open pga usopen children extour pgawins article_title prowins yearpro birth_date masters otherwins college name
2nd : 1952 2nd : 1946 2nd : 1952 3 sons , 1 daughter pga tour 8 ed oliver
 15 1940 6 september 1915 2nd : 1953 7 none ed oliver
ed oliver

edward stewart `` porky '' oliver , jr. -lrb- september 6 , 1915 -- september 21 , 1961 -rrb- was a professional golfer from the united states .
he played on what is now known as the pga tour in the 1940s and 1950s .
born in wilmington , delaware , oliver started as a caddy at age 11 at wilmington country club and turned pro at age 18 .
he earned his nickname because he stood but weighed .
he won eight times on the pga tour in the 1940s and 1950s .
oliver was well known for finishing second in several major championships , but not letting it get him down .
he lost to ben hogan in the finals of the 1946 pga championship , was runner-up to julius boros in the 1952 u.s. open , and to hogan at the 1953 masters .
oliver also finished in a tie with lawson little and gene sarazen at the 1940 u.s. open , but was disqualified for teeing off 30 minutes early .
he was the medalist in the stroke play qualifier of the pga championship in 1954 , but lost in the third round to eventual champion chick harbert .
because of his positive attitude , oliver was a popular player on tour .
oliver played on three ryder cup teams -lrb- 1947 , 1951 , and 1955 -rrb- .
he lost several years of playing time while serving in the u.s. army during world war ii , and suffered from the after effects of a 1948 automobile accident that injured a kidney .
