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
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.
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
Great Britain
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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
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1945 births
1999 deaths
English croquet players