Dave Marr

Dave Marr
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	David Francis Marr, Jr.
Born	(1933-12-27)December 27, 1933 Houston, Texas
Died	October 5, 1997(1997-10-05) (aged 63) Houston, Texas
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	160 lb (73 kg; 11 st)^[1]
Nationality	United States
Career
College	Rice Institute University of Houston
Turned professional	1953
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	T2: 1964
U.S. Open	T4: 1966
The Open Championship	T8: 1966
PGA Championship	Won: 1965
Achievements and awards
PGA Player of the Year	1965

David Francis Marr, Jr. (December 27, 1933 – October 5, 1997) was an American professional golfer and sportscaster, best known for winning the 1965 PGA Championship.

Early years

Marr was born and raised in Houston, Texas, the son of a professional golfer.^[2] He attended St. Thomas High School, and while there was on the honor roll, captain of the golf team and member of the Letterman's Club.^[3] Following graduation, he attended Rice Institute and the University of Houston.

Professional career

In 1953 at age 19, Marr left college and turned professional. He began his professional golfing career by accepting a position at Westwood Country Club in Westwood, New Jersey, in 1953. A short time later, Marr took a job as an assistant club pro to Claude Harmon at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, where he began to blossom.^[2] He began playing regularly on the PGA tour in 1960, and in that year earned his first professional win at the Sam Snead Festival. A year later, he won the Greater Seattle Open Invitational and then the Azalea Open in 1962. Marr joined the elite in golf world in 1965 when he captured the coveted PGA Championship, was named to the Ryder Cup team and elected PGA Player of the Year.^[3]

The 1965 PGA Championship was played at the Laurel Valley Golf Club in Ligonier, Pennsylvania. He defeated golf legends Jack Nicklaus and Billy Casper by two strokes with a four-day total score of 280.^[4]^[5] Incredibly, this wasn't the biggest news story of the day in the Marr family – a few hours after his victory, his third child, son Tony, was born.

Marr played in the 1965 Ryder Cup, finishing his six matches with a 4-2 record. He was the appointed non-playing captain of the U.S. Ryder Cup team in 1981.^[2]

Marr was a close friend of golf legend Arnold Palmer. Marr and Palmer were both sons of PGA pros and developed a close bond. Palmer called Marr's 1965 PGA victory "one of the happiest moments of my life," won at Palmer's home course. The two of them used to joke that between them they won a career grand slam. (Palmer won seven majors in his career, but never the PGA Championship, where he was a runner-up three times.)

Later years

Marr served as a golf analyst for ABC from 1972 until 1991,^[2] and was usually teamed with host Jim McKay and fellow one-time PGA Championship winner, Bob Rosburg. He later worked for the BBC in Britain and NBC in the U.S.^[2]

Marr and long-time golfing partner Jay Riviere established a golf course architectural and design firm in 1981, and designed many Texas courses and one each in Louisiana and Arizona.^[3]^[6]

After a battle with stomach cancer, Marr died at age 63 at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston on October 5, 1997. He was survived by his wife, Tally, and sons Dave III, Anthony, Wayne Bunch, Tucker Bunch, and daughter Elizabeth Hallas.^[2] Marr's oldest son, Dave III, works for Golf Channel covering the Champions Tour.^[7]

Marr's children scattered his ashes around the various courses that meant so much to him during his playing days – Royal Birkdale, in England, where he played on the 1965 Ryder Cup team; Walton Heath, also in England, where he captained the 1981 Ryder Cup team; and at the 18th hole at Laurel Valley, the site of his 1965 PGA Championship.^[8]

Awards and honors

Marr was elected to the National Collegiate Hall of Fame in 1977 and the Texas Golf Hall of Fame in 1978. He was selected for the Gold Tee Award presented by the Met (N.Y.) Golf Writers in 1990.

Shell Oil Company created the Dave Marr Memorial Award the year after his death. It is awarded annually in conjunction with the Shell Houston Open. Marr's last assignment as a broadcaster had been to host Shell's Wonderful World of Golf from 1993–97. Past winners of the award include Gene Sarazen, Byron Nelson, Jack Nicklaus, Judy Rankin, Gary Player, Former President George H. W. Bush and Arnold Palmer.

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Sep 17, 1961	Greater Seattle Open Invitational	−15 (67-69-66-63=265)	Playoff	Jacky Cupit, Bob Rosburg
2	Apr 1, 1962	Azalea Open	−7 (673-66-71-71=281)	Playoff	Jerry Steelsmith
3	Aug 15, 1965	PGA Championship	−4 (70-69-70-71=280)	2 strokes	Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus

PGA Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1961	Greater Seattle Open Invitational	Jacky Cupit, Bob Rosburg	Won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1962	Azalea Open	Jerry Steelsmith	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (2)

1960 Sam Snead Festival
1962 Metropolitan PGA Championship

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runners-up
1965	PGA Championship	Tied for lead	−4 (70-69-70-71=280)	2 strokes	Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus

