Willie Macfarlane

Scottish golfer

For other people with the same name, see William McFarlane.

Willie Macfarlane

Macfarlane in 1925

Personal information
Full name| William Macfarlane
Born| (1889-06-29)29 June 1889
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died| 15 August 1961(1961-08-15) (aged 72)
London, England
Sporting nationality|  Scotland
Career
Status| Professional
Former tour(s)| PGA Tour
Professional wins| 22
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour| 21
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament| 6th: 1934
PGA Championship| T3: 1916
U.S. Open| Won: 1925
The Open Championship| DNP

William Macfarlane (29 June 1889[1] – 15 August 1961) was a Scottish professional golfer.

## Biography[edit]

Macfarlane was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.[1] Like many British golfers of his era, he took a position as a club professional in the United States. In 1925 he won the U.S. Open at Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. He tied Bobby Jones over 72 holes, with both men shooting 291. Macfarlane had set a new U.S. Open single round low-score of 67 in the second round. The two men played an 18-hole playoff and both of them shot 75. Macfarlane won a second 18-hole playoff by 72 shots to 73.

Macfarlane played in the U.S. Open 16 times, but only had one other top-10 finish. He won 21 times on the PGA Tour.

## Death[edit]

Macfarlane died in Miami, Florida.

## PGA Tour wins (21)[edit]

* 1916 (1) Rockland CC Four-Ball
* 1921 (1) Philadelphia Open Championship
* 1924 (1) Westchester Open
* 1925 (2) U.S. Open, Shawnee Open
* 1928 (1) Shawnee Open
* 1930 (3) Metropolitan Open, Westchester Open, Mid-South Open Bestball (with Wiffy Cox)
* 1931 (2) Miami International Four-Ball (with Wiffy Cox), Kenwood Open
* 1932 (1) St. Petersburg Open
* 1933 (4) Metropolitan Open, Mid-South Pro-Pro (with Paul Runyan), Mid-South Open (tie with Paul Runyan and Joe Turnesa), Miami Biltmore Open (December)
* 1934 (1) Pennsylvania Open Championship
* 1935 (2) Florida West Coast Open, Glens Falls Open
* 1936 (2) Walter Olson Golf Tournament (tie with Tommy Armour), Nassau Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

## Other wins[edit]

Note: This list is probably incomplete.

* 1922 Westchester Open

## Major championships[edit]

### Wins (1)[edit]

Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up

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1925 | U.S. Open | 1 shot lead | +7 (74-67-72-78=291) | Playoff 1 |  Bobby Jones

1 Defeated Jones in second 18-hole playoff – Macfarlane 75-72=147 (+5), Jones 75-73=148 (+6).

### Result timeline[edit]

Tournament  | 1912  | 1913  | 1914  | 1915  | 1916  | 1917  | 1918  | 1919

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U.S. Open | T18  | WD  | WD  | T35  |  | NT  | NT  |
PGA Championship | NYF  | NYF  | NYF  | NYF  | SF  | NT  | NT  |
Tournament  | 1920  | 1921  | 1922  | 1923  | 1924  | 1925  | 1926  | 1927  | 1928  | 1929

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U.S. Open | T8  |  | WD  |  |  | 1 | T20  | T18  | T14  | T27
PGA Championship | R32  |  |  | QF  | R16  |  |  |  | R16  |
Tournament  | 1930  | 1931  | 1932  | 1933  | 1934  | 1935  | 1936  | 1937  | 1938  | 1939

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Masters Tournament | NYF  | NYF  | NYF  | NYF  | 6  | T31  |  | T19  | 38  |
U.S. Open | T43  |  | CUT  |  |  | T47  |  | T47  | T32  |
PGA Championship |  | R16  |  |  |  |  |  | R32  |  |
Tournament  | 1940  | 1941  | 1942  | 1943  | 1944  | 1945  | 1946

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Masters Tournament |  |  |  | NT  | NT  | NT  |
U.S. Open |  |  | NT  | NT  | NT  | NT  | WD
PGA Championship |  |  |  | NT  |  |  |

Note: Macfarlane never played in The Open Championship.

Win

Top 10

Did not play

NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

### Summary[edit]

Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made

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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4
U.S. Open | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 12
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 7
Totals | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 23

* Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1923 PGA – 1931 PGA)
* Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1923 PGA – 1925 U.S. Open)

## See also[edit]

* List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Births in the District of St Nicholas in the Burgh of Aberdeen". Statutory Births 168/001 0934. ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 17 February 2015.

