Frank Stranahan 1949 Western Open Amateur 14k Champion Gold Medal

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1949 Western Open Amateur Championship 14k Champion Gold Medal - Frank Stranahan

Frank Stranahan won the 47th Western Amateur golf championship contested at Bellerive Country Club, St.Louis Missouri in 1949 with solid 5 and 4 victory over Walter Cisco.For this triumph, his second of four Western Amateur titles, Stranahan received the scalloped edged medal offered here.The award with 14K gold content proudly displays the crest of the Western Golf Association Amateur Championship on the front of the 1 3/8' diameter medal. This treasure resides below an adorning black ribbon that bears its affixing clasp(reverse stamped 14K).

For nearly 20 years Frank Stranahan dominated the landscapes of golf, weightlifting, women, and even the heads of the Masters Tournament. Winning over 70 amateur tournaments wasn’t enough for this ‘Toledo Strongman’; on regular basis he would compete against and beat the day’s professionals including Hogan, Nelson and Snead. As a finalist in over a dozen national championships he won an astounding seven! Frankie was runner-up in five other major championships, including the British Amateur, the Masters Tournament, The Open Championship, and the U.S. Amateur. He won two major championships in the 1948 and 1950 British Amateurs. Throw in 3 Walker Cup Team Victories and this man was untouchable, the greatest amateur anyone had seen since Bobby Jones made his way around the fairways. This world travelling playboy and son of the founder of Champion Sparkplugs competed in over 200 tournaments across multiple continents, leaving his mark wherever he went.

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