Results timeline

Tournament	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	T15
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T44	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	T34	DNP	CUT	DNP	T2	CUT	CUT	T16	T20	CUT
U.S. Open	T17	CUT	DNP	T21	DNP	CUT	T4	T9	T32	T10
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T8	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T10	T22	T51	CUT	65	1	T18	T33	CUT	T48

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T30	CUT	CUT	DNP
The Open Championship	T41	DNP	T11	CUT
PGA Championship	T35	DNP	CUT	T46

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	1	1	1	3	9	4
U.S. Open	0	0	1	3	6	15	8
The Open Championship	0	0	0	1	2	4	3
PGA Championship	1	0	1	1	4	14	11
Totals	1	1	3	6	15	42	26

Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1966 U.S. Open – 1968 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1966 U.S. Open – 1966 Open Championship)

References

↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (August 14, 1965). "Aaron still leads PGA with 137". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
1 2 3 4 5 6 Brink, Bill (October 6, 1997). "Dave Marr, 63, golf champion and television commentator". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
1 2 3 "Profile from St. Thomas High School Alumni Hall of Honor page".
↑ Gundelfinger, Phil (August 16, 1965). "Dave Marr wins PGA with 280". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1.
↑ Wright, Alfred (August 23, 1965). "Diary of a career in turmoil". Sports Illustrated: 24.
↑ http://www.golfadvisor.com/architects/1606-jay-riviere
↑ "Dave Marr III bio". Golf Channel. Retrieved 2010-05-09.
↑ "Senior PGA Championship News".

External links

Dave Marr at the PGA Tour official site

PGA Championship champions

Match play era	1916 Jim Barnes 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Jim Barnes 1920 Jock Hutchison 1921 Walter Hagen 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Gene Sarazen 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Walter Hagen 1926 Walter Hagen 1927 Walter Hagen 1928 Leo Diegel 1929 Leo Diegel 1930 Tommy Armour 1931 Tom Creavy 1932 Olin Dutra 1933 Gene Sarazen 1934 Paul Runyan 1935 Johnny Revolta 1936 Denny Shute 1937 Denny Shute 1938 Paul Runyan 1939 Henry Picard 1940 Byron Nelson 1941 Vic Ghezzi 1942 Sam Snead 1943 Cancelled due to World War II 1944 Bob Hamilton 1945 Byron Nelson 1946 Ben Hogan 1947 Jim Ferrier 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Sam Snead 1950 Chandler Harper 1951 Sam Snead 1952 Jim Turnesa 1953 Walter Burkemo 1954 Chick Harbert 1955 Doug Ford 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. 1957 Lionel Hebert

Stroke play era	1958 Dow Finsterwald 1959 Bob Rosburg 1960 Jay Hebert 1961 Jerry Barber† 1962 Gary Player 1963 Jack Nicklaus 1964‡ Bobby Nichols 1965 Dave Marr 1966 Al Geiberger 1967 Don January† 1968 Julius Boros 1969‡ Raymond Floyd 1970 Dave Stockton 1971 Jack Nicklaus 1972 Gary Player 1973 Jack Nicklaus 1974 Lee Trevino 1975 Jack Nicklaus 1976 Dave Stockton 1977 Lanny Wadkins† 1978 John Mahaffey† 1979 David Graham† 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 Larry Nelson 1982‡ Raymond Floyd 1983‡ Hal Sutton 1984 Lee Trevino 1985 Hubert Green 1986 Bob Tway 1987 Larry Nelson† 1988 Jeff Sluman 1989 Payne Stewart 1990 Wayne Grady 1991 John Daly 1992 Nick Price 1993 Paul Azinger† 1994 Nick Price 1995 Steve Elkington† 1996 Mark Brooks† 1997 Davis Love III 1998 Vijay Singh 1999 Tiger Woods 2000‡ Tiger Woods† 2001 David Toms 2002 Rich Beem 2003 Shaun Micheel 2004 Vijay Singh† 2005 Phil Mickelson 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Tiger Woods 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Y. E. Yang 2010 Martin Kaymer† 2011 Keegan Bradley† 2012 Rory McIlroy 2013 Jason Dufner 2014 Rory McIlroy 2015 Jason Day 2016 Jimmy Walker

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

PGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year

PGA Players of the Year

PGA Tour Players of the Year

Dave Marr in the Ryder Cup

American Ryder Cup captains

United States Ryder Cup team – 1965

Julius Boros Billy Casper Tommy Jacobs Don January Tony Lema Gene Littler Dave Marr Arnold Palmer Ken Venturi Byron Nelson (non-playing captain)

Won: 19.5 – 12.5 Johnny Pott: Made the team, but did not participate in the event due to a back injury.

United States Ryder Cup team – 1981

Ben Crenshaw Raymond Floyd Hale Irwin Tom Kite Bruce Lietzke Johnny Miller Larry Nelson Jack Nicklaus Jerry Pate Bill Rogers Lee Trevino Tom Watson Dave Marr (non-playing captain)

Won: 18.5 – 9.5

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