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U.S. Open champions

* 1895 Horace Rawlins
* 1896 James Foulis
* 1897 Joe Lloyd
* 1898 Fred Herd
* 1899 Willie Smith
* 1900 Harry Vardon
* 1901 Willie Anderson†
* 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie
* 1903 Willie Anderson†
* 1904 Willie Anderson
* 1905 Willie Anderson
* 1906 Alex Smith
* 1907 Alec Ross
* 1908 Fred McLeod†
* 1909 George Sargent
* 1910 Alex Smith†
* 1911 John McDermott†
* 1912 John McDermott
* 1913 Francis Ouimet#†
* 1914‡ Walter Hagen
* 1915 Jerome Travers#
* 1916 Chick Evans#
* 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I
* 1919 Walter Hagen†
* 1920 Ted Ray
* 1921‡ Jim Barnes
* 1922 Gene Sarazen
* 1923 Bobby Jones#†
* 1924 Cyril Walker
* 1925 Willie Macfarlane†
* 1926 Bobby Jones#
* 1927 Tommy Armour†
* 1928 Johnny Farrell†
* 1929 Bobby Jones#†
* 1930 Bobby Jones#
* 1931 Billy Burke†
* 1932 Gene Sarazen
* 1933 Johnny Goodman#
* 1934 Olin Dutra
* 1935 Sam Parks Jr.
* 1936 Tony Manero
* 1937 Ralph Guldahl
* 1938 Ralph Guldahl
* 1939 Byron Nelson†
* 1940 Lawson Little†
* 1941 Craig Wood
* 1942–1945 Cancelled due to World War II
* 1946 Lloyd Mangrum†
* 1947 Lew Worsham†
* 1948 Ben Hogan
* 1949 Cary Middlecoff
* 1950 Ben Hogan†
* 1951 Ben Hogan
* 1952 Julius Boros
* 1953‡ Ben Hogan
* 1954 Ed Furgol
* 1955 Jack Fleck†
* 1956 Cary Middlecoff
* 1957 Dick Mayer†
* 1958 Tommy Bolt
* 1959 Billy Casper
* 1960 Arnold Palmer
* 1961 Gene Littler
* 1962 Jack Nicklaus†
* 1963 Julius Boros†
* 1964 Ken Venturi
* 1965 Gary Player†
* 1966 Billy Casper†
* 1967 Jack Nicklaus
* 1968 Lee Trevino
* 1969 Orville Moody
* 1970‡ Tony Jacklin
* 1971 Lee Trevino†
* 1972 Jack Nicklaus
* 1973 Johnny Miller
* 1974 Hale Irwin
* 1975 Lou Graham†
* 1976 Jerry Pate
* 1977 Hubert Green
* 1978 Andy North
* 1979 Hale Irwin
* 1980 Jack Nicklaus
* 1981 David Graham
* 1982 Tom Watson
* 1983 Larry Nelson
* 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller†
* 1985 Andy North
* 1986 Raymond Floyd
* 1987 Scott Simpson
* 1988 Curtis Strange†
* 1989 Curtis Strange
* 1990 Hale Irwin†
* 1991 Payne Stewart†
* 1992 Tom Kite
* 1993 Lee Janzen
* 1994 Ernie Els†
* 1995 Corey Pavin
* 1996 Steve Jones
* 1997 Ernie Els
* 1998 Lee Janzen
* 1999 Payne Stewart
* 2000‡ Tiger Woods
* 2001 Retief Goosen†
* 2002‡ Tiger Woods
* 2003 Jim Furyk
* 2004 Retief Goosen
* 2005 Michael Campbell
* 2006 Geoff Ogilvy
* 2007 Ángel Cabrera
* 2008 Tiger Woods†
* 2009 Lucas Glover
* 2010 Graeme McDowell
* 2011‡ Rory McIlroy
* 2012 Webb Simpson
* 2013 Justin Rose
* 2014‡ Martin Kaymer
* 2015 Jordan Spieth
* 2016 Dustin Johnson
* 2017 Brooks Koepka
* 2018 Brooks Koepka
* 2019 Gary Woodland
* 2020 Bryson DeChambeau
* 2021 Jon Rahm
* 2022 Matt Fitzpatrick
* 2023 Wyndham Clark

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