Edmund Ross Whitehead (19 April 1934 – 4 October 1999) was an English

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. His most successful year was 1962 when he won the Wentworth Foursomes, Sunningdale Foursomes and the

Gor-Ray Cup The PGA Assistants' Championship is a golf tournament for golf club assistant professionals. It is held by the British PGA. The first championship was held in 1930 but earlier national tournaments for assistant professionals had been held since ...

, tied for 12th in the 1962 Open Championship and reached the final of the News of the World Match Play. His only win in a major tournament was the 1972

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Golf career

While an assistant at Walton Heath Golf Club, Whitehead won the 1958 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament. In 1962 he moved to Banstead Downs Golf Club and won the

, the Assistants' Championship, by 6 strokes. In 1972, at the age of 38, he won his first major tournament, the

, and the first prize of £1,500. He was joint runner-up in the 1984

Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship The PGA Seniors Championship is a European Senior Tour golf tournament for men aged fifty and above. It was founded in 1957 and became part of the European Senior Tour on its founding in 1992. It was not held in 2016 or 2017 but returned in 20 ...

, 3 strokes behind Ernie Jones. Whitehead was the Captain of the

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from 1993 to 1995.

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)

Other wins (5)

*1957 Sunningdale Foursomes (with Brian Huggett) *1958 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament *1962 Wentworth Foursomes (with Martin Christmas), Sunningdale Foursomes (with Neil Coles),

Results in major championships

''Note: Whitehead only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Whitehead, Ross English male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers 1934 births 1999 deaths