(1870-05-09)9 May 1870 Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands
Died
20 March 1937(1937-03-20) (aged 66) Whetstone, London, England
Height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight
11 st 7 lb (161 lb; 73 kg)
Sporting nationality
Jersey
Spouse
Jessie Bryant (d. 1946)
Career
Turned professional
1890
Professional wins
49
Best results in major championships (wins: 7)
U.S. Open
Won: 1900
The Open Championship
Won: 1896, 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911, 1914
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame
1974 (member page)
Fred McLeod and Vardon at the 1913 U.S. Open
Henry William Vardon (9 May 1870 – 20 March 1937) was a professional golfer from Jersey. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times,[1] and also won the 1900 U.S. Open.[2][3]
^"1896 Harry Vardon". The Open. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
^Woelfel, Rick (19 January 2011). "Harry Vardon – the one who taught us how to hold a club". Exegolf. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2013.
^"Scores of First Day's Golf Play". The Chicago Tribune. 5 October 1900.
natural talent for the sport as a young caddie in his teens. Harry and his brother Tom Vardon, younger by two years and also interested in golf, were very...
The HarryVardon Trophy is awarded by the European Tour. Since 2009 it has been awarded to the winner of the Race to Dubai. Before then it was awarded...
adapted by Mark Frost from his 2002 book, The Greatest Game Ever Played: HarryVardon, Francis Ouimet, and the Birth of Modern Golf. It was shot in Montreal...
to allow for the participation of British golfers HarryVardon and Ted Ray, both of Jersey. Vardon had won the U.S. Open in 1900 and The Open Championship...
won The Open Championship as an amateur. HarryVardon won in a playoff against John Henry Taylor. HarryVardon won in a playoff against Arnaud Massy. The...
1909. The pre-war period is most famous for the Great Triumvirate of HarryVardon (Jersey), John Henry Taylor (England), and James Braid (Scotland). The...
(instituted in 1988). The trophy is named for the Jersey golfing great HarryVardon, who died in 1937. The PGA Tour presents its own Byron Nelson Award annually...
Club in Brookline, Massachusetts, which Ouimet won in a playoff over HarryVardon and Ted Ray. An iconic photograph of Lowery and Ouimet striding down...
European circuit from 1969 to 1974, winning 10 tournaments and taking the HarryVardon Trophy for heading the Order of Merit for four consecutive seasons from...
was held at The Country Club. The heavy favorites were English legends HarryVardon (1900 U.S. Open winner; four-time British Open winner) and Ted Ray (reigning...
maintain his position at the top of the rankings. It was also his fourth HarryVardon Trophy win. McIlroy started off the year by winning the Hero Dubai Desert...
Ernie Els, David Duval, Pádraig Harrington, Bernhard Langer, Ben Hogan, HarryVardon, Sam Snead, Ian Baker-Finch and Keegan Bradley, who missed a six-inch...
them; HarryVardon won six times and Ted Ray won once, both around the turn of the 20th century. Vardon and Ray also won the U.S. Open once each. Harry Vardon's...
1896 HarryVardon† 1897 Harold Hilton# 1898 HarryVardon 1899 HarryVardon 1900 John Henry Taylor 1901 James Braid 1902 Sandy Herd 1903 HarryVardon 1904...
3-hole playoff. That same year, he was also awarded the European Tour's HarryVardon Trophy for winning the Race to Dubai. He also won the 2011 WGC-HSBC Champions...
Alfred Vardon (11 October 1874 – 13 October 1938) was a professional golfer from Jersey, Channel Islands, and the brother of golfer HarryVardon, whom...
won the Championship for the 3rd time, by eight strokes from runner-up HarryVardon. All entries played 36 holes on the first day with all those within 19...
Brocton Hall is a building of historical significance and is listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in 1760 by William Chetwynd and remained...
created the European Tour. As the tournament circuit grew, in 1937 the HarryVardon Trophy was created to be awarded to the member of the PGA with the best...
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