|3|15}}
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| nationality = {{USA}}
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| status = Professional
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| masters = T29: 1953
| usopen = T24: 1952
| open = DNP
| pga = 2nd: [1953](/source/1953_PGA_Championship)
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'''Felice Joseph Torza''' (March 15, 1920 – December 23, 1983) was an American [professional golfer](/source/professional_golfer). He played primarily in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
==Early life==
Torza was born in Naples, Italy, on March 15, 1920.[{{cite web | title=Connecticut connections to the PGA Championship |publisher=CT Golfer |last=Burrill |first=Jack |date=10 August 1996 |url=http://www.ctgolfer.com/news/library/1996/news0810.html |access-date=14 September 2007}}]
== Professional career ==
Like most of the golfers of his generation, he earned his living primarily as a club professional during his regular career years. Torza worked as the head club pro at the [Aurora Country Club](/source/Aurora_Country_Club) in [Aurora, Illinois](/source/Aurora%2C_Illinois) for 28 years.[{{cite web |title=A History of the Aurora Country Club |url=http://www.auroracc.com/history_note.htm |access-date=14 September 2007 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070913140506/http://www.auroracc.com/history_note.htm |archive-date=13 September 2007 }}][{{cite web |title=President's news from Aurora Country Club |url=http://www.auroracc.com/presnews.htm |access-date=14 September 2007}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}]
Torza was the runner-up in the [1953 PGA Championship](/source/1953_PGA_Championship). He was defeated, 2 and 1, in the final by [Walter Burkemo](/source/Walter_Burkemo), in the [match play](/source/match_play) era.[{{cite magazine |title= '''Time''' ''Scoreboard'' |magazine=Time |date=20 July 1953 |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,889825,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222111729/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,889825,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2008 |access-date=14 September 2007}}]
Torza was nicknamed ''Toy Tiger''[{{cite web |title=Fenton Farms Evolves From Its Colorful Past |publisher=Michigan Golfer |last=Harrington |first=Jeff |url=http://www.webgolfer.com/july99/fentonfarms.html |access-date=14 September 2007}}] by his fellow golfers due to his fiercely competitive nature and diminutive stature.
==Death==
Torza died on December 23, 1983.
==Honors and awards==
* In 1965, he was inducted into the [Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame](/source/Connecticut_Golf_Hall_of_Fame).[[http://www.csgalinks.org/hof/inductee.htm CT Golf Hall of Fame Members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081227051733/http://www.csgalinks.org/hof/inductee.htm|date=December 27, 2008}}]
* In 1968, he was awarded the Illinois PGA Professional of the Year award.