Ross Whitehead

English golfer (1934–1999)

Ross Whitehead

Personal information
Full name| Edmund Ross Whitehead
Born| (1934-04-19)19 April 1934
Surrey, England
Died| 4 October 1999(1999-10-04) (aged 65)[1][2]
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Sporting nationality|  England
Career
Turned professional| 1950
Former tour(s)| European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins| 6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour| 1
Other| 5
Best results in major championships

Masters Tournament| DNP
PGA Championship| DNP
U.S. Open| DNP
The Open Championship| T12: 1962

Edmund Ross Whitehead (19 April 1934 – 4 October 1999) was an English professional golfer. His most successful year was 1962 when he won the Wentworth Foursomes, Sunningdale Foursomes and the Gor-Ray Cup, tied for 12th in the 1962 Open Championship and reached the final of the News of the World Match Play.[3] His only win in a major tournament was the 1972 John Player Trophy.

## Golf career

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While an assistant at Walton Heath Golf Club, Whitehead won the 1958 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament.[4] In 1962 he moved to Banstead Downs Golf Club and won the Gor-Ray Cup, the Assistants' Championship, by 6 strokes.[5]

In 1972, at the age of 38, he won his first major tournament, the John Player Trophy, and the first prize of £1,500.[6]

He was joint runner-up in the 1984 Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship, 3 strokes behind Ernie Jones.[7]

Whitehead was the Captain of the PGA from 1993 to 1995.[8]

## Professional wins (6)

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### European Tour wins (1)

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No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of
victory | Runners-up

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1  | 27 May 1972 | John Player Trophy | +6 (74-71-69-72=286)  | 1 stroke  |  Peter Butler,  Vince Hood

### Other wins (5)

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* 1957 Sunningdale Foursomes (with Brian Huggett)
* 1958 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament
* 1962 Wentworth Foursomes (with Martin Christmas), Sunningdale Foursomes (with Neil Coles), Gor-Ray Cup

## Results in major championships

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Tournament  | 1956  | 1957  | 1958  | 1959  | 1960  | 1961  | 1962  | 1963  | 1964  | 1965  | 1966  | 1967  | 1968  | 1969

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The Open Championship | CUT  |  | CUT  |  |  |  | T12  | CUT  |  | CUT  |  |  |  | CUT
Tournament  | 1970  | 1971  | 1972  | 1973  | 1974  | 1975  | 1976  | 1977  | 1978  | 1979  | 1980  | 1981  | 1982  | 1983

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The Open Championship | CUT  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | CUT  | CUT  | CUT

Note: Whitehead only played in The Open Championship.

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

## References

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1. ^ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 20 December 2023.
2. ^ "Find a will | GOV.UK".
3. ^ "Brown fights back to match-play title – Second win in three years". The Glasgow Herald. 10 September 1962. p. 4.
4. ^ "Whitehead wins assistants' event". The Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1958. p. 7.
5. ^ "Assistants' title for Whitehead". The Times. 15 June 1962. p. 5.
6. ^ "Whitehead's win something special". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1972. p. 5.
7. ^ "Ernie Jones". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1984. p. 14.
8. ^ "Past PGA Captains". PGA.

## External links

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* Ross Whitehead at the European Tour official site