Smiley Quick
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| Smiley Quick | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Lyman Loren Quick |
| Nickname | Smiley |
| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". Centralia, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: No such module "person date". |
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| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1948 |
| Former tourTemplate:Pluralize from text | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 6 |
| Highest ranking | Template:Infobox golfer/highest ranking |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T27: 1952 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T8: 1948 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
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Lyman Loren "Smiley" Quick (March 19, 1909 – December 23, 1979) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the 1940s and 1950s.
Early life
Quick was born in Centralia, Illinois,[1] but lived most of his life in southern California in places like Inglewood and Los Angeles. He served as a combat Marine in World War II.[2]
Amateur career
Quick's best year as an amateur was 1946 when he won the U.S. Amateur Public Links and was runner-up at the U.S. Amateur after missing a putt from 2Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 feet at Baltusrol's Lower Course giving Ted Bishop the championship.[3] Quick played on the 1947 Walker Cup team.
Professional career
In 1948, Quick turned professional.[1] As a pro, Quick never lived up to the potential he showed as an amateur; the closest he came to winning on the PGA Tour was when he tied for first with Jack Burke Jr., Sam Snead and Dave Douglas at the 1950 Bing Crosby Pro-Am.[1]
In his later years, he made a living gambling on the golf course with people like Titanic Thompson.[1] Quick hustled boxing great Joe Louis out of a quarter million dollars—enough to buy an apartment in Los Angeles and a fleet of fast cars.[2][4]
Amateur wins
- 1940 Southern California Golf Association Championship
- 1943 Southern California Golf Association Championship
- 1946 U.S. Amateur Public Links
- 1947 Mexican Amateur
Professional wins (6)
PGA Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 15, 1950 | Bing Crosby Pro-Am | −2 (72-69-73=214) | Shared title with Template:Flagicon Jack Burke Jr., Template:Flagicon Dave Douglas and Template:Flagicon Sam Snead | |
Source:[5]
Other wins (5)
- 1948 California State Open
- 1949 California State Open
- 1951 Utah Open, Ontario Open (Canada)
- 1955 Northern California Open
Results in major championships
Amateur
| Tournament | 1946 | 1947 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | T26LA | CUT |
| U.S. Amateur | 2 | R128 |
| The Amateur Championship | R128 |
Professional
| Tournament | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T27 | ||||||||||
| U.S. Open | T8 | CUT | T10 | CUT | WD | T16 | CUT |
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LA = low amateur
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in match play
Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database
Source for 1947 Amateur Championship: The Glasgow Herald, May 28, 1947, pg. 6.
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Walker Cup: 1947 (winners)
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Today in Golf History: March 19". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.McGowan, Jack (September 29, 2007). "Boxing: Money burned a hole in sucker Joe's pocket". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Major National Championships Conducted at Baltusrol – 1946 Men's U.S. Amateur". Tillinghast.net. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lerner, Rich (November 12, 2007). "The Brown Bomber's Green Legacy". The Golf Channel. Archived from the original on January 17, 2008. Retrieved December 22, 2007.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Smiley Quick PGA TOUR Player Profile, Stats, Bio, Career". www.pgatour.com. Retrieved July 29, 2025.
