Editing Cary Middlecoff (section)

{{Short description|American professional golfer (1921–1998)}}
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{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Cary Middlecoff
| image             = Cary Middlecoff 1950.jpg
| imagesize         = 250px
| caption           = Middlecoff, circa 1950
| fullname          = Emmett Cary Middlecoff
| nickname          = Doc
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1921|1|6}}
| birth_place       = [[Halls, Tennessee]], U.S.
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1998|9|1|1921|1|6}}
| death_place       = [[Memphis, Tennessee]], U.S.
| height            = <!-- {{height|ft=|in=}} -->
| weight            = <!-- {{convert| |lb|kg st|abbr=on}} -->
| nationality       = {{USA}}
| spouse            = {{marriage|Edith Buck|1947}}
| partner           = 
| children          = 
| college           = [[University of Mississippi]]<br>[[University of Tennessee College of Dentistry]]
| yearpro           = 1947
| extour            = [[PGA Tour]]
| prowins           = 40
| pgawins           = 39 ([[List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins|Tied 10th all time]])
| otherwins         = 1
| majorwins         = 3
| masters           = '''Won''': [[1955 Masters Tournament|1955]]
| usopen            = '''Won''': [[1949 U.S. Open (golf)|1949]], [[1956 U.S. Open (golf)|1956]]
| open              = 14th: 1957
| pga               = 2nd: [[1955 PGA Championship|1955]]
| wghofid           = cary-middlecoff
| wghofyear         = 1986
| award1            = [[Vardon Trophy]]
| year1             = 1956
| award2            = 
| year2             = 
| awardssection     = <!-- location of awards page or section -->
}}
'''Emmett Cary Middlecoff''' (January 6, 1921 – September 1, 1998) was an American [[professional golfer]] on the [[PGA Tour]] from 1947 to 1961. His 39 Tour wins place him tied for tenth all-time, and he won three major championships. Middlecoff graduated as a [[dentist]], but gave up his practice at age 26 to become a full-time Tour golfer.