For other people with the same name, see John Hutchison.
Jock Hutchison
Hutchison in 1921
Personal information
Full name
Jack Falls Hutchison
Nickname
Jock
Born
(1884-06-06)June 6, 1884 St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Died
September 27, 1977(1977-09-27) (aged 93) Evanston, Illinois, U.S.
Height
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Sporting nationality
Scotland United States
Spouse
Maire
Career
Status
Professional
Professional wins
20
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour
14
Other
6
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament
43rd: 1941
PGA Championship
Won: 1920
U.S. Open
2nd/T2: 1916, 1920
The Open Championship
Won: 1921
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame
2011 (member page)
Jack Falls "Jock" Hutchison (June 6, 1884 – September 27, 1977) was a Scottish-American professional golfer.
Hutchison was born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, the son of William and Helen (née Falls). His name was registered as John Waters Hutchison,[2] Waters being the maiden name of William's mother. He appears in the 1901 census as John Hutchison, golf caddie.[3] He had an older brother who was also a golf player, Tom Hutchison. Hutchison later moved to the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 1920.[4] He was known there as Jack Falls Hutchison[5] or John Falls Hutchison.[6] He won two major championships, the PGA Championship in 1920 and the Open Championship at St Andrews in 1921. His 1921 victory was the first by a U.S.-based player;[7] the following year Walter Hagen became the first U.S.-born winner.
In 1937, Hutchison won the inaugural PGA Seniors' Championship at Augusta National Golf Club, and in 1947 he won that event for a second time.
Beginning in 1963, Hutchison was one of the two men who served as honorary starters for The Masters (along with 1908 U.S. Open champion Fred McLeod), until ailments prevented him from hitting one of the honorary tee shots in 1973. His death on September 27, 1977, came just two days before Masters co-founder Clifford Roberts' own death.
Hutchison died at the age of 93 in Evanston, Illinois. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2011.[8]
^"Jim Barnes Gets Wanamaker Trophy" (PDF). The New York Times. New York, New York. October 15, 1916. Retrieved March 20, 2011.
^"Births in the United District of St Andrews and St Leonards in the County of Fife". Statutory Births 453/00 0101. ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
^"Census of Scotland 1901 – registration district 453, enumeration district 5, schedule 153". Census 1901 453/00 005/00 031. ScotlandsPeople. Archived from the original on November 21, 2008. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
^"Person Details for Jack Hutchison, "Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
^"Person Details for Jack Falls Hutchison, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
^"Person Details for John F Hutchison, "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925" — FamilySearch.org". FamilySearch. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2015.
^"1921 Jock Hutchison". The Open. Archived from the original on October 16, 2013. Retrieved October 16, 2013.
^"2011 Hall of Fame class: Els, Ford, Bush, Hutchison". PGA Tour. September 22, 2010. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013. Retrieved December 6, 2013.
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Ray 1913 John Henry Taylor 1914 Harry Vardon 1920 George Duncan 1921 JockHutchison† 1922 Walter Hagen 1923 Arthur Havers 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Jim Barnes...
Ray 1913 John Henry Taylor 1914 Harry Vardon 1920 George Duncan 1921 JockHutchison† 1922 Walter Hagen 1923 Arthur Havers 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Jim Barnes...
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