Patrick Oswald Fletcher (June 18, 1916 – July 21, 1985)
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golf
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er.
In 1954, at the Point Grey Golf Club in
Vancouver
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, he became the first Canadian since 1914 to win the
Canadian Open.
He is the last Canadian to win the tournament.
Fletcher moved to
Montreal
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to become the head professional at the
Royal Montreal Golf Club
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, and with his sons Ted and Allan, started the Fletcher sportswear and equipment company. He also won the 1952
Canadian PGA Championship
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.
Fletcher was inducted into
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1975 and into the
Canadian Golf Hall of Fame
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in 1976.
Tournament wins
*1947
Saskatchewan Open
*1948
Saskatchewan Open
*1951
Saskatchewan Open
*1952
Canadian PGA Championship
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*1954
Canadian Open
*1956 Quebec Spring Open
*1957 Quebec Spring Open
*1968 Canadian PGA Seniors
Team appearances
*
Canada Cup
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(representing Canada):
1955
*
Hopkins Trophy (representing Canada): 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955
References
External links
Pat Fletcher Golf Foundation
Canadian male golfers
Golfing people from Quebec
English emigrants to Canada
Sportspeople from Saskatchewan
People from Clacton-on-Sea
Anglophone Quebec people
1916 births
1985 deaths
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