Born: August 4, 1932
Hometown: Meridian, MS
Year of Induction: 2000
High School Career
• Jaycee National Junior Champion (’50)
• Mississippi State Junior Champion (’48, ‘49)
• Mississippi State High School Champion, Meridian High (’49, ‘50)
College Career
• Southern Intercollegiate Champion (’53)
• SEC Individual Champion* (’53, ‘54)
• Second in NCAA Championships (’52)
• Third in NCAA Championships (’54)
*(Led LSU to the 1953 and 1954 SEC team titles)
Amateur Career
• Mississippi State Amateur Champion (’50, ‘53, ’55)
• New Orleans Invitational Champion (’54)
• Colonial Invitational Champion, Memphis, TN (’55)
• Qualified USGA Amateur (’52, ‘53, ’54, ‘55)
Professional Career
• Member of PGA of America (’61-present)
• Golf Professional at Bel-Air Country Club, Los Angeles, CA (’61-present)
• Qualified USGA Open (’57, ‘61, ’65, ‘66, ’67, ‘68, ’71, ‘73)
• Qualified PGA Championship (’62, ‘63, ’67, ‘68, ’69, ‘71)
• U.S. Open (Competed 8 times)
• PGA Championship (Competed 6 times)
• Player of the Year, Southern California (’70)
• Professional of the Year, Southern California (’77)
Coaching Career
• Golf Teacher of the Year, Southern California (’87)
• Author of Swing the Handle, Not the Clubhead (’73, Simon & Shuster, pub.)
• Author of Golf for the Young (’81)
• Coach of UCLA Golf Team (’75-’89)
• Pac 10 Coach of the year (’85)
• Coach of Pac 10 Conference Golf Champions at UCLA (’82, ‘83, ’85)
• Coach of NCAA Champion UCLA Bruins (’88)
• Golf Magazine’s Top 100 Golf Pros (’90 to Present)
Hall of Fame Memberships
• PGA Hall of Fame (1989)
• Southern California PGA Hall of Fame (1990)
• NCAA Coaches Hall of Fame (1992)
• UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame (1996)
• Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame (2000)
Did You Know?
Among the golfers Eddie Merrins coached at UCLA were future PGA stars Corey Pavin and Steve Pate.
