Alex Kyle
Alex Kyle | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Alexander Thompson Kyle |
Born | Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland | 16 April 1907
Died | 7 April 1990 Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England | (aged 82)
Sporting nationality | Scotland |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | T20: 1939 |
British Amateur | Won: 1939 |
Alexander Thompson Kyle (16 April 1907 – 7 April 1990)
Kyle was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland but his family moved to Peebles when he was about two years old. Kyle learnt his golf at Peebles Golf Club.[3] Kyle moved to Yorkshire in 1931 and was a member of Sand Moor Golf Club, north of Leeds.
Kyle was selected for the 1938 Walker Cup team. Kyle was last out in the singles on the final day, playing Fred Haas. With just two matches unfinished, Great Britain and Ireland led by a point and needed to win of the two remaining matches. The Cecil Ewing/Ray Billows match went to the final hole but Kyle won his match 5&4 to give Britain their first win in the Walker Cup after nine defeats.[4]
In 1939 Kyle won the
Kyle played in two further Walker Cup matches, in 1947 and 1951. He won his final singles match in 1951, beating Willie Turnesa by 2 holes having been 4 down at lunch.[6]
Kyle married Edith Mary Rhodes in 1949, herself an England golf internationalist who represented Great Britain in the 1939 Vagliano Trophy. Edith died in 1959 aged 52.[7]
Amateur wins
this list is incomplete
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning score | Runner-up |
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1939 | Amateur Championship |
2 & 1 | Tony Duncan |
Results timeline
Tournament | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 |
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The Open Championship | T20 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | CUT | T34 |
Note: Kyle only played in The Open Championship.
NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances
Amateur
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain): 1938 (winners), 1947, 1951
References
- ^ "Alex Kyle". The Times. 11 April 1990. p. 45.
- ^ "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1939. p. 18.
- The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1938. p. 11.
- The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1939. p. 18.
- The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1951. p. 6.
- ^ "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2017.