Fred Ridley Career: What Did Fred Ridley Do For A Living?

Fred Ridley worked as a lawyer and golf administrator for most of his career. Ridley still occasionally played notable amateur events, however.

For example, Ridley played the 1987 British Amateur. He also served as captain for the American sides of the 1987 Walker Cup, 1989 Walker Cup, and the 2010 Eisenhower Trophy.

Ridley went ahead to win the U.S. Amateur in 1975 and became chairman of Augusta National Golf Club in 2017.

Ridley attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. While attending the university, he played for coach Buster Bishop’s Florida Gators men’s golf team and was an alternate on the Gators golf team that won the NCAA national tournament in 1973.

He graduated from the University of Florida’s College of Business Administration with a bachelor’s degree in marketing in 1974.

Ridley never turned professional. Ridley remains the last U.S. Amateur champion to have never become a professional golfer. Ridley worked as a lawyer and golf administrator for most of his career.

Ridley still occasionally played notable amateur events, however. For example, Ridley played the 1987 British Amateur.

He also served as captain for the American sides of the 1987 Walker Cup, 1989 Walker Cup, and the 2010 Eisenhower Trophy.