Ken Schofield
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Kenneth Douglas Schofield European Tour from 1975 to 2004.
Schofield was born and raised in Perthshire, Scotland.[2] He entered the banking profession at the age of 23.[1][2]
On 1 January 1975, Schofield became executive director of the European Tour, replacing
European Seniors Tour.[1]
Schofield was appointed CBE in the 1996 Birthday Honours and awarded the Ambassador of Golf Award by the PGA Tour in 2006[1] and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2013.[2]
His sporting interests extend to soccer and cricket.[3] In 2007 he was appointed to chair an ECB committee to review why the previous winter's Ashes tour of Australia by the England cricket team had been a failure.[4] The ECB subsequently endorsed 17 of the committee's 19 recommendations.[5]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Schofield receives Ambassador of Golf Award". 23 August 2006. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d "Montgomerie, Schofield complete Hall of Fame class". PGA Tour. 18 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "European Tour pioneer in golfing Hall of Fame". getsurrey. 2 July 2013. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ "Ken Schofield to head Ashes review". ESPNCricinfo. 16 January 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- Daily Telegraph. 24 May 2007. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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