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'''Richard D. "Dick" Chapman''' ([[March 23]], [[1911]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an amateur [[golf]]er.
'''Richard D. "Dick" Chapman''' ([[March 23]], [[1911]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an Amateur Golf Champion.


Chapman was the 1940 [[U.S. Amateur]] golf champion. He was a member of [[Winged Foot Golf Club]] in [[Mamaroneck (town), New York|Mamaroneck, New York]], which was the site of his first major triumph. Chapman remains one of only three players to have won a [[United States Golf Association|USGA]] title on their home course. Chapman holds a place in the Masters record book for the most appearances (19) as an amateur, a distinction he shares with Charlie Coe.
Chapman was the 1940 [[U.S. Amateur]] golf champion. He was a member of [[Winged Foot Golf Club]] in [[Mamaroneck (town), New York|Mamaroneck, New York]], which was the site of his first major triumph. Chapman remains one of only three players to have won a [[United States Golf Association|USGA]] title on their home course. Chapman holds a place in the Masters record book for the most appearances (19) as an amateur, a distinction he shares with Charlie Coe.

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Richard D. "Dick" Chapman (March 23, 1911November 15, 1978) was an Amateur Golf Champion.

Chapman was the 1940 U.S. Amateur golf champion. He was a member of Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck, New York, which was the site of his first major triumph. Chapman remains one of only three players to have won a USGA title on their home course. Chapman holds a place in the Masters record book for the most appearances (19) as an amateur, a distinction he shares with Charlie Coe.

Although Chapman was quite the international player, winning the 1951 British Amateur, he also won state amateur championships in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New York and the Carolinas. He also won the prestigious North and South Amateur. At the 1958 U.S. Amateur, Chapman and his son, Dixie, both qualified, giving a rare father-and-son appearance.

His career was put on hold for World War II, where he served as a major in the U.S. Army Air Corps. After the war, Chapman picked up where he left off, with a string of victories in the British, French, Canadian and Italian amateurs.

"Blessed with a strong competitive spirit and an inquiring mind into the technicalities of the swing," reads the entry on Chapman in Who's Who in Golf. "Chapman not only played the game but wrote about it and worked at its many phases."

In the 1950s, Chapman collaborated with the USGA on a handicap format for foursomes play called the Chapman System. The system worked as follows: two golfers on the same team each tee off, then play the other's ball. From there, the team would play out the best shot.

Chapman's final success came in 1967 with a victory in the International Senior Amateur. A stroke in the early 1970s hampered his career, and he died in 1978.

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