Eric Brown (golfer)
Eric Brown | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Eric Chalmers Brown |
Born | Bathgate, Scotland |
15 February 1925
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. |
Nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Professional wins | 23 |
Best results in major championships |
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Masters Tournament | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | 3rd/T3: 1957, 1958 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
Achievements and awards | |
Harry Vardon Trophy | 1957 |
Eric Chalmers Brown (15 February 1925 – 6 March 1986)[1] was a Scottish professional golfer.[2][3]
Brown was born in Bathgate and played at the local golf course.[4][5] He represented Great Britain in the Ryder Cup in 1953, 1955, 1957 and 1959 and had a 4-4-0 win-loss-half record. He won all of his four singles matches but lost his four foursomes matches. He topped the European Order of Merit in 1957. He was the non-playing captain of the British Ryder Cup teams in 1969[6] and 1971.[7] He won the Scottish PGA Championship seven times between 1956 and 1968.[8]
Contents
Amateur wins (1)
- This list may be incomplete.
- 1946 Scottish Amateur
Professional wins (23)
- This list may be incomplete.
- 1950 Northern Open
- 1951 Swiss Open
- 1952 Italian Open, Penfold Tournament
- 1953 Northern Open, Portuguese Open, Irish Open
- 1954 Northern Open
- 1955 Northern Open
- 1956 Scottish PGA Championship, Stuart C. Goodwin Tournament (tie with John Fallon)
- 1957 Northern Open, British Masters, Scottish PGA Championship
- 1958 Scottish PGA Championship, Yorkshire Evening News Tournament (tie with Harold Henning)
- 1960 News of the World Match Play, Scottish PGA Championship, Dunlop Tournament (tie with Ralph Moffitt)
- 1962 News of the World Match Play
- 1965 Scottish PGA Championship
- 1966 Scottish PGA Championship (tie with John Panton)
- 1968 Scottish PGA Championship
Results in major championships
Tournament | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | DNP | 23 | T40 | T9 | T9 | DNP | T12 | DNP | 3 | T3 | DNP |
Tournament | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
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The Open Championship | T9 | T5 | T34 | CUT | CUT | T17 | T23 | T43 | T18 | T16 | T32 | T40 |
Note: The Open Championship was the only major Brown played in.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10
Team appearances
Professional
- Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain): 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959
- World Cup (representing Scotland): 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968
References
- ↑ Annual Obituary 1986, (page 145), ISBN 1-55862-013-3
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Sporting Heroes - Eric Brown
- ↑ Bathgate Golf Club history
- ↑ The Bathgate Book, (page 201), ISBN 978-0-9541426-0-5
- ↑ 1969 Ryder Cup
- ↑ 1971 Ryder Cup
- ↑ Scottish PGA Championship Honour Roll
External links
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