1999 BYU Hall of Fame

Every university in America would have loved to have had Rick Fehr play golf for them. After all, there aren't that many PGA Junior National Champions to go around. Fortunately for the Cougars, Fehr's friendship with Mike Gove (former Weber State All-American and PGA pro) led Rick to visit Provo and then to choose BYU over UCLA, Ohio State, and Washington, whose golf coach Ron Hagen was Fehr's personal coach.

Rick's arrival at BYU was as timely as it was auspicious. In 1981 he helped Coach Karl Tucker and the Cougars win the 1981 NCAA National Championship. Rick was named All-Western Athletic Conference and Honorable Mention All-America, and he was just getting started.

The next year, in 1982, Fehr won tournament after tournament. He was the medalist at the Cougar Classic, won the William H. Tucker Intercollegiate, won the Western Intercollegiate, and was the Western Athletic Conference medalist. Rick was named First-Team All-America and was a U.S. Amateur semifinalist.

In 1983 he was the Wayne Farrell Invitational Medalist and placed third at the Sun Bowl Classic, adding to his honors a Second-Team All-America citation and a third All-WAC recognition. That same year Rick participated in the Masters as an amateur and represented the United States as a member of the prestigious Walker Cup Team which played and defeated the British team in Turnberry, Scotland. Led by Fehr, the BYU team again established itself among the nation's best, earning a number one ranking and placing third in the 1983 NCAA Championship.

Rick once said that growing up in Washington state made him a better golfer because the wet weather, the big trees, and the long grass forced him to "think his way around the golf course." It appears that he's taken the same approach to life - learning from adversity, making the most of opportunities, and always preparing for the future.

Fehr joined the ranks of professional golfers in 1984, the same year he earned his bachelor's degree in finance from BYU. His background and training in finance has certainly come in handy; over a professional career spanning more than two decades, Rick has accumulated well over $1 million in earnings on the PGA Tour. Among notable finishes, Rick has won the 1986 B.C. Open, the 1994 Walt Disney World/Oldsmobile Classic, and placed second in eight other professional tournaments.

Fehr has been deeply involved in making contributions to his profession, to his community, and to his religion. From 1992-94 he was a member of the PGA Tour Policy Board and he has served as a member of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes Golf Ministry Advisory Board. With these programs, as with many other projects, Rick has given generously of his time and means.

• Named Honorable Mention All-America
• Helped lead his team to the NCAA National Championship
• Was named All-Western Athletic Conference
• Played in every tournament for the Cougars
• Finished eighth in the NCAA Championships
• Finished fourth at the Cougar Classic
• Finished fifth in the Sun Devil Classic Intercollegiate and the South Western Intercollegiate

• Named first team All-America
• Was the Western Amateur champion
• Was a semi-finalist at the U.S. Amateur
• WAC champion
• Western Intercollegiate and Cougar Classic champion
• Fnished first at the Tucker Intercollegiate

• Was the Wayne Farrell Invitational Medalist and placed third at the Sun Bowl Classic
• Second Team All-American
• All-WAC  
• Participated in the Masters as an amateur and represented the United States as a member of the prestigious Walker Cup Team which played and defeated the British team in Turnberry, Scotland.
• The BYU team again established itself among the nation's best, earning a number one ranking and placing third in the 1983 NCAA Championship