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John Fallon (golfer)

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Nickname
  
Johnny

U.S. Open
  
DNP

Professional wins
  
3

Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Role
  
Golfer

Status
  
Professional

Name
  
John Fallon

Nationality
  
Scotland

The Open Championship
  
2nd: 1955


Born
  
29 April 1913 Lanark, Scotland (
1913-04-29
)

Died
  
December 7, 1985, Brighouse, United Kingdom

John "Johnny" Fallon (29 April 1913 – 7 December 1985) was a Scottish professional golfer whose career spanned the years either side of World War II. He was born in Lanark, Scotland. Although never a winner of a major tournament of note, Fallon often contended with high finishes - he lost the final of the 1954 British PGA Matchplay Championship, and was perhaps most unlucky that he missed out on a potential Open Championship that might have been played at St Andrews during the war years. He had placed third there in 1939, and then second in 1955, each time by just a handful of strokes.

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Fallon played on the 1955 Ryder Cup team and in 1963 he was non-playing captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team.

Professional wins

  • 1937 Leeds Cup
  • 1949 Leeds Cup
  • 1956 Stuart C. Goodwin Tournament (tie with Eric Brown)
  • Results in major championships

    Note: Fallon only played in The Open Championship.
    NT = No tournament
    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" indicates a tie for a place
    Yellow background for top-10

    Team appearances

  • Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain): 1955, 1963 (non-playing captain)
  • England–Scotland Professional Match (representing Scotland): 1936, 1937, 1938
  • Triangular Professional Tournament (representing Scotland): 1937
  • Llandudno International Golf Trophy (representing Scotland): 1938
  • References

    John Fallon (golfer) Wikipedia