Harbert, "Chick" (Melvin R.)
Golf
b. Feb. 20, 1915, Dayton, OH
d. Sept. 1, 1992
World War II undoubtedly deprived Harbert of quite a few tournament victories. As an amateur, he won the 1937 Michigan Open with a score of 268. He also won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur and went to the quarter-finals of the U. S. Amateur before joining the professional tour.
After winning three PGA tournaments in two years, Harbert spent four years in the Army Air Corps. He had six more victories after the war; the biggest was the 1954 PGA Championship, when he beat Walter Burkemo, 4 and 3. Harbert also reached the finals of the PGA Championship in 1947 and 1952.