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Stewart "Skip" Alexander was an United
States|American collegiate and professional
golf|golfer.  Alexander attended Duke University
from 1937 to 1940.  During that time, he helped
Duke win the Southern Conference Championship in
golf three times, won the individual conference
title twice, was a two-time Southern
Intercollegiate medalist and twice reached the
quarter-finals of the National Intercollegiate
Tournament.

Alexander was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
but was raised in Durham, North Carolina.  He turn
professional in 1941 and joined the PGA Tour in
1946.  In 1948 he won his first professional
tournament, the Chrysler Classic of Tuscon|Tucson
Open (now called the Chrysler Classic of Tucson).

In 1950, Alexander was the lone survivor of a
plane crash in which his hands were severely
burned.  After 17 operations, he returned to help
the United States win the 1951 Ryder Cup.

Alexander won the Ben Hogan Trophy for handicapped
golfers in 1959, was inducted into the Carolinas
Golf Hall of Fame in 1986 and was a 1987 inductee
for the North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame.


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