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Dai Rees CBE
Personal information
Full name
David James Rees
Born
(1913-03-31)31 March 1913 Font-y-Gary, Glamorgan, Wales
Died
15 November 1983(1983-11-15) (aged 70) Barnet, London, England
Height
5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sporting nationality
Wales
Career
Turned professional
1929
Former tour(s)
European Tour
Professional wins
43[1]
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
DNP
PGA Championship
DNP
U.S. Open
DNP
The Open Championship
2nd/T2: 1953, 1954, 1961
Achievements and awards
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1958
Harry Vardon Trophy
1955, 1959
David James Rees, CBE (31 March 1913 – 15 November 1983[2]) was one of the Britain's leading golfers either side of the Second World War.
The winner of many prestigious tournaments in Britain, Europe and farther afield, Rees is best remembered as the captain of the Great Britain Ryder Cup team which defeated the United States at Lindrick Golf Club in Yorkshire, England, in 1957.[3] It was the only defeat which the United States suffered in the competition between 1933 and 1985.
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^"Mr Dai Rees – Major Welsh Golfer", The Times, 17 November 1983; pg. 14; Issue 61692.
^"Dai Rees (1913–1983)". Golf Europe. Retrieved 29 July 2009.
Aberdare Golf Club. During World War II, Rees served as a driver for Air vice-marshal Harry Broadhurst. Rees began his professional career aged 16 as...
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in the team: Cotton, Jimmy Adams, Dick Burton, Sam King, Alf Padgham, DaiRees, Charles Whitcombe, and Reg Whitcombe. Charles Whitcombe immediately withdrew...
−9 1 stroke Bobby Locke DaiRees Syd Scott 3,500 750 Royal Birkdale 82nd 1953 Ben Hogan 282 −6 4 strokes Antonio Cerdá DaiRees Frank Stranahan (a) Peter...
Duw? and in the 1997 film Twin Town as the self-styled "Karaoke King" DaiRees. Hibbard and his wife Caroline had three children. In 2000, Hibbard was...
Duw? and in the 1997 film Twin Town as the self-styled "Karaoke King" DaiRees. In 2006, Hibbard won the BAFTA Cymru Award for Best Actor for his role...
Jacklin, Cobie Legrange, Bobby Locke, Greg Norman, Christy O'Connor Snr, DaiRees, Peter Thomson, Harry Weetman, Ian Woosnam Jacobs, Raymond (10 June 1982)...
Open – Royal Birkdale 1961: Palmer takes the Open after a late challenge by Rees". The Open. Retrieved September 28, 2016. "91st Open – Royal Troon 1962:...
Switzerland. 7 September 1964. p. 5 – via Newspaper Archive. "L'Anglais DaiRees remporte l'Open pour le deuxième fois (après barrage)". Feuille d'Avis...
Golf Club near Worksop, England. The Great Britain team, led by captain DaiRees, beat the United States team by a score of 71⁄2 to 41⁄2 points, and won...
who have used John Letters clubs include: Fred Daly, Bernard Gallacher, DaiRees, Lee Trevino, Cathy Panton, Sam Torrance, Gary Player and Paul Lawrie....
by Australia's Peter Thomson, a record number of victories shared with DaiRees and James Braid). On occasion, American professionals also took part, notably...
to be members of the same family. The oldest recipient of the award is DaiRees, who won in 1957 aged 44. Ian Black, who won the following year, aged 17...
(67-72-73-71=283) 6 strokes Sam Snead 1953 The Open Championship Tied for lead −6 (73-71-70-68=282) 4 strokes Antonio Cerdá, DaiRees, Frank Stranahan, Peter Thomson...
O'Connor Snr 1960 Bernard Hunt (2) 1959 DaiRees (2) 1958 Bernard Hunt 1957 Eric Brown 1956 Harry Weetman (2) 1955 DaiRees 1954 Bobby Locke (3) 1953 Flory Van...
consecutive rounds of 70, one ahead of Snead and two ahead of DaiRees. Snead, Bulla, and Rees were tied for the lead at 215 (−4) going into the final round...
victory in £2500 golf tourney". The Glasgow Herald. 30 March 1946. p. 2. "Rees nine strokes under level fours – Welshman wins professional tournament"....
who qualified after the Open were: Rees, Bradshaw, Scott, Weetman, O'Connor, Bousfield and Jacobs. Later in July, Rees was chosen as captain. The three...
well-known designers such as Betty Jackson, Tristan Webber, Jasper Conran, DaiRees and Boudica have featured her. She has appeared as the cover model for...
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