Keith Francis Wylie (29 March 1945 – 1 November 1999) was a

croquet Croquet ( or ; french: croquet) is a sport that involves hitting wooden or plastic balls with a mallet through hoops (often called "wickets" in the United States) embedded in a grass playing court. Its international governing body is the W ...

player from

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

. Keith Wylie won the

President's Cup The Presidents Cup is a series of men's golf matches between a team representing the United States and an International Team representing the rest of the world minus Europe. Europe competes against the United States in a similar but considerably ...

twice (1967 and 1977), the

Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...

twice (1970 and 1971) and the Men's Championship in 1968. Wylie represented

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in two MacRobertson Shield tournaments, winning on both occasions. In 1985, Wylie wrote the definitive book on Croquet Tactics with a second edition appearing in 1991. In 2008, Wylie was inducted into the

World Croquet Federation The World Croquet Federation (WCF) encourages, promotes and develops the recognised versions of the game of croquet internationally at all levels. National croquet associations around the world are members of the WCF, and the WCF sanctions champio ...

Hall of Fame.

Works

* ''Expert Croquet Tactics'' (KF Wylie, 1985). * ''Expert Croquet Tactics'' (Eastern Rose Publishing, 1991). .

References

External links

The Croquet Records website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wylie, Keith 1945 births 1999 deaths English croquet players