(1935-05-20)20 May 1935 Moseley, Birmingham, England
Died
22 May 2007(2007-05-22) (aged 72) Surrey, England
Sporting nationality
England
Career
Status
Amateur
Michael Stanley Randle Lunt (20 May 1935 – 22 May 2007) was an English amateur golfer. He won the Amateur Championship in 1963 and played in the Walker Cup four times.[1][2]
Lunt was the son of Stanley Lunt who won the English Amateur in 1934. Lunt himself won the English Amateur in 1966 and they became the first father and son to win the event.[2] Lunt had a successful junior career, representing England boys and reaching the final of the Boys Amateur Championship in 1951. Against Neville Dunn, he was 5 up after 11 holes of the morning round but lost 6&5.[3]
Individually his biggest success came when he won the Amateur Championship at St Andrews in 1963, beating John Blackwell 2&1 in the final.[4] The following year he came close to repeating his success but lost in the final to Gordon Clark at the 39th hole.[5]
Lunt was part of the Great Britain and Ireland team that won the 1964 Eisenhower Trophy at Olgiata Golf Club near Rome.[6][7] He played in four successive Walker Cup matches from 1959 to 1965.
Lunt died suddenly from an aneurysm. At the time of his death, he was part of the way through his year as captain of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews.[2]
^"Obituary: Michael Lunt, Golfer, captain of R&A club". The Scotsman. 25 May 2007.
^ abc"Golf star Michael Lunt dies". Birmingham Post. 25 May 2007.
^"Remarkable Rally by Boys' Golf Champion". Glasgow Herald. 27 August 1951. p. 6.
^Horne, Cyril (10 June 1963). "Lunt wins Amateur Championship". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
^Jacobs, Raymond (15 June 1964). "Clark new Amateur Champion". Glasgow Herald. p. 4.
^"Britain's "Great Team Effort" in Rome". The Glasgow Herald. 12 October 1964. p. 5.
^"World Golf Trophy goes to British Side". The Age. 12 October 1964. p. 25.
Michael Stanley Randle Lunt (20 May 1935 – 22 May 2007) was an English amateur golfer. He won the Amateur Championship in 1963 and played in the Walker...
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for each team. & Captain: Charles Lawrie Michael Bonallack Joe Carr Martin Christmas Charlie Green MichaelLunt David Madeley Stuart Murray Sandy Saddler...
which has been matched a further five times, Philip Scrutton (1954–55), Michael Bonallack (outright in 1968 and tied in 1969), Rodney Foster (tied 1969...
characters. Among them being; Bob the Tomato, Archibald Asparagus, Pa Grape, Mr. Lunt, Jimmy Gourd, Mr. Nezzer, Philippe Pea and several others. With JellyTelly...
ahead of Democratic nominee Aida Wick and fellow Republican nominee MichaelLunt. 1998 – When Democratic Representative Paul Newman ran for Arizona Corporation...
and Cambridge Theatre, London, 1967 Hamlet (Laertes), Round House, London, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York and Huntington Hartford Theatre, Los Angeles,...
match, but was not selected for the singles. In 1959 he played with MichaelLunt in the foursomes but lost 2 & 1 to Jack Nicklaus and Ward Wettlaufer...
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