Ted Ball
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Edward "Ted" Ball is an Australia
n professional golfer
. He has had a huge amount of success playing in Australia, winning 11 times on the PGA Tour of Australasia
, and winning over 50 tournaments in his career.
Ball was born in Hornsby, New South Wales
. He had a decorated amateur career, including a win at the Australian Amateur
in 1960, along with several other amateur victories. He turned professional in the early 1960s and found immediate success. He won his first event in 1962 at the Queensland Open, winning 10 more times from then until 1974. He added numerous wins after that internationally. He staged one of Australian golf's greatest comebacks to win the Wills Masters in 1973 and in 1974 became the first player to successfully defend the Wills title. He shot rounds of 70, 69, 72 and 70 at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney to win by two strokes, this is said to be his personal greatest achievement in his career.
Professional
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n professional golfer
Professional golfer
In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who breaches the rules of amateur status may lose his or her amateur status. A golfer who has lost his or her amateur status may not play in amateur competitions until amateur status has been reinstated;...
. He has had a huge amount of success playing in Australia, winning 11 times on the PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour of Australasia
The PGA Tour of Australasia is a professional golf tour for men. Official events on the tour count for World Golf Ranking points. The tour was formed in 1973 as the PGA Tour of Australia and adopted its current name in 1991....
, and winning over 50 tournaments in his career.
Ball was born in Hornsby, New South Wales
Hornsby, New South Wales
* Highest Maximum Temperature: 42 °C* Lowest Maximum Temperature: 4.9 °C* Warmest Month: January* Coolest Month: July* Highest Precipitation: February* Lowest Precipitation: July-Notable residents:...
. He had a decorated amateur career, including a win at the Australian Amateur
Australian Amateur
The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894 and is organized by Golf Australia....
in 1960, along with several other amateur victories. He turned professional in the early 1960s and found immediate success. He won his first event in 1962 at the Queensland Open, winning 10 more times from then until 1974. He added numerous wins after that internationally. He staged one of Australian golf's greatest comebacks to win the Wills Masters in 1973 and in 1974 became the first player to successfully defend the Wills title. He shot rounds of 70, 69, 72 and 70 at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney to win by two strokes, this is said to be his personal greatest achievement in his career.
Amateur highlights
- 1960 Australian AmateurAustralian AmateurThe Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894 and is organized by Golf Australia....
, New South Wales Champion of Champions, New South Wales Amateur
PGA Tour of Australasia (11)
- 1962 Queensland Open
- 1964 City of Sydney Open, Tasmanian Open, New South Wales OpenNew South Wales Open (golf)The New South Wales Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1931 as the New South Wales Close Championship, before becoming the New South Wales state open championship in 1958....
, Wills Classic - 1965 The Lakes Open
- 1970 City of Sydney Open
- 1972 South Australia Open
- 1973 Wills Masters
- 1974 New South Wales OpenNew South Wales Open (golf)The New South Wales Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1931 as the New South Wales Close Championship, before becoming the New South Wales state open championship in 1958....
, Wills Masters
Other wins
this list is incomplete- 1964 Singapore OpenSingapore Open (golf)The Singapore Open is a golf tournament in Singapore that has been sanctioned by the Asian Tour from that tour's inception in 1995 and by the European Tour since 2009. It was founded in 1961 and was staged annually until 2001, when it was won by Thaworn Wiratchant. It was then cancelled for lack of...
- 1968 Queensland PGA
- 1973 South Australia Open
- 1975 Indian OpenHero Honda Indian OpenThe Hero Indian Open is a golf tournament on the Asian Tour that has been held for several years at the Delhi Golf Club.The inaugural event was held in 1964 and won by Peter Thomson of Australia, who was the inspiration behind the event...
- 1977 Papua New Guinea Open
Team appearances
Amateur- Eisenhower TrophyEisenhower TrophyThe Eisenhower Trophy is a biennial world amateur team golf championship for men organized by the International Golf Federation. It is named for Dwight D. Eisenhower, the President of the United States when the tournament was first played, who was a keen amateur golfer. Recent tournaments have...
: 1960
Professional
- World Cup: 1974