Eben Byers | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Ebenezer McBurney Byers |
Born | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. | April 12, 1880
Died | March 31, 1932 Manhattan, New York, U.S. | (aged 51)
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | CUT: 1908 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
U.S. Amateur | Won: 1906 |
British Amateur | T17: 1904 |
Ebenezer McBurney Byers (April 12, 1880 – March 31, 1932) was an American socialite, sportsman, and industrialist. He won the 1906 U.S. Amateur in golf. He died from jawbone cancer after consuming Radithor, a patent medicine made from radium salts dissolved in water.