Norman Von Nida

Norman Von Nida
Personal information
Full name Norman Guy Von Nida
Born (1914-02-14)14 February 1914
Strathfield, Australia
Died 20 May 2007(2007-05-20) (aged 93)
Gold Coast, Australia
Nationality  Australia
Career
Turned professional 1933
Former tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins 46
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia 30
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T27: 1950, 1952
U.S. Open T59: 1939
The Open Championship T3: 1948
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Harry Vardon Trophy 1947

Norman Guy Von Nida OAM (14 February 1914 – 20 May 2007) was an Australian professional golfer.

Von Nida was born in Strathfield and grew up in Brisbane. He turned professional in 1933, after attracting attention by winning the Queensland Amateur aged just 18. He became one of Australia's finest professional golfers, and the first Australian to win regularly on the British tour, although World War II certainly deprived him of competition during what might have been his peak years. In 1946 he travelled to Britain for the first time and finished second on the Order of Merit; in 1947, he returned and won seven tournaments and topped the Order of Merit.[1] He was renowned for his short temper — at a tournament in 1948 he became involved in an argument with future U.S. Ryder Cup player Henry Ransom that resulted in the local sheriff having to pull them apart, and he was also known to hurl his putter into the undergrowth after missing putts, on occasions breaking or even losing them mid-round.[2]

Von Nida was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1985 Australia Day Honours for "service to the sport of golf".[3]

The PGA Tour of Australasia's developmental tour is named the Von Nida Tour after him.

Von Nida died in a Gold Coast, Queensland nursing home, aged 93.[4]

Tournament wins (46)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
Masters Tournament NT NT NT
U.S. Open T59 NT NT NT NT
The Open Championship NT NT NT NT NT NT T4 T6 T3
Tournament 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament T27 T27 43
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship T20 WD T9 T35 CUT
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Masters Tournament CUT CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT

Note: Von Nida never played in the PGA Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = no tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Golfing great dies at 93". Herald Sun. 21 May 2007.
  2. ↑ "Australian golf great Norman Von Nida dies at age 93". The Hindu. 21 May 2007.
  3. ↑ "Von Nida, Norman Guy". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  4. ↑ "Legendary Von Nida passes away at 93". iseekgolf.com.
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