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Ryder Tournament
The Ryder Tournament was a professional golf tournament played at Verulam Golf Club in St Albans, England and sponsored by Samuel Ryder. The event was held just once, in 1928, and had total prize money of £500. The tournament was played over two days, 11 and 12 July, with 36 holes of stroke play each day. The tournament was restricted to the first 24 British professionals in the 1928 Open Championship. The players had to be resident in Britain. ''The Times'' noted that it was "in the nature of a British Close Championship". History The field consisted of the 24 professionals scoring 314 or better in the Open. The field was Alf Bradbeer, Stewart Burns, Henry Cotton, Bill Davies, George Duncan, Gus Faulkner, George Gadd, Willie Holley, Herbert Jolly, Arthur Lacey, Duncan McCulloch, Abe Mitchell, James Ockenden, Ted Ray, Fred Robson, Jack Smith, Fred Taggart, Bill Twine, Reg Whitcombe, Albert Whiting, Tom Williamson, Reg Wilson, Syd Wingate, Arthur Young. Archie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Albans
St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman Britain, Roman road of Watling Street for travellers heading north and became the city of Verulamium. It is within the London commuter belt and the Greater London Built-up Area. Name St Albans takes its name from the first British saint, Saint Alban, Alban. The most elaborate version of his story, Bede's ''Ecclesiastical History of the English People'', relates that he lived in Verulamium, sometime during the 3rd or 4th century, when Christians were suffering persecution. Alban met a Christian priest fleeing from his persecutors and sheltered him in his house, where he became so impressed with the priest's piety that he converted to Christianity. When the authorities searched Alban's house, he put on the priest's cloa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duncan McCulloch
Duncan McCulloch (1893–1968) was one of the leading Scottish-based professional golfers of the inter-war period. He was Scottish Professional Champion in 1929 and 1930. Early life McCulloch was born in Troon, Scotland on 31 January 1893 to John McCulloch and his wife Flora nee McMillan. Golf career McCulloch was an assistant to George Duncan at Hanger Hill Golf Club, London for three years before World War I. After the war, he returned to Troon and worked as a club-maker at Troon Municipal. In the 1923 Scottish Professional Championship, he had led after the first day and finished tied for third place. McCulloch was appointed the professional at Troon Golf Club in 1924 on the retirement of Willie Fernie. McCulloch remained at Troon until retiring in 1953. McCulloch won the Scottish Professional Championship in 1929 and 1930. He was also runner-up in 1927 and 1937. He qualified for The Open Championship 11 times between 1923 and 1935. His best finish was at Sandwich in 1928 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archie Compston
Archibald Edward Wones Compston (1893 – 8 August 1962) was an English professional golfer. Through the 1920s he built a reputation as a formidable match play golfer, in an era when many professionals made more money from "challenge" matches against fellow pros, or wealthy amateurs, than from tournament golf. Compston was born in Wolverhampton. Famously, in 1928, Compston - who had won the British PGA Matchplay Championship in 1925 and 1927 - faced Walter Hagen, who had won the American PGA Championship at match play in the previous four years, in a 72-hole challenge match, and defeated the American 18 & 17. However, when the two met again shortly afterward at The Open Championship at Royal St George's, Hagen prevailed, with Compston placing third. In 1930, Compston nearly derailed Bobby Jones's bid for the Grand Slam at Hoylake - his third round of 68 took the lead from Jones, but inexplicably his form deserted him in the final round, and Compston shot 82 to finish down the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arthur Young (golfer)
Arthur Young may refer to: Politicians *Sir Arthur Young (colonial administrator) (1854–1938), British Governor of the Straits Settlements *Sir Arthur Young, 1st Baronet (1889–1950), Scottish Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) *Sir Arthur Young (police officer) (1907–1979), Commissioner of the City of London Police * Arthur Young (Australian politician) (1816–1906), member of the Tasmanian House of Assembly *Arthur Herbert Young (1873–1943), Pitcairn Islands politician Business *Arthur Young (accountant) (1863–1948), founder of the accountancy company which became Ernst & Young in 1989 *Arthur Young (architect) (1853–1924), English architect *Arthur Young (agriculturist) (1741–1820), English agriculturist, writer and economist (son of Arthur Young the divine) * Arthur Howland Young (1882–1964), American engineer and vice president of US Steel Sports * Arthur Young (rugby union, born 1855) (1855–1938), Scotland international rugby union player * Arthur You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syd Wingate
Sydney Wingate (1894 – 17 April 1953) was an English professional golfer. He twice finished in the top 10 of the Open Championship, in 1920 and 1925. Golfing career Wingate was from a golfing family. His father, Frank (1872–1923), was a professional, as also were his uncles Charles and Sydney. His sister Poppy (1903–1977) was the first women to play in a professional tournament in Great Britain while his brother Roland (1896–1968) emigrated to America in 1922 and was a professional there. Wingate was born in Harborne where his father was professional at the local club. His father moved to Hornsea in 1906. After being an assistant to his father at Hornsea, he moved again with his father to Ravensworth Golf Club, Gateshead in 1913 and was then professional at Wearside Golf Club, Sunderland from 1921 to 1923. In 1924 he became the first professional at Temple Newsam Golf Club where he stayed until leaving in 1935 due to ill-health at the age of 42. He died in 1953 following ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
