Danny Edwards

Richard Dan Edwards (born June 14, 1951) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour and Champions Tour.

Early life In 1951, Edwards was born in Ketchikan, Alaska. He started playing golf at age 14 and nearly four years later won the Oklahoma State High School Championship.

He is the older brother of former PGA Tour player David Edwards.

Amateur career Edwards attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma and was a four-year starter on the golf team. He won the 1972 and 1973 Big Eight Conference Championships, the 1972 North and South Amateur, and was a three-time All-American. He was the lone unbeaten player on the 1973 Walker Cup team and that same year, while on his first trip to Europe, finished as the Low Amateur in the British Open.

Professional career In 1973, Edwards turned professional. In 1975, he joined the PGA Tour and won five official tour events. His first victory came at the 1977 Greater Greensboro Open – the only event he would win twice. His best finish in a major was T-5 at the 1974 British Open. Edwards would earn more than three dozen top-10 finishes in Tour events; his final win came at the 1985 Pensacola Open.

In 1982, two months after winning his second Greater Greensboro Open he donned a racing helmet and won the June Sprints, one of the country's most prestigious automobile races, in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He is the only PGA Tour professional to accomplish the crossover victory feat in the two sports.

In the summer of 1988, after 14 years on the PGA Tour, and never losing exempt status, Edwards stepped away from competitive golf and founded Royal Grip Inc., in Scottsdale, Arizona. The company would become its own revolution in advancing and improving perhaps the most essential piece of golf equipment. In 1998, Edwards became CEO of GreenFix Golf, a company that manufactures a tool that enables players and maintenance crews to repair ball marks to golf greens. In 2019, he founded The Chipping Equation, a simple system designed to help golfers of all skill levels learn and improve an often-overlooked part of the game.

In April 2022, Edwards wrote his first book, DRIVEN - The Danny Edwards Story (with Bob Denney), which was published by Classics of Golf, www.ClassicsofGolf.com, Amazon, Kindle, and Apple.

Personal life Edwards lives in Wellington, Florida.

Amateur wins 1972 North and South Amateur, Southeastern Amateur

Professional wins (9) PGA Tour wins (5)

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (1)

Other wins (3) 1975 Oklahoma Open 1977 Oklahoma Open 1979 Oklahoma Open

Results in major championships

LA = Low amateur CUT = Missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1982 Open Championship) "T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1983 PGA – 1986 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 1

U.S. national team appearances Amateur Walker Cup: 1973 (winners)