Jesse P. Guilford

Jesse Guilford
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Jesse Poore Guilford
Nickname	Siege Gun
Born	(1895-03-02)March 2, 1895 Manchester, New Hampshire
Died	December 1, 1962(1962-12-01) (aged 67) Newton, Massachusetts
Nationality	United States
Career
Status	Amateur
Professional wins	2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	2
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	T19: 1922
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1921
British Amateur	R32: 1926, 1934

Jesse Poore Guilford (March 2, 1895 – December 1, 1962) was an American amateur golfer. He is most notable for winning the U.S. Amateur in 1921.

Guilford was born in Manchester, New Hampshire,^[1] he was the son of Robert M. Guilford^[2] and Agnes Jane Chambers. He was one of the top amateur golfers in Massachusetts, as well as the United States. His nickname was "Siege Gun" for his long drive qualities.^[3] He played on three of the first four Walker Cup teams (1922, 1924, and 1926).

The 1930 U.S. Census for Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, records him married to Louise B., with three daughters, Catherine, Mary L., and Jean, and son Jesse P.

Guilford died in Newton, Massachusetts.^[1]

Tournament wins

1913 New Hampshire Amateur
1916 Massachusetts Amateur, New Hampshire Amateur
1917 New Hampshire Amateur
1919 Massachusetts Open
1921 Miami Invitational, Massachusetts Amateur, U.S. Amateur
1923 Gold Mashie Tournament
1924 Massachusetts Amateur
1926 Gold Mashie Tournament
1929 Massachusetts Open

Major championships

Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1921	U.S. Amateur	7 & 6	Robert A. Gardner

Results timeline

Guilford never played in the Masters Tournament or the British Open. As an amateur, he could not play in the PGA Championship.

Tournament	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	T24
U.S. Amateur	R16	R32	SF	NT	NT	DNP
British Amateur	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
U.S. Open	DNP	T26	T19	DNP	T29	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	1	QF M	QF	QF	QF	R16	DNP	DNP	DNP
British Amateur	DNP	R128	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R32	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	SF	DNQ	R128	R256	R128	DNP	DNP	DNP
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R32	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
British Amateur	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	R128
British Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

M = Medalist
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for U.S. Open & U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database^[4]

Source for 1921 British Amateur: The American Golfer, June 4, 1921, pg. 24.

Source for 1926 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July, 1926, pg. 58.

Source for 1934 British Amateur: The Montreal Gazette, May 25, 1934, pg. 13.

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

Walker Cup: 1922 (winners), 1924 (winners), 1926 (winners)

Notes and references

1 2 Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 77. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
↑ U.S. National Archives (April 23, 1921). "U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]" (scanned microfilm). Ancestry.com. p. ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 1584. Retrieved Jun 13, 2012.
↑ "Guilford to Join Amateur Golfers Going to England". The New York Times. April 26, 1921.
↑ Results listed under both "Guilford" and "Guiford".

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

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