Earl Richard Stewart Jr. (October 15, 1921 – July 11, 1990) was an American

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who played on the

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in the 1950s and 1960s; and was a college head golf coach in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was born in

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. He graduated from Dallas' Sunset High School in 1938. He attended

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and was a member of the

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team. In 1941, he won the

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, and led the Bayou Bengals to a share of the NCAA team title in 1942. He is a Member of the Sunset High School Hall of Fame. Stewart had three wins in PGA Tour events during his career. His first win came in 1953 at the

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. He would win the Ardmore Open later that year. His best finishes in major championships were T10 at the 1952 U.S. Open and T16 at

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in 1953. Like many professional golfers of his generation, Stewart earned his living primarily as a club pro. His third and final win on the PGA Tour, the 1961 Dallas Open Invitational, came on his own course at the Oak Cliff Country Club. Stewart was the head golf coach at

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from 1975–1987. He coached both the men's and women's teams. Men's golf was dropped by the university in 1980. He won a national championship with the women's team in 1979. One of his students was future two-time U.S. Open and PGA Champion

Payne Stewart William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999) was an American professional golfer who won 11 PGA Tour events, including three major championships, the last of which came just a few months before his death in an airplane acciden ...

(no relation). In 1987, he was inducted into the National Golf Coaches Association Coaches Hall of Fame for his role as a women's collegiate golf coach at SMU. Stewart died after a long illness at the age of 68 at his home in

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Amateur wins

*1941 NCAA Championship (individual medalist)

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour wins (3)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

Other wins (1)

*1950 Orlando Two-Ball (with

Patty Berg Patricia Jane Berg (February 13, 1918 – September 10, 2006) was an American professional golfer. She was a founding member and the first president of the LPGA. Her 15 major title wins remains the all-time record for most major wins by a fem ...

)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Earl American male golfers LSU Tigers golfers PGA Tour golfers College golf coaches in the United States Golfers from Dallas People from Quitman, Texas 1921 births 1990 deaths 20th-century American sportsmen