19 July 1972(1972-07-19) (aged 51) Redhill, Surrey
Sporting nationality
England
Career
Status
Professional
Professional wins
20
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament
T34: 1960
PGA Championship
DNP
U.S. Open
DNP
The Open Championship
T5: 1955
Achievements and awards
Harry Vardon Trophy
1952, 1956
Harry Weetman (25 October 1920 – 19 July 1972[1]) was an English professional golfer.[2]
Weetman won many tournaments on the British PGA circuit in the pre-European Tour era and won the Harry Vardon Trophy for lowest stroke average in 1952 and 1956. He finished in the top-10 at The Open Championship six times.
Weetman played in the Ryder Cup in 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1963 and had a 2-11-2 win–loss–tie record, with both of his wins coming in singles matches. He captained the team in 1965.
Weetman died in Redhill hospital on 19 July 1972 after being involved in a car accident on the Caterham bypass on 14 July.[3][4]
^"Mr Harry Weetman - Ryder Cup golfer" The Times, 20 July 1972; pg. 18; Issue 58535.
^Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 222. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
^"Weetman badly hurt in smash". The Age. 18 July 1972. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
^"Death of golfer Harry Weetman". Evening Times. 20 July 1972. Retrieved 8 February 2011.
HarryWeetman (25 October 1920 – 19 July 1972) was an English professional golfer. Weetman won many tournaments on the British PGA circuit in the pre-European...
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The Harry Vardon 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...
In the event, two of the Ryder Cup team, Christy O'Connor Snr and HarryWeetman were ill and replaced by Eric Lester and local professional, 49-year-old...
in 1949 and Alliss finished tied for 2nd place, five strokes behind HarryWeetman, 10 years his senior. From June 1949 to June 1951, Alliss served two...
New York on the RMS Aquitania on 24 May 1921 together with James Harnett, Harry Hampton deciding at the last minute that he could not travel. The idea for...
Snead) −11 (140-139-142-144=565) 8 strokes England − Bernard Hunt and HarryWeetman 2 Nov 11, 1962 Canada Cup (2) (with Sam Snead) −3 (136-137-141-143=557)...
returned to manage Oswestry Town. Harry Cooke (1919 in Oswestry - 1992) footballer, 228 club caps for Luton Town HarryWeetman (1920 in Oswestry - 1972) golfer...
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10 September 1962. p. 4. "Brown match-play champion – Great final with Weetman". The Glasgow Herald. 12 September 1960. p. 3. "Match-play title for Snell...
1980– Harold Weber 1882–1933 Steve Webster 1975– Boo Weekley 1973– HarryWeetman 1920–1972 D. A. Weibring 1953– Matt Weibring 1979– Mike Weir 1970– Tom...
Doug Sanders, Syd Scott, Doug Sewell, Dave Thomas, Peter Thomson, HarryWeetman, Ross Whitehead, Brian Wilkes, Guy Wolstenholme Casper and Middlecoff...
sub-committee. The seven who qualified after the Open were: Rees, Bradshaw, Scott, Weetman, O'Connor, Bousfield and Jacobs. Later in July, Rees was chosen as captain...
increased this to five. However he played the last six holes very badly and Weetman won at the last hole, finishing with two fours. With Middlecoff and Bradshaw...
70 to take a two-stroke lead over Norman Sutton, with Fred Daly, and HarryWeetman a further shot behind. After his 69 in qualifying, Alliss scored 79...
Open". The Glasgow Herald. 13 April 1962. p. 6. "Northern Open title for Weetman". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1961. p. 14. "Sixth Northern title win for...
2. "Spalding win for Denny". The Glasgow Herald. 23 April 1955. p. 4. "Weetman and O'Connor tie in Spalding tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 21 April...
74-71-70=215 Sebastián Miguel 73-68-74=215 Peter Mills 71-74-70=215 Gary Player 72-71-72=215 HarryWeetman 74-70-71=215 Guy Wolstenholme (a) 74-70-71=215...
points list: Coles, Bernard Hunt, Huggett, Alliss, Haliburton, O'Connor, Weetman, Will, Thomas and Geoff Hunt. Each entry refers to the win–loss–half record...
(8), Ángel Miguel, Kel Nagle, Gary Player (3,8,9), Norman Von Nida, HarryWeetman Numbers in brackets indicate categories that the player would have qualified...
win for Weetman". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1962. p. 4. "Bousfield's victory by six strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1961. p. 9. "Weetman wins £1...
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