Editing Cary Middlecoff (section)

==Early life and amateur career==
Middlecoff was born January 6, 1921,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/06/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-6-2019/8591546568650/ |title=UPI Almanac for Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019 |work=[[United Press International]] |date=January 6, 2019 |access-date=September 10, 2019 |archive-date=September 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190911222236/https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2019/01/06/UPI-Almanac-for-Sunday-Jan-6-2019/8591546568650/|url-status=live |quote=golf Hall of Fame member Cary Middlecoff in 1921}}</ref> in [[Halls, Tennessee]]. He graduated from [[Christian Brothers High School (Memphis)|Christian Brothers High School]]. He played collegiate golf at the [[University of Mississippi]], becoming that school's first golf [[All-American]] in 1939. First as an undergraduate and active member of [[Kappa Alpha Order]], then as a dental student at the [[University of Tennessee Health Science Center|University of Tennessee]], Middlecoff won the Tennessee State Amateur Championship for four straight years (1940–1943). After obtaining his Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) degree in 1944, he entered the [[United States Army Dental Corps]] during World War II. He won a PGA Tour tournament as an amateur in 1945