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Golfer Frank Stranahan dies aged 90

Golfer Frank Stranahan dies aged 90

An American golfer who vied for the British Open at Carnoustie in his prime has died aged 90.

Frank Stranahan was the best amateur golfer of his era, contended for majors, and was the first notable player to concentrate on fitness as part of the sport.

As an amateur, he finished one shot behind Fred Daly at Hoylake in the 1947 British Open and was a runner-up to Ben Hogan at Carnoustie in the 1953 British Open.

He closed with a 69 to finish in a tie for second at the Angus links, four shots behind Hogan. Stranahan, from Ohio, died in the Hospice of Palm Beach County.

He was regarded as the best amateur since Bobby Jones and amassed more than 50 amateur titles.

A participant in more than 100 marathons, he was winning trophies for bodybuilding and weightlifting well into his seventies. One famous video shows Stranahan celebrating his 78th birthday with a dead lift of 265 pounds.

Stranahan was born August 5 1922 and grew up a sportsman at Inverness in Toledo, Ohio, where he was taught golf by Byron Nelson, who had been hired as the head pro shortly before Nelson won the 1939 U.S. Open. Stranahan married Ann Williams in 1953.

They had three sons Frank Stranahan Jr, who died in 1966 at age 11 from bone cancer, and James, who died in 1977. Stranahan is survived by his third son, Lance.