Eddie Loos
| Eddie Loos | |
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Loos, c. 1919
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Edward Wallace Neal Loos |
| Nickname | Two-Putt Eddie |
| Born |
July 31, 1893 New York City, New York |
| Died | July 9, 1950 (aged 56) Laguna Beach, California |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Career | |
| Turned professional | c. 1913 |
| Retired | 1943 |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 8 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T10: 1924 |
| The Open Championship | DNP |
| PGA Championship | T17: 1919, 1920, 1923, 1934, 1935 |
Edward Wallace Neal Loos (July 31, 1893 – July 9, 1950) was an American professional golfer who played in the early-to-mid 20th century. His best performance in a major golf championship was a T10 finish in the 1924 U.S. Open. He won the 1917 Shawnee Open, the 1921 California State Open, and the Illinois PGA Championship in 1922 and 1924. Loos was a frequent competitor in the PGA Championship, last playing in 1935. He had 13 second-place finishes on the PGA Tour after 1915.
Loos was born July 31, 1893 in New York City. He first played golf and also worked as a caddy at the Van Cortlandt Park Golf Course in the Bronx as a teenager.
A tall blonde-haired man, Loos was a good putter—seldom three-putting a green—and was sometimes called "Two-Putt Eddie" by the press and fellow players during his playing career. He was the head professional at the Philadelphia Cricket Club in late 1916, taking over for Alex Duncan who left to take a job at the Chicago Golf Club. In 1918 he left the cricket club to join the navy and after the war played exhibition matches with Jim Barnes before moving to Chicago where he was hired at Beverly Country Club. He also worked at a number of other different clubs, including Atlantic City Country Club, Riverton Country Club, Pocono Manor Country Club, Ravisloe Country Club, and Charlotte Country Club. While posted as professional at Pasadena Country Club in March 1921, he won the California State Open beating John Black and Macdonald Smith by 3 and 4 shots, respectively. In the winter in the mid-1920s he worked as professional at the Cleveland Heights Country Club in Lakeland, Florida.
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