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Full name
  
Geoffrey Michael Hunt

Nationality
  
England

U.S. Open
  
DNP

Status
  
Professional

Name
  
Geoffrey Hunt

Professional wins
  
3



Masters Tournament
  
CUT: 1964, 1965

Dr. Geoffrey Hunt- Ralph Carr, Taking a Stand in History


Geoffrey Michael Hunt (born c. 1936) is an English professional golfer, the younger brother of Bernard Hunt. Hunt is best remembered for playing in the 1963 Ryder Cup with his brother Bernard, the first brothers to play in the same Ryder Cup team since the Whitcombe brothers in 1935.

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Hunt first came to prominence as a 17-year-old in the 1953 Open Championship. Rounds of 74 and 74 put him a good position after two days although he faded on the final day with rounds of 79 and 86, The following year he won the Gor-Ray Cup, the leading tournament for assistant professionals. His brother Bernard had won the cup the previous year.

Originally an assistant at Atherstone he moved to Hartsbourne in 1954.

Tournament wins

Note: This list may be incomplete
  • 1954 Gor-Ray Cup
  • 1960 Pickering Tournament (with Bernard Hunt)
  • 1962 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament
  • Results in major championships

    Note: Hunt only played in The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament.
    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the cut
    "T" = tied

    Team appearances

  • Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain): 1963
  • References

    Geoffrey Hunt Wikipedia