Bentley University

The first golfer to be enshrined in Bentley's Athletic Hall of Fame, Phil Grady was one of the premier amateurs in the state during the mid-sixties.
 
A 1966 graduate of Bentley College, the Salem, Massachisetts native played on the college’s first two varsity golf teams, helping the Gordon Parrish-coached Falcons to a two-year record of 14-11. He captained the 1965 squad after compiling a sensational 9.5-1.5 record in match play the previous year as a sophomore Among the team's accomplishments during Grady's career was winning the Southern New England College Conference Invitational in 1965 with Grady the runner-up for medalist honors.
 
Despite his accomplishments at Bentley, Grady is probably best known for his outstanding performances in the 1963 Massachusetts State Open and the 1964 Massachusetts State Amateur.
 
As a 19-year-old college freshman in 1963, the former Salem High School standout was the low amateur in the 1963 State Open with a 54-round score of 224, due largely to a sensational even-par 70 in the second round of the tournament, played at the Kernwood Country Club in Salem. Twelfth overall, he finished one stroke in front of former Tufts University star Barrie Bruce, the 1962 New England Intercollegiate Golf Association champion, for low amateur honors.
 
The following summer, Grady continued his exceptional play in the 1964 Massachusetts Amateur as he reached the semifinals before falling to Matty Ciociola, 2 and I, in the semifinals. Among the golfers he defeated en route were veteran Ed Barry (runner-up in the 1963 New England Amateur) in the third round (6 and 2) and future professional Bob Menne in the quarterfinals (one-up).

The same year, Grady was also the low amateur in the New Hampshire Open, defeating Bruce and Steve Robbins, a finalist in the New Hampshire State Amateur, on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

Grady has also won four-ball tournaments at both Salem and Ferncroft Country Clubs and club championships at the United Shoe Country Club (now known as the Beverly Golf and Tennis Club).