Marty Furgol

Marty Furgol
Personal information
Full name	Martin A. Furgol
Born	January 5, 1916(1916-01-05) New York Mills, New York
Died	November 23, 2005(2005-11-23) (aged 89) Florida
Nationality	United States
Career
Turned professional	1937
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	5
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	T11: 1957
U.S. Open	T9: 1953
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	T9: 1949, 1955

Martin A. Furgol (January 5, 1916 – November 23, 2005) was an American professional golfer. He won five times on the PGA Tour in the 1950s. He played on the 1955 Ryder Cup team. He was born in New York Mills, New York and died in Florida. Although he was from the same town as golfer Ed Furgol, they are not related.

PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning Score	Margin of Victory	Runner(s)-up
1	Feb 25, 1951	Houston Open	-11 (69-67-72-69=277)	1 stroke	Jack Burke, Jr.
2	Jul 15, 1951	Western Open	-10 (68-68-69-65=270)	1 stroke	Cary Middlecoff
3	Sep 26, 1954	National Celebrities Open	-11 (68-68-68-69=274)	1 stroke	Bo Wininger
4	Feb 1, 1959	San Diego Open Invitational	-14 (70-71-64-69=274)	1 stroke	Joe Campbell, Billy Casper, Dave Ragan, Mike Souchak, Bo Wininger
5	Sep 20, 1959	El Paso Open	-15 (73-69-66-65=273)	4 strokes	Jay Hebert, Ernie Vossler

PGA Tour playoff record (0-1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1954	Greater Greensboro Open	Doug Ford	Lost in 18-hole playoff (Ford:72, Furgol:75)

See also

• Golfers with most PGA Tour wins

External links

• Marty Furgol at the PGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Furgol, Marty
Alternative names	Furgol, Martin A.
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	January 5, 1916
Place of birth	New York Mills, New York
Date of death	November 23, 2005
Place of death	Florida