William Tweddell (21 March 1897 – 5 November 1985) was an English amateur golfer. He won the 1927 the

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and was twice the British

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captain. Tweddell was born in

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near

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. His family moved to

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in north

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when he was young and he learnt to play golf at Leyburn Golf Club. He served in

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and studied Medicine at

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, playing golf for the University in the early 1920s. Tweddell won the

in 1927, beating Eustace Landale 7&6 in the final. Landale had a bad first round and Tweddell was six up after 9 holes and eight up at the end of the morning round. In the afternoon Tweddell reached the turn dormie-9 and, although Landale won the next two holes, Tweddell was comfortable winner. Later in the year Tweddell played in the

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at St. Andrews. He was in seventh place in the qualifying but started with a disappointing 78 in the championship itself, and finished tied for 30th. Tweddell was selected as the playing captain of the British

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team. The match was played at

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and resulted in an 11–1 win for the American team. Tweddell reached the final of the

in 1935, losing to the defending champion,

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. in the final. Little had won the previous year's final 14&13. Tweddell made a bad start and was 3 down after 5 holes. Little was 4 up after 8 holes but Tweddell has reduced the gap to 3 holes after the morning round. Little had a bad start in the afternoon and the deficit was reduced to 1 hole after the second. Little again extended his lead to three after 6 holes but Tweddell had a 2 and two 3s in the next six holes to level the match. Little won the 14th and 15th and then Tweddell won the 17th to take the match to the final hole. The 18th was halved in 4 and Little won the match 1 up. Tweddell was selected as the playing captain of the

1936 Walker Cup The 1936 Walker Cup, the 9th Walker Cup Match, was played on September 2 and 3, 1936, at Pine Valley Golf Club, Pine Valley, New Jersey. The United States won by 9 matches to 0 with 3 matches halved. Format Four 36-hole matches of foursomes were ...

team. The match was played at

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. Tweddell chose not pick himself for either the foursomes or singles. The match resulted in a 9–0 win for the Americans with three matches halved.

Amateur wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *1927

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Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Note: Tweddell only played in the Open Championship.''
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

(representing Great Britain):

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(playing captain),

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(playing captain) *

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(representing England): 1928 (winners), 1929 (tie), 1930 (winners)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tweddell, William English male golfers Amateur golfers People from Whickham Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead 1897 births 1985 deaths