Frank William Gordon Deighton (21 May 1927 – 23 February 2018) was a Scottish amateur golfer. He won one of the leading Scottish amateur golfers of the 1950s. As an individual, he won the

Scottish Amateur The Scottish Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of Scotland. It has been played since 1922 and is organised by the Scottish Golf Union. It is a "closed" event with entry currently restricted to those who were either bor ...

twice, in 1956 and 1959. He represented Great Britain and Ireland in two

Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup Match (not "Matches" as in Ryder Cup Matches). It is ...

matches, in 1951 and 1957, and also in the

Commonwealth Tournament The Commonwealth Tournament was a men's team golf tournament between teams of amateurs golfers from Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa. It was played roughly every four years, in 1954, 1959, 1963, 1967, 1971 and 1975. I ...

in 1954 and 1959. Deighton was a GP.

Amateur wins

*1956

*1959

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain & Ireland):

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

1957 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th y ...

(representing Great Britain): 1954, 1959 * Amateurs–Professionals Match (representing the Amateurs): 1956, 1957

References

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