Nationality England The Open Championship Won: 1938 Status Professional Name Reg Whitcombe | Masters Tournament DNP Role Golfer U.S. Open DNP Professional wins 10 | |
Full name Reginald Arthur Whitcombe Born 10 April 1898
Burnham, England ( 1898-04-10 ) Died January 11, 1957, Hambledon, United Kingdom | ||
73rd Open - Royal St George's (1938) | Flashback
Reginald Arthur Whitcombe (10 April 1898 – 11 January 1957) was an English professional golfer.
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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. His two older brothers Ernest and Charles were also professional golfers and all three played together for Great Britain in the 1935 Ryder Cup.
Tournament wins
Note: This list is probably incompleteResults timeline
Note: The Open Championship was the only major Whitcombe played in.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