Walter George Fovargue (October 13, 1882 – March 27, 1963) was an American professional golfer, club maker, and golf course architect.
Fovargue lost a high dollar winner-take-all 36-hole challenge match for $200 against John Reid in 1903 that was played on neutral ground at the Philadelphia Cricket Club.
[4] He was a member of the PGA of America's first executive committee in 1916 while serving as professional at Skokie Country Club, representing the Middle States Section.
In San Francisco he worked as an understudy with Donald Ross[5] absorbing the latest ideas in golf course construction.
[1] In 1918, during World War I, he discontinued his golf career to work in the ship building business at Aberdeen.