John Deere CADY

John Cady came from a very famous family. He was the great-grandson of Linus Yale, Sr., inventor of the famed Yale Lock, and was also the grandson of John Deere, the founder of the farm equipment company. Cady lived most of his life in Moline, Illinois, although he attended prep school at Andover. He was the founder of the Rock Island Arsenal Golf Club, near Moline, a club he represented at the Olympics in 1904. Six times he won the championship of that club. His biggest golfing achievement, however, came in 1914 when he won the Trans-Mississippi Amateur championship. He also twice made it to the match play portion of the U.S. Amateur, surviving until the quarterfinals in 1903. In 1912 and 1913 he served a term as president of the Western Golf Association. While in Moline, Cady operated the family stone quarry until 1920, when he moved to Chicago. There he was in the brokerage business until his death.