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Edward Manderville, 1932-2020
Edward " Eddie " Manderville,
88,
of
Minneapolis, passed away November
19. Manderville, a talented athlete who
didn't take up golf until his late 20s, was
a renowned competitive golfer, teacher of
the game, gambler and groundbreaker.
He is credited with integrating the
Theodore Wirth men's golf club
at a time when African American
golfers were excluded from membership
at most golf clubs in the
Twin Cities.
Manderville
amassed 11 holein-ones,
including
back-to-back
aces at No. 7 and
No. 8 at the Wirth
Par-3 course in
2013.
During his decades-long passion
for the game, Manderville amassed
11 hole-in-ones, including back-to-back
aces at No. 7 and No. 8 at the Wirth Par-3
course in 2013, a feat which garnered a
profi le in the African American Golfers
Digest magazine.
Known as " Fast Eddie, " he was a fi rstclass
hustler-most of his golf rounds
included a money game-undoubtedly
earning the moniker for the speed in
which he separated his fellow golfers from
their cash. Equally true, he may have been
tagged with the nickname for the speed
with which he dispatched opponents as a
welterweight boxer.
Manderville established the WPA at
Wirth, the Wirth Putting Association, a
weekly putting game where the stake was
69; the 1983 MPGA Senior Public
Links Championship; and the 1987
MGA Senior
Amateur Four-Ball
Championship's senior division title with
wagered in quarters. All the better for the
racket which was raised when pockets full
of two bits were jangled to distract golfers
sweating over short putts.
Manderville was no stranger to
the winner's circle. He won the 1972
Gross Invitational with his fi rst subpar
round in competition, a 3-under
partner Dick Bolin. During this period
Manderville qualifi ed and played in the
U.S. Senior Open (1986) and the U.S.
Senior Amateur (1991). He also fi nished
runner-up fi ve out of six years at the
Upper Midwest Bronze Amateur (19851991),
and he won on the MGA Senior
Tour (1998).
Elected to the MGA Board of
Directors in 1990, Manderville
would serve three three-year
terms, retiring from the board in
1999. During the 1990s, he served
on the MGA Mixed Amateur
Team Championship Committee
and as chair of the MGA/PGA
Cup Matches in 1997. He recently
retired as an MGA rules offi cial
after two decades of volunteer
service in 2018.
Manderville spent 20 years as
a Minneapolis building inspector
and served as executive director
for Neighborhood Housing
Services, working tirelessly to
reinvest in low-to-moderate
income housing in the Northside.
He also found the time to teach
the game at the Anwatin School,
according to an MPRB newsletter
article. He is survived by
his spouse of 60 years, Lorraine,
a daughter, Shauntel, and two
grandchildren. Memorials can be
sent to the Fairway Foundation,
P.O. Box 80658, Minneapolis, Minn.,
55408.
Golf Show
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, organizers for the annual Choice Bank
Minnesota Golf Show announced that the 2021 show would be cancelled,
marking a fi rst in the show's 30-year history. Dates for next year are February
18-20, 2022. More information available at minnesotagolfshow.com.
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