Ted Ball

Edward A. Ball (4 November 1939 – 17 April 1995) was an Australian professional golfer. He won several dozen significant tournaments in his career.

Ted Ball
Personal information
Full name	Edward A. Ball
Born	(1939-11-04)4 November 1939 Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia
Died	17 April 1995(1995-04-17) (aged 55)^[1]
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	20
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia	4
Other	16
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1964, 1975

Golf career

Ball was born in Hornsby, New South Wales. He had a decorated amateur career, including a win at the Australian Amateur in 1960, along with several other amateur victories. He turned professional in the early 1960s and found immediate success. He won his first title in 1962 at the Queensland Open. He added numerous wins after that internationally. He staged one of Australian golf's greatest comebacks to win the Wills Masters in 1973. In 1974, he became the first player to successfully defend the Wills title. He shot rounds of 70, 69, 72 and 70 at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney to win by two strokes; this is said to be the greatest achievement in his career.

Amateur wins

• 1960 Australian Amateur, New South Wales Champion of Champions, New South Wales Amateur

Professional wins (20)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	8 Mar 1964	Singapore Open	−1 (70-77-72-72=291)	1 stroke	Eric Cremin,   Tadashi Kitta
2	30 Mar 1975	Indian Open	−10 (75-70-67-70=282)	Playoff	Kuo Chie-Hsiung

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1975	Indian Open	Kuo Chie-Hsiung	Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australia wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	21 Oct 1973	Wills Masters	−6 (71-71-72-68=282)	2 strokes	Jerry Heard
2	20 Oct 1974	New South Wales Open	−8 (70-71-70-69=280)	7 strokes	Kel Nagle
3	27 Oct 1974	Wills Masters (2)	−6 (70-69-72-70=281)	2 strokes	Gary Player,   Ian Stanley
4	28 Sep 1980	National Panasonic New South Wales PGA Championship	−3 (67-70-76-72=285)	1 stroke	Wayne Grady,   Lyndsay Stephen

PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (0–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1974	Coca-Cola Lakes Open	Paul Murray,   Bob Shearer	Shearer won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1974	Tasmanian Open	Bob Shearer
3	1978	Joe Jansen New South Wales PGA Championship	Mike Cahill,   John Clifford	Clifford won with birdie on first extra hole

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	3 Sep 1963	Metalcraft Tournament	−5 (72-69-74-72=287)	Shared title with   Peter Thomson
2	12 Dec 1964	Wills Classic	−14 (63-71-64-68=266)	5 strokes	Barry Coxon,   Bob Tuohy

Other Australian wins (11)

• 1962 Queensland Open
• 1964 Wagga City Open,^[2] City of Sydney Open, Tasmanian Open, New South Wales Open
• 1965 Lakes Open
• 1968 Queensland PGA Championship
• 1970 City of Sydney Open
• 1972 South Australian Open
• 1973 South Australian Open
• 1977 New South Wales PGA Championship

Other wins (1)

this list is incomplete

• 1977 Papua New Guinea Open

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1960
• Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1960 (winners)

Professional

• World Cup (representing Australia): 1974

References

1. Stone, Peter (19 April 1995). "Obituary: Ted Ball, 1939–1995; Always a master to the golf fraternity". The Sydney Morning Herald.
2. "Ball wins Wagga golf". The Canberra Times. 6 October 1964.