Reg Whitcombe
| Reg Whitcombe | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Reginald Arthur Whitcombe |
| Born | 10 April 1898 Burnham, England |
| Died | 11 January 1957 (aged 58) Hambledon, Surrey |
| Nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | Won: 1938 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Harry Vardon Trophy | 1939 |
Reginald Arthur Whitcombe (10 April 1898 – 11 January 1957[1]) was an English professional golfer.[2]
Whitcombe began his career at Came Down Golf Club in Dorset and served in the British armed forces during World War I. He was the professional at Parkstone Golf Club from 1 January 1928 until his death in 1957. He finished runner up to Henry Cotton in the 1937 Open Championship at Carnoustie, and in 1938 he won the windswept Open at Royal St George's, where his two final rounds of 75–78 were still enough to beat the halfway leaders by ten strokes.[3] His two older brothers Ernest and Charles were also professional golfers and all three played together for Great Britain in the 1935 Ryder Cup.
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Tournament wins
- Note: This list is probably incomplete
- 1934 Penfold-Fairhaven Tournament, Roehampton Invitation
- 1936 Irish Open
- 1937 Dunlop-West of England Tournament
- 1938 Open Championship, News Chronicle Tournament, Dunlop-West of England Tournament
- 1945 Daily Sketch Fourball Tournament (with William Anderson)
- 1946 Lotus Tournament
- 1947 Penfold Tournament (tie with Dai Rees and Norman Von Nida)
Major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | The Open Championship | 1 shot lead | 71-71-75-78=295 | 2 strokes |  Jimmy Adams |
Results timeline
- Note: The Open Championship was the only major Whitcombe played in.
| Tournament | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
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| The Open Championship | T20 | T14 | CUT | T23 | T45 | T13 | T17 | T17 | T7 | T16 | T34 | T8 | 2 | 1 | T3 |
| Tournament | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | T14 | T13 | T18 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
References
- ↑ "Mr R.A. Whitcombe" The Times, 14 January 1957; pg. 10; Issue 53738.
- ↑ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 311. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ "1938 Reg Whitcombe". The Open. Retrieved 17 October 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Further reading
- Fry, Peter (15 January 1994). The Whitcombes: A Golfing Legend. Grant Books. ISBN 978-0907186403.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
External links
- The Whitcombe brothers at the Wayback Machine (archived March 13, 2008)
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