Jack White (golfer)
Jack White | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | John White |
Nickname | Jack |
Born | Pefferside, Whitekirk. Scotland | 15 August 1873
Died | 24 March 1949 Musselburgh, Scotland | (aged 75)
Sporting nationality | Scotland |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Professional wins | 1 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | WD: 1929 |
The Open Championship | Won: 1904 |
John White (15 August 1873 – 24 March 1949) was a Scottish professional golfer. He posted six top-10 finishes in the Open Championship, including a victory in 1904.
Early life
White was born at Pefferside, Whitekirk, four miles east of North Berwick.[1] He was the son of James White, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Emily Thomson White. Jack worked as a caddie from the age of ten. Like many early professionals he trained as a clubmaker. From his late teens he worked as a golf professional at the North Berwick Golf Club in the summer and at York Golf Club in England in the winter.
Golf career
White first played in
Death and legacy
White died in 1949 in Musselburgh.[3] He is best remembered as the winner of the 1904 Open Championship.
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
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1904 | The Open Championship | 1 shot deficit | 80-75-72-69=296 | 1 stroke | James Braid, J.H. Taylor |
Results timeline
Tournament | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 |
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U.S. Open | NYF | NYF | NYF | NYF | |||||
The Open Championship | ? | 11 | T10 | WD | T21 | WD | WD | T13 | 2 |
Tournament | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
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U.S. Open | ||||||||||
The Open Championship | 4 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 1 | T18 | WD |
Tournament | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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U.S. Open | NT | NT | ||||||||
The Open Championship | ? | T35 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Tournament | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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U.S. Open | WD | |||||||||
The Open Championship | T57 | WD |
Note: White only played in The Open Championship and the U.S. Open.
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
WD = Withdrew
? = unknown
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Team appearances
- England–Scotland Professional Match (representing Scotland): 1903 (winners), 1904 (tie), 1905 (tie), 1906, 1907, 1909, 1912 (tie), 1913
References
- ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the originalon 21 November 2008. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
- ^ "1904 Jack White". The Open. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
- ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
External links
- Media related to Jack White (golfer) at Wikimedia Commons
- Famous North Berwick Golfers profile