Henry B. Ransom was an American

United States

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 professional golfer

Professional golfer

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 who played on the PGA Tour

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 in the 1940s and 1950s.

Ransom was born in Houston, Texas

Houston, Texas

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. He turned professional in 1933. He won five PGA Tour events during his career, and was a member of the 1951 Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

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 team. His best finishes in the major championships

Men's major golf championships

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 were a T-5 at the 1950 U.S. Open

U.S. Open (golf)

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 and at the 1953 and 1956 PGA Championship

PGA Championship

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s (lost in quarter-finals of match play

Match play

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At a tournament in Texas in 1948, Ransom was involved in a fist-fight with one of his playing partners, the diminutive, short-tempered Australian Norman Von Nida

Norman Von Nida

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 that resulted in police having to pull them apart.

Ransom was forced off the tour in the late 1950s because of an allergy to grass. After retiring as a tour player, he coached the Texas A&M University

Texas A&M University

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 golf team from 1959 to 1973, winning six Southwest Conference titles. He was also a golf course architect; his designs included Idylwild Golf Club in Sour Lake, Texas

Sour Lake, Texas

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PGA Tour wins (5)

• 1946 St. Paul Open
• 1949 Wilmington Open
• 1950 World Championship of Golf
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• 1951 Inverness Invitational Four-Ball
  Inverness Invitational Four-Ball
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   (with Roberto DeVicenzo
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  )
• 1955 Rubber City Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	WD	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...	DNP	CUT	DNP	T13	NT	NT	NT	NT	T22	T29	DNP	DNP
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...	R64	DNP	DNP	R64	DNP	NT	DNP	DNP	R32	R32	R16	R32

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961
Masters Tournament	DNP	T25	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T21	CUT	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...	T5	T16	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	T28	T43	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...	DNP	R64	R64	QF	R32	DNP	QF	R16	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Note: Ransom never played in The Open Championship

The Open Championship

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NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

WD = Withdrew

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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