Dave Douglas was an American

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 professional golfer

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 who played on the PGA Tour

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 in the 1940s and 1950s.

Douglas hailed from Newark, Delaware

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. Early in his career, he held the position of club pro at the Newark (Delaware) Country Club from 1940 until October 1942. After World War II

World War II

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, he joined the PGA Tour. At 6'2" tall and 165 pounds, he was lean and lanky. He was of Scottish ancestry and known for his smooth swing.

Douglas won eight tournaments on the PGA Tour in the late 1940s through the mid 1950s. He was a member of the winning U.S. Ryder Cup

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 Team in 1953.

In 1978, Douglas was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame

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PGA Tour wins (8)

• 1947 Orlando Open
• 1949 Texas Open, one other win
• 1950 Bing Crosby Pro-Am (tie with Jack Burke, Jr., Smiley Quick
  Smiley Quick
  Lyman Loren "Smiley" Quick was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s....
  
  , and Sam Snead
  Sam Snead
  Samuel Jackson Snead was an American professional golfer who was one of the top players in the world for most of four decades. Snead won a record 82 PGA Tour events including seven majors. He failed to win a U.S...
  
  )
• 1952 Greater Greensboro Open, Ardmore Open
  Ardmore Open
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• 1953 Canadian Open
• 1954 Houston Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	CUT	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	T39	T45	T6
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R16

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	T49	5	T30	DNP	T53	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T36	T6	CUT	CUT	DNP	T47	T34	CUT	DNP	CUT
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	QF	R64	R32	QF	R64	R32	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	T33	T14	T28
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP	CUT

Note: Douglas never played in The Open Championship

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NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

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