Frank Rose

Frank Rose is an actuary whose golf numbers add up to one of the most distinguished amateur careers in the Midlands.

Now living in Eden Prairie, Minn., Rose played competitively in Nebraska from 1966 to 1970 and from 1983 to 1994. In the Nebraska Amateur, he made the 36-hole cut in 16 of 17 tournaments and finished in the top 20 in each instance, with 13 top-10 finishes and two championships (1969 and 1986). He also was the runner-up in the Nebraska men’s match-play tournament in 1969, the only time he entered.

A three-year University of Nebraska letterman (1968 to 1970) from Fairbury, Rose won a record five Kansas Amateurs while living in Topeka from 1970 to 1982. He was in the finals a record seven times, including four consecutive years. He is in the Kansas Golf Hall of Fame.

Frank qualified for five U.S. Amateurs, reaching the third round of match play in 1975; five British Amateurs, reaching the fourth round of match play in 1981; and three U.S. Mid-Amateurs, reaching the third round of match play in 1985. He reached sectional qualifying for the U.S. Open five times and played in 10 Trans-Mississippi Amateurs, four Sunnehanna Amateurs and one Porter Cup.

The Nebraska Golf Association’s amateur of the year in 1970, Rose has been a course evaluator for Golf Digest. In 1990 the Topeka Capitol-Journal newspaper selected him as one of the two best Topeka golfers of all time.