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Jimmy Hitchcock (golfer)

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Jimmy Hitchcock
Personal information
Full nameJames Hitchcock
Born1930 (1930)
Bromley, London, England
Died25 December 2015 (aged 85)
Belgium
Sporting nationality England
Career
StatusProfessional
Professional wins2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT61: 1966
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT11: 1959

James Hitchcock (1930 – 25 December 2015) was an English professional golfer.[1]

Hitchcock was born in Bromley. He won several major professional tournaments including the 1960 British Masters and the 1965 Agfa-Gevaert Tournament.[2][3] He was selected as a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team in 1965, losing all three of the matches he played.[1]

Death

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Hitchcock died, aged 85, on Christmas Day 2015 in Belgium where he had lived for many years.[4]

Tournament wins

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship CUT T29 CUT CUT 23 CUT T11
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970
Masters Tournament T61
The Open Championship CUT T30 T26 CUT 49 T16 CUT CUT T40 CUT

Note: Hitchcock only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1968 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

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References

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  1. ^ a b Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 247. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
  2. ^ "Hitchcock's victory in Masters". Glasgow Herald. 19 September 1960. p. 9. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Hitchcock's easy victory in Agfa-Gevaert". Glasgow Herald. 17 May 1965. p. 11. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Jimmy Hitchcock Obituary". European Tour. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016.
  5. ^ "Bob Tuohy in tie for third". The Age. 24 January 1961. p. 22. Retrieved 3 February 2011.