Reg Whitcombe

Reg Whitcombe
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Reginald Arthur Whitcombe
Born	(1898-04-10)10 April 1898 Burnham, England
Died	11 January 1957(1957-01-11) (aged 58) Hambledon, Surrey
Nationality	England
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	17
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
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.

Tournament wins

Note: This list is probably incomplete

1922 West of England Professional Championship
1931 West of England Professional Championship
1933 West of England Professional Championship
1934 Penfold-Fairhaven Tournament, Roehampton Invitation, West of England Professional Championship
1936 Irish Open, Dunlop-West of England Tournament
1937 Dunlop-West of England Tournament
1938 Open Championship, News Chronicle Tournament, West of England Professional Championship
1945 Daily Sketch Fourball Tournament (with William Anderson)
1946 Lotus Tournament
1947 Penfold Tournament (tie with Dai Rees and Norman Von Nida)
1948 West of England Professional Championship
1950 West of England Professional Championship

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
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

Team appearances

Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain): 1935
Seniors vs Juniors (representing the Juniors): 1928
England–Scotland Professional Match (representing England): 1933 (winners), 1934 (winners), 1935 (winners), 1936 (winners), 1937 (winners), 1938 (winners)

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.
↑ "1938 Reg Whitcombe". The Open. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

External links

The Whitcombe brothers at the Wayback Machine (archived 13 March 2008)

The Open Championship champions

1860 Willie Park Sr. 1861 Tom Morris Sr. 1862 Tom Morris Sr. 1863 Willie Park Sr. 1864 Tom Morris Sr. 1865 Andrew Strath 1866 Willie Park Sr. 1867 Tom Morris Sr. 1868 Tom Morris Jr. 1869 Tom Morris Jr. 1870 Tom Morris Jr. 1871 No championship 1872 Tom Morris Jr. 1873 Tom Kidd 1874 Mungo Park 1875 Willie Park Sr. 1876 Bob Martin† 1877 Jamie Anderson 1878 Jamie Anderson 1879 Jamie Anderson 1880 Bob Ferguson 1881 Bob Ferguson 1882 Bob Ferguson 1883 Willie Fernie† 1884 Jack Simpson 1885 Bob Martin 1886 David Brown 1887 Willie Park Jr. 1888 Jack Burns 1889 Willie Park Jr.† 1890 John Ball# 1891 Hugh Kirkaldy 1892 Harold Hilton# 1893 William Auchterlonie 1894 John Henry Taylor 1895 John Henry Taylor 1896 Harry Vardon† 1897 Harold Hilton# 1898 Harry Vardon 1899 Harry Vardon 1900 John Henry Taylor 1901 James Braid 1902 Sandy Herd 1903 Harry Vardon 1904 Jack White 1905 James Braid 1906 James Braid 1907 Arnaud Massy 1908 James Braid 1909 John Henry Taylor 1910 James Braid 1911 Harry Vardon† 1912‡ Edward Ray 1913 John Henry Taylor 1914 Harry Vardon 1915–19 No Championships due to World War I 1920 George Duncan 1921 Jock Hutchison† 1922 Walter Hagen 1923 Arthur Havers 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Jim Barnes 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927‡ Bobby Jones# 1928 Walter Hagen 1929 Walter Hagen 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Tommy Armour 1932‡ Gene Sarazen 1933 Denny Shute† 1934‡ Henry Cotton 1935 Alf Perry 1936 Alf Padgham 1937 Henry Cotton 1938 Reg Whitcombe 1939 Dick Burton 1940–45 No Championships due to World War II 1946 Sam Snead 1947 Fred Daly 1948 Henry Cotton 1949 Bobby Locke† 1950 Bobby Locke 1951 Max Faulkner 1952 Bobby Locke 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Peter Thomson 1955 Peter Thomson 1956 Peter Thomson 1957 Bobby Locke 1958 Peter Thomson† 1959 Gary Player 1960 Kel Nagle 1961 Arnold Palmer 1962 Arnold Palmer 1963 Bob Charles† 1964 Tony Lema 1965 Peter Thomson 1966 Jack Nicklaus 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo 1968 Gary Player 1969 Tony Jacklin 1970 Jack Nicklaus† 1971 Lee Trevino 1972 Lee Trevino 1973‡ Tom Weiskopf 1974 Gary Player 1975 Tom Watson† 1976 Johnny Miller 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Seve Ballesteros 1980 Tom Watson 1981 Bill Rogers 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Tom Watson 1984 Seve Ballesteros 1985 Sandy Lyle 1986 Greg Norman 1987 Nick Faldo 1988 Seve Ballesteros 1989 Mark Calcavecchia† 1990 Nick Faldo 1991 Ian Baker-Finch 1992 Nick Faldo 1993 Greg Norman 1994 Nick Price 1995 John Daly† 1996 Tom Lehman 1997 Justin Leonard 1998 Mark O'Meara† 1999 Paul Lawrie† 2000 Tiger Woods 2001 David Duval 2002 Ernie Els† 2003 Ben Curtis 2004 Todd Hamilton† 2005‡ Tiger Woods 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Pádraig Harrington† 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Stewart Cink† 2010 Louis Oosthuizen 2011 Darren Clarke 2012 Ernie Els 2013 Phil Mickelson 2014‡ Rory McIlroy 2015 Zach Johnson† 2016 Henrik Stenson

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire in 72-holes; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

Great Britain Ryder Cup team – 1935

Percy Alliss Dick Burton Jack Busson Bill Cox Ted Jarman Alf Padgham Alf Perry Ernest Whitcombe Reg Whitcombe Charles Whitcombe (playing captain)

Lost: 3 – 9

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