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Alf Perry

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English golfer
For the founder of theDouglas Hospital, seeAlfred Perry.

Alf Perry
Personal information
Full nameAlfred Perry
Born(1904-10-08)8 October 1904
Coulsdon,Surrey,England
Died4 December 1974(1974-12-04) (aged 70)
New Milton,Hampshire,England[1]
Sporting nationality England
Career
StatusProfessional
Professional wins8
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipWon:1935

Alfred Perry (8 October 1904 – 4 December 1974[2]) was aprofessional golfer fromEngland, the winner ofThe Open Championship in1935.[3][4]

Born inCoulsdon,Surrey, Perry worked as a club professional at Leatherhead Golf Club in addition to playing in the few organised tournaments that there were at the time. He had moderate success before he claimed an unexpected victory in the1935 Open Championship atMuirfield.[5][6] His most prolific year came in 1938 when he won three tournaments on the British circuit.[3] He retired from his post at Leatherhead in 1972,[7] and died two years later.[3]

Perry was a member of the BritishRyder Cup team in1933,1935, and1937.[3] He played three matches of which he lost two and halved one.

Professional wins

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This list may be incomplete

Major championships

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Wins (1)

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YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
1935The Open Championship1 shot lead−5 (69-75-67-72=283)4 strokesEnglandAlf Padgham

Results timeline

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Tournament19291930193119321933193419351936193719381939
The Open ChampionshipT45T3046T1726T261T50CUTT15T3
Tournament1940194119421943194419451946194719481949195019511952
The Open ChampionshipNTNTNTNTNTNTT26T18T23CUTT33CUT

Note: Perry only played inThe Open Championship

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^Find a will. Probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-02.
  2. ^"Mr Alfred Perry"The Times, 5 December 1974; pg. 20; Issue 59262.
  3. ^abcdAlliss, Peter (1983).The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 284.ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
  4. ^"1935 Alf Perry". The Open. Archived fromthe original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved17 October 2013.
  5. ^Mair, Norman (18 July 2002)."Distinguished dozen sired by a links classic".The Daily Telegraph. UK. Retrieved28 July 2009.
  6. ^Davies, David (21 July 2003)."Furgol who? Victors who came from nowhere".The Guardian. UK. Retrieved28 July 2009.
  7. ^"Welcome to Leatherhead Golf Club". Leatherhead Golf Club. Archived fromthe original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved28 July 2009.
  8. ^"Perry's success".The Guardian. 27 August 1948. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
† 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
1871No championship; 1915–1919cancelled due toWorld War I; 1940–1945cancelled due toWorld War II; 2020cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
Alf Perry in theRyder Cup
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