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词条 Robert A. Gardner (golfer)
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Golf career

  3. Military career

  4. Death

  5. Golfing highlights

     Wins  Runner-up finishes 

  6. Amateur major championships

     Wins (2)  Results timeline 

  7. U.S. national team appearances

  8. References

  9. External links

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Robert Abbe Gardner (April 9, 1890 – June 21, 1956) was an American multi-sport athlete best known for winning the U.S. Amateur in golf twice.

Early life

Gardner was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. He spent most of his life in the Chicago area. He attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. He graduated from Yale University in 1912, where he was a member of Skull and Bones.[1]

While a sophomore at Yale, Gardner won the 1909 U.S. Amateur golf tournament over Chandler Egan at the Chicago Golf Club. He was the youngest winner, at 19 years, 5 months, of the U.S. Amateur.[2] His record stood for 85 years until Tiger Woods won his first of three Amateurs at age 18 years, 8 months.

Golf career

Gardner would make the finals of the U.S. Amateur three more times, winning in 1915[3] and losing in 1916[4] and 1921.[5] He also lost in the finals of two other prominent amateur events, the 1911 Western Amateur and the 1920 British Amateur.

Golf was not the only sport Gardner excelled at. On June 1, 1912, at an intercollegiate track and field competition in Philadelphia, he set the world pole vault record at {{convert|13|ft|1|in|m}}.[6] This record would be short lived as Marc Wright vaulted {{convert|13|ft|2+1/4|in|m}} one week later at the Olympic trials in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[7]

Gardner also was national champion in another sport, racquets. He and Howard Linn won the national doubles racquets championship in 1926 and 1929.

Military career

Gardner enlisted in the Army in 1917 and served in France during World War I as a lieutenant in a field artillery unit. After the war he returned to Chicago and joined a stock brokerage firm where he spent the rest of his career. He served as president of the Chicago District Golf Association (CDGA) for many years and also served on several United States Golf Association committees. He won the CDGA Amateur Championship three times (1916, 1924, 1925).[8]

Death

Gardner died in Lake Forest, Illinois at the age of 66.

Golfing highlights

Wins

  • 1909 U.S. Amateur
  • 1915 U.S. Amateur
  • 1916 Chicago District Amateur
  • 1924 Chicago District Amateur
  • 1925 Chicago District Amateur

Runner-up finishes

  • 1911 Western Amateur
  • 1916 U.S. Amateur
  • 1920 British Amateur
  • 1921 U.S. Amateur

Amateur major championships

Wins (2)

YearChampionshipWinning ScoreRunner-up
1909 U.S. Amateur 4 & 3USA}} Chandler Egan
1915 U.S. Amateur 5 & 4USA}} John G. Anderson

Results timeline

Tournament19091910191119121913191419151916191719181919
U.S. OpenDNPDNPT23DNPDNPDNPDNPDNPNTNTDNP
U.S. Amateur1DNQR32DNPR32QF12NTNTR16
British AmateurDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPNTNTNTNTNT
Tournament1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
U.S. AmateurR162R16SFR32DNQDNQDNQDNPDNP
British Amateur2DNPDNPR256DNPDNPR256DNPDNPDNP
Tournament19301931193219331934
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
U.S. AmateurDNPDNPDNPDNPR256
British AmateurDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
LA = Low Amateur

NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: [https://web.archive.org/web/20090622212453/http://63.240.106.229/ USGA Championship Database]

Source for 1920 British Amateur: The American Golfer, June 19, 1920, pg. 8.

Source for 1923 British Amateur: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100807064339/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1923/ag2611f.pdf The American Golfer, July, 1923, pg. 10.]

Source for 1926 British Amateur: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120616043328/http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/AmericanGolfer/1926/ag2910g.pdf The American Golfer, July, 1926, pg. 58.]

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur
  • Walker Cup: 1922 (winners), 1923 (winners, playing captain), 1924 (winners, playing captain), 1926 (winners, playing captain)

References

1. ^{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=b0w4AAAAYAAJ | title=History of the Class of 1912 | publisher=Yale University | accessdate=April 24, 2011 | pages=142}}
2. ^1909 U.S. Amateur
3. ^1915 U.S. Amateur
4. ^1916 U.S. Amateur
5. ^1921 U.S. Amateur
6. ^World Record Progression - pole vault - men {{webarchive|url=https://archive.is/20130112231127/http://athletix.org/?p=693 |date=2013-01-12 }}
7. ^World Record Progression - Men - Pole Vault {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114184220/http://multimedia.olympic.org/pdf/en_report_92.pdf |date=2007-11-14 }}
8. ^CDGA Amateur Championship history

External links

{{Commons category|Robert A. Gardner (golfer)}}
  • Yale University biography
  • [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E06E0D71739E233A25751C0A9679C946796D6CF&scp=4&sq=robert+gardner+%22pole+vault%22&st=p New York Times article on his golf and pole vault abilities]
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