Samuel Maxwell McCready (8 March 1918 – 1994) was an Irish amateur golfer. He won the 1949

Amateur Championship The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 19 ...

and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1949 and 1951. McCready lived near the Dunmurry golf course, near Belfast, where he learnt his golf. During World War II he served in the

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) and ...

. McCready moved to South Africa in 1959 where he worked for McAlpine Construction. He died in South Africa in 1994. His widow Joan died in 2015 aged 109.http://whiteriverpost.co.za/172816/joan-passes-away-peacefully-at-109/

Amateur wins

*1947 RAF Championship *1948 Jamaican Amateur Championship *1949 The Amateur Championship

Major championships

Wins (1)

Team appearances

* Walker Cup (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 ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McCready, Max Male golfers from Northern Ireland Amateur golfers Royal Air Force personnel of World War II Irish emigrants to South Africa Sportspeople from Belfast 1918 births 1994 deaths