Dick Siderowf was one of the greatest career amateurs of the second half of the 20th Century. The Duke Blue Devil is best know for winning the British Amateur twice in four year in the mid 1970’s. In 1973, Dick defeated a 5 & 3 victory over Peter Moody at Royal Porthcawl in Wales. His second British title came in 1976, at the Old Course at St. Andrews. On the final hole of the 36 hole final against J. C. Davies, Siderowf hooked his ball so far left on the the 18th at St Andrews—that it came to rest next to the caddiemaster’s office near the first tee. Looking for some help from this awkward position, he asked his local caddie the distance to the green. The caddie replied, “I don’t know, I’ve never had someone hit it here before.” Siderowf managed a halve and won the championship on the first hole of sudden death. Besides the two major victories, Siderowf has won numerous other amateur tournaments. He is a five-time winner of both the Connecticut Amateur and the Metropolitan Amateur. He won the Connecticut Amateur three times and the Northeast twice. He has also won the Canadian Amateur, the New England Amateur, the Sunnehana Amateur, and the Azalea Invitational. Siderowf was involved with five winning Walker Cup teams (1969, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1979 as a captain). He also played on two Eisenhower Trophy teams, in 1968 (winning) and 1976. Hal Sutton credits Siderowf with jump-starting his career, by selecting him to the Walker Cup team in 1979, Sutton’s first major international competition.
#48 – Dick Siderowf
