Jack White (golfer)

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Jack White
Jack White in 1904
Personal information
Full name John White
Nickname Jack
Born ( 1873-08-15 ) 15 August 1873
Pefferside, Whitekirk . Scotland
Died 24 March 1949 (1949-03-24) (aged 75)
Musselburgh , Scotland
Sporting nationality   Scotland
Career
Status Professional
Professional wins 1
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open WD: 1929
The Open Championship Won : 1904

John White (15 August 1873 ? 24 March 1949) was a Scottish professional golfer . He posted six top-10 finishes in the Open Championship , including a victory in 1904 .

Early life [ edit ]

White was born at Pefferside, Whitekirk , four miles east of North Berwick . [1] He was the son of James White, an agricultural labourer, and his wife Emily Thomson White. Jack worked as a caddie from the age of ten. Like many early professionals he trained as a clubmaker. From his late teens he worked as a golf professional at the North Berwick Golf Club in the summer and at York Golf Club in England in the winter.

Golf career [ edit ]

White first played in The Open Championship in 1891 and in 1904, when it was played at Royal St George's , where he won his only major championship. [2] He was the professional at the prestigious Sunningdale Golf Club outside London for over twenty five years from 1902.

Death and legacy [ edit ]

White died in 1949 in Musselburgh . [3] He is best remembered as the winner of the 1904 Open Championship .

Major championships [ edit ]

Wins (1) [ edit ]

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
1904 The Open Championship 1 shot deficit 80-75-72-69=296 1 stroke Scotland James Braid , England J.H. Taylor

Results timeline [ edit ]

Tournament 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
U.S. Open NYF NYF NYF NYF
The Open Championship ? 11 T10 WD T21 WD WD T13 2
Tournament 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
U.S. Open
The Open Championship 4 6 18 3 1 T18 WD
Tournament 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
U.S. Open NT NT
The Open Championship ? T35 NT NT NT NT NT
Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
U.S. Open WD
The Open Championship T57 WD

Note: White only played in The Open Championship and the U.S. Open.

   Win
   Top 10
   Did not play

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
WD = Withdrew
? = unknown
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances [ edit ]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "Births in the Parish of Whitekirk in the County of Haddington" . Statutory Births 723/00 0010 . ScotlandsPeople . Archived from the original on 21 November 2008 . Retrieved 16 February 2015 .
  2. ^ "1904 Jack White" . The Open. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013 . Retrieved 19 October 2013 .
  3. ^ "Deaths in the District of Inveresk in the County of Midlothian" . Statutory Deaths 689/00 0054 . ScotlandsPeople . Retrieved 16 February 2015 .

External links [ edit ]

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