Norman Wood (golfer)

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Norman Wood
Personal information
Full nameNorman David Wood
Born(1947-01-08)8 January 1947
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT40: 1975

Norman David Wood (8 January 1947 – 17 May 2023) was a Scottish professional golfer. He won the 1972 Italian Open and played in the 1975 Ryder Cup.

Professional career

Wood turned professional in 1965 and was an assistant at

Scottish Assistants' Championship in 1968, beating David Webster in a playoff.[1]

Wood played on the

European Tour in the 1970s. His sole win on the European Tour came at the 1972 Italian Open where he beat Brian Huggett by two strokes.[2] He also played outside of Europe during the off-season, winning the Jamaica Open in December 1973.[3] In March 1973 he lost to Ben Arda in a playoff for the Singapore Open and at the 1974 Australian Open he was runner-up to Gary Player.[4][5]

In

Penfold PGA Championship. The good results at the start of the season put Wood in the top eight of the Ryder Cup points to gain an automatic place in team.[7] The 1975 Ryder Cup was held at Laurel Valley Golf Club in September. Wood lost his two pairs matches but defeated Lee Trevino 2&1 in his singles match. In 1975 Wood also lost to David Huish in a playoff for the Scottish Professional Championship and made his one appearance for Scotland in the World Cup that year, playing with Brian Barnes, after Bernard Gallacher withdrew.[8][9][10]

In May 1976 Wood, playing with

European Tour
.

Back problems forced Wood to become a club professional. He worked at the Sandy Lane resort in Barbados starting in 1978 and the Royal Guernsey Golf Club in Guernsey from 1982 until retiring at the end of 2007.[10][12]

After turning 50, Wood played part-time on the

Manadens Affarer Seniors Open
in Sweden.

Death

Wood died in Guernsey on 17 May 2023 at the age of 76.[13][14][15]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 15 Oct 1972 Italian Open −1 (65-69-68-69=271) 2 strokes Wales Brian Huggett

Other wins (4)

Playoff record

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1973 Singapore Open Philippines Ben Arda Lost to par on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
The Open Championship T50 CUT T50 CUT T54 T40 CUT CUT

Note: Wood only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Source:[17]

Team appearances

References

  1. ^
    The Glasgow Herald
    . 17 October 1968. p. 7.
  2. The Evening Times
    . 16 October 1972. p. 19.
  3. ^
    The Glasgow Herald
    . 11 December 1973. p. 4.
  4. ^ "Evergreen Arda wins Open by 'sudden death'". The Straits Times. 12 March 1973. p. 29.
  5. The Glasgow Herald
    . 4 November 1974. p. 4.
  6. The Glasgow Herald
    . 28 April 1975. p. 20.
  7. The Glasgow Herald
    . 18 August 1974. p. 15.
  8. The Glasgow Herald
    . 2 June 1975. p. 17.
  9. The Glasgow Herald
    . 7 November 1975. p. 29.
  10. ^
    ISBN 0-85613-520-8
    .
  11. The Glasgow Herald
    . 24 May 1976. p. 15.
  12. ^ "Fresh and exciting times for new head pro Douglas". Guernsey Press. 29 February 2008.
  13. ^ Dempster, Martin (19 May 2023). "Norman Wood, Scot who beat Lee Trevino in Ryder Cup, passes away". The Scotsman.
  14. ^ "Norman Wood (1947 – 2023)". The PGA. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  15. ^ "Wood, Norman (David)". The Guernsey Press. 20 May 2023.
  16. ^ Jacobs, Raymond (24 August 1970). "Wood now aims at headier brew". The Glasgow Herald. p. 5. Retrieved 21 April 2020 – via Google News Archive.
  17. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5
    .

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