Joseph Frederick Taggart (29 January 1906 – 6 September 1986)
was an English professional golfer of the inter-war period. He finished 11th in the
1928 Open Championship
The 1928 Open Championship was the 63rd Open Championship, held 9–11 May at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Walter Hagen won the third of his four Open Championship titles, two strokes ahead of runner-up Gene Sarazen. It ...
.
Early life
Taggart was born in
Alderley Edge,
Cheshire
Cheshire ( ) is a ceremonial and historic county in North West England, bordered by Wales to the west, Merseyside and Greater Manchester to the north, Derbyshire to the east, and Staffordshire and Shropshire to the south. Cheshire's county t ...
in 1906. His father, Joe (1881–1944), was the professional at
Wilmslow Golf Club.
Golf career
Taggart's best finish in the
Open Championship was tied for 11th place in
1928
Events January
* January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA.
* January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...
. He was tied for 6th place after 36 holes, with rounds of 76 and 74. Final day rounds of 77 and 67 dropped him to 11th place. In the
1931 Open Championship
The 1931 Open Championship was the 66th Open Championship, held 3–5 June at Carnoustie Golf Links in Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland. Tommy Armour outlasted José Jurado by a single stroke to win his only Open title, and his third and final majo ...
Taggart started with a 70 to lie in second place behind
Henry Cotton.
Rounds of 76, 82 and 77 left him tied for 31st place.
Fred succeeded his father as professional at Wilmslow in 1934.
Results in major championships
''Note: Taggart only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
References
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English male golfers
People from Alderley Edge
1906 births
1986 deaths