Tag Archives: Metropolitan Open
Craig Wood
Craig Wood (Golf. Born, Lake Placid, NY, Nov. 18, 1901; died, Palm Beach, FL, May 8, 1968.) Head pro at Winged Foot for many years, Craig Ralph Wood was also an outstanding tour golfer who won 34 P.G.A. tournaments. Wood had his most impressive victories in 1940-42. He won the Metropolitan Open at Forest Hill […]
Paul Runyon
Paul Runyon (Golf. Born, Hot Springs, AR, July 12, 1908; died, Palm Springs, CA, Mar. 17, 2002.) Considered among the best ever with irons and the putter, Paul Scott Runyon became a major golf figure in the 1930s. Runyon began as a protégé of Craig Wood, turned pro in 1922, and won over 50 tournaments […]
Vic Ghezzi
Vic Ghezzi (Golf. Born, Rumson, NJ, Oct. 19, 1911; died, Miami Beach, FL, May 30, 1976.) Although he subsequently played out of Kansas City, Mo., and Florida, Victor Ghezzi began his career as a tournament player and club pro in his native New Jersey. Ghezzi, though in military service, won the New Jersey Open in […]
Carol Cudone
Carol Cudone (Golf. Born, Oxford, AL, Sept. 7, 1918; died, Myrtle Beach, SC, Mar. 19, 2009.) For more than two decades, the most feared player in New Jersey women’s golf was Mrs. Philip Cudone, who from 1955-65 captured the New Jersey Golf Association championship six times. Carol Cudone also won the Women’s N.J.G.A. stroke play […]
Bobby Cruickshank
Bobby Cruickshank (Golf. Born, Grantown-on-Spey, Scotland, Nov. 16, 1894; died, Delray Beach, FL, Aug. 27, 1975.) Leaving his native Scotland in 1921, Robert Allan Cruickshank came to New Jersey as the pro at Shackamaxon. Cruickshank was a member of the P.G.A. tour from 1921-50, but some of his best years came late in his career, […]
Wiffy Cox
Wiffy Cox (Golf. Born, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 27, 1897; died, Washington, DC, Feb. 20, 1969.) Tied with Walter Hagen as a runner-up in the 1934 Metropolitan Open, Wilfred Hiram Cox was also a long-time pro at Dyker Beach. Cox was a fireman aboard the battleship U.S.S. Nevada during World War I but was then drawn to […]
