Tony Manero (golfer)
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Anthony T. Manero (April 4, 1905 – October 22, 1989) was an American professional golfer.
Tony Manero | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Anthony T. Manero |
Born | (1905-04-04)April 4, 1905 New York, New York, U.S. |
Died | October 22, 1989(1989-10-22) (aged 84) Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1929 |
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
Professional wins | 14 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 8 |
Other | 6 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | T13: 1937 |
PGA Championship | T3: 1937 |
U.S. Open | Won: 1936 |
The Open Championship | CUT: 1931, 1937 |
Manero won eight times on the PGA Tour including one major championship, the 1936 U.S. Open. He played on the 1937 Ryder Cup team.[1]
Shortly thereafter, Manero became the club pro at Salem Country Club. He split the position over the course of ten years with Joe Stein.[2]
Manero was born in New York City and died at age 84 in Greenwich, Connecticut.
- In 1964, Manero was inducted into the Connecticut Golf Hall of Fame.
PGA Tour wins (8)
- 1929 (1) Catalina Open
- 1930 (3) Glens Falls Open, Catalina Open, Pasadena Open
- 1932 (1) Westchester Open
- 1935 (1) General Brock Hotel Open
- 1936 (1) U.S. Open
- 1938 (1) Glens Falls Open
Major championship is shown in bold.
Other wins
(this list may be incomplete)
- 1934 Carolinas Open
- 1937 Carolinas Open, New Hampshire Open
- 1939 New Hampshire Open (tie with John Thoren)
- 1941 New Hampshire Open
- 1948 Westchester Open
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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1936 | U.S. Open | 4 shot deficit | 6 (73-69-73-67=282) | 2 strokes | Harry Cooper |
Results timeline
Tournament | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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U.S. Open | T41 | CUT | |
The Open Championship | |||
PGA Championship | R16 | R32 | QF |
Tournament | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
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Masters Tournament | NYF | NYF | NYF | NYF | WD | T45 | T13 | T27 | T26 | |
U.S. Open | T19 | T45 | T29 | CUT | T40 | 1 | T40 | 48 | T56 | |
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
PGA Championship | R16 | QF | SF | R32 | R32 |
Tournament | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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Masters Tournament | T29 | T44 | NT | NT | NT | |||||
U.S. Open | T36 | CUT | NT | NT | NT | NT | CUT | WD | CUT | CUT |
The Open Championship | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | ||||
PGA Championship | NT | R16 | R64 |
Tournament | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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Masters Tournament | WD | WD | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||||
The Open Championship | ||||||||||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | WD |
U.S. Open | |||
The Open Championship | |||
PGA Championship |
NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R64, R32, R16, QF, SF =round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 |
U.S. Open | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 47 | 26 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 9 (1938 Masters – 1941 Masters)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1935 PGA – 1936 PGA)
- "Obituaries: Tony Manero, golf champion, 84". The New York Times. Associated Press. October 24, 1989. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
- "The Daily Item 04 Sep 1986, page 70". Newspapers.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
- Image of Tony Manero during a golf tournament, Los Angeles, 1929. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
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