Horace Henry Alfred "Ossie" Pickworth (17 January 1918 – 23 September 1969) was a leading
Australia
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professional golfer
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of the 1940s and 1950s, winner of three successive
Australian Open
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titles from 1946 to 1948, the last of which came in a playoff against
Jim Ferrier
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.
Pickworth was born in
Sydney
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.
Unlike his contemporary Ferrier, who would enjoy great success on the U.S.
PGA Tour
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, Pickworth travelled to play only infrequently, but when he did it was with some success - he played the British circuit in 1950 and finished third in the Order of Merit after winning the
Irish Open, losing a three-way playoff for the
Daily Mail Tournament
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and being runner-up in the
Silver King Tournament
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.
Pickworth would collect a fourth Australian Open title in 1954, and was also a three-time winner of the
Australian PGA Championship
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, in 1947, 1953 and 1955, among numerous professional victories on the Australian circuit.
Tournament wins (36)
''this list may be incomplete''
*1946
Australian Open
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*1947
Australian Open
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,
Australian PGA Championship
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,
Ampol Tournament
The Ampol Tournament was the richest golf event of its time in Australia. From 1952 the sponsor, Ampol, offered great prize money to attract the leading American and European players to compete.
Total prize money was initially A£1,000, rising ...
,
Lakes Open
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,
Dunlop Cup (Victoria)
*1948
Australian Open
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,
Victorian PGA Championship
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...
,
Ampol Tournament
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Total prize money was initially A£1,000, rising ...
(Apr),
Ampol Tournament
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Total prize money was initially A£1,000, rising ...
(Nov),
Western Australian Open,
Adelaide Advertiser Tournament
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,
Victorian Close Championship,
Dunlop Cup (Victoria), Peninsula £100 Pro Purse
*1949
Ampol Tournament
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Total prize money was initially A£1,000, rising ...
, Victoria Park Pro Purse,
Dunlop Cup (Victoria)
*1950
Irish Open,
Victorian Close Championship,
Dunlop Cup (Victoria)
*1951
Ampol Tournament
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Total prize money was initially A£1,000, rising ...
,
Queensland Open
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,
Dunlop Cup (Victoria)
*1952
Queensland Open
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,
Dunlop Cup (Victoria) (tie with
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*1953
Australian PGA Championship
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,
Ampol Tournament
The Ampol Tournament was the richest golf event of its time in Australia. From 1952 the sponsor, Ampol, offered great prize money to attract the leading American and European players to compete.
Total prize money was initially A£1,000, rising ...
*1954
Australian Open
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,
Victorian PGA Championship
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...
,
Victorian Close Championship, Liquor Industry £100 Tournament
*1955
Australian PGA Championship
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,
Victorian PGA Championship
The Victorian PGA Championship is a golf tournament played in Victoria, Australia. It has been part of the PGA Tour of Australasia each season since 2009. It is the oldest of the state professional championships, having been first held in 1922.
...
,
Victorian Close Championship
*1956
Victorian PGA Championship
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...
*1957
Victorian Open
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The event is held concurrently ...
Results in major championships
''Note: Pickworth only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
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Canada Cup
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(representing Australia):
1953
*
Lakes International Cup
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(representing Australia): 1952, 1954 (winners)
*
Vicars Shield (representing New South Wales): 1946 (winners)
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Vicars Shield (representing Victoria): 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951 (winners), 1952 (winners), 1953 (winners), 1954, 1955
References
*Alliss, Peter: "The Who's Who of Golf" (1983), Orbis Publishing Ltd. .
External links
Australian Dictionary of Biography profileBarrier Daily Truth article 3.9.1949
Australian male golfers
1918 births
1969 deaths
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