in the 1960 Houston Open, Oliver was diagnosed with cancer and had part of a lung removed in late May in Denver. Remarkably, he played a tour event that September in Utah, but missed the cut by two strokes. Oliver was an advocate for cancer research, traveling the banquet circuit while battling the disease. Numerous golf tournaments and fundraisers were held in his honor. Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Ed Sullivan and many more joined a national committee to raise funds for his family and to fight cancer. In August 1961 the PGA named him the "Honorary Captain" of that year's Ryder Cup Team. He died in September at age 46 at Memorial Hospital in Wilmington, Delaware, less than a month before the matches. Legacy In 1976, Oliver was inducted into the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame in its inaugural year. The course of the Wilmington Country Club where he caddied as a teenager has been redesigned and is now the Ed Oliver Golf Club. During the 2022 BMW Championship in Wilmington, Delaware Oliver was inducted by the Western Golf Association into the Caddie Hall of Fame. He and his wife Clara (1915–2010) are buried in All Saints Cemetery in Wilmington; they had three sons and a daughter. Professional wins PGA Tour wins (8) 1940 (3) Bing Crosby Pro-Am, Phoenix Open, St. Paul Open 1941 (1) Western Open 1947 (1) San Antonio Texas Open 1948 (1) Tacoma Open Invitational 1953 (1) Kansas City Open 1958 (1) Houston Open Other wins this list may be incomplete 1936 Central Pennsylvania Open 1937 Wood Memorial 1938 South Jersey Open, Central Pennsylvania Open 1939 Buffalo Open 1940 Buffalo Open 1940 Mid-South Better-Ball Championship (partnered with Clayton Heafner) 1945 Delaware Open 1948 Pacific Northwest PGA Championship 1949 Northwest Open, Philippine World Open, Washington State PGA Championship, Idaho Open, Esmeralda Open, Goodwill Open 1954 Wood Memorial 1956 Massachusetts Open, White Sulphur Open 1959 Jamaica Open, Montana Open, Lake Tahoe Pro-Am Results in major championships Note: Oliver never played in The Open Championship. NT = no tournament DQ = disqualified CUT = missed the half-way cut R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play "T" indicates a tie for a place Summary Most consecutive cuts made – 12 (1948 PGA – 1955 Masters) Longest streak of top-10s – 5 (1946 U.S. Open – 1947