Ken Bousfield (2 October 1919 – 25 May 2000
["Ken Bousfield - Winner of 19 professional golf championships in six years" ''The Times'', 2 June 2000.]) was one of the leading
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golf
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ers of the immediate post-
World War II
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period.
Bousfield won a number of tournaments on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s, including the
British PGA Championship
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, which is the second most prestigious tournament in the United Kingdom after
The Open Championship
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. He had two top ten finishes at The Open Championship, finishing in a tie for fifth in 1955 and a tie for eighth in 1961. He was past his peak by the time the formal
European Tour
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was formed in 1972, but he played on it until 1976. He played for Great Britain in the
Ryder Cup
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six times (1949, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961) and had a 5-5-0 win–loss–draw record.
Professional wins (18)
Regular wins (17)
:''This list is probably incomplete.''
*1951 Southern Professional Championship,
News Chronicle Tournament
The News Chronicle Tournament was a professional golf tournament played in the Brighton area. It was held from 1936 to 1951.
Winners
References
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Golf tournaments in England
Recurring sporting events established in 1936
Recurring ...
*1955
British PGA Championship
The BMW PGA Championship is an annual men's professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was founded in 1955 by the Professional Golfers' Association, and originally called the British PGA Championship.
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,
News of the World Match Play
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,
German Open
*1956
Yorkshire Evening News Tournament
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(tie with
Dai Rees
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The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as ...
)
*1957
Dunlop Tournament, Southern Professional Championship
*1958
Belgian Open,
Swiss Open
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*1959
Sprite Tournament,
German Open
*1960
Portuguese Open
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History
It was first played in 1953, and was part of the European Tour's schedule from 1973 to 2010. After a ...
*1961
Portuguese Open
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History
It was first played in 1953, and was part of the European Tour's schedule from 1973 to 2010. After a ...
,
Swallow-Penfold Tournament
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*1964
Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes Tournament
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(with K Warren)
Senior wins (1)
*1972
PGA Seniors Championship
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Results in major championships
''Note: Bousfield only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances
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Ryder Cup
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(representing Great Britain):
1949
Events
January
* January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2022.
* January 2 – Luis ...
,
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 ...
,
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
* January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...
,
1957
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(winners),
1959
Events January
* January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance.
* January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...
,
1961
Events January
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015).
** Aero Flight 311 ...
*
Canada Cup
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(representing England):
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
,
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 ...
*
Joy Cup
The Joy Cup was an annual men's professional team golf competition between teams representing the British Isles and the Rest of Europe. It was played from 1954 to 1958. The British Isles won all four contests that were played. The trophy was provi ...
(representing the British Isles): 1955 (winners), 1958 (winners)
*
Amateurs–Professionals Match
The Amateurs–Professionals Match was an annual men's team golf competition between teams of golfers from Great Britain and Ireland representing amateurs and professionals. It was played from 1956 to 1960. The Professionals won four of the five c ...
(representing the Professionals): 1957 (winners), 1958, 1959 (winners), 1960 (winners)
References
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English male golfers
European Tour golfers
Ryder Cup competitors for Europe
1919 births
2000 deaths
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