Bill Large

Bill Large
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name William Large
Born (1937-07-02)2 July 1937
Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died 15 March 2006(2006-03-15) (aged 68)
Hertfordshire, England
Nationality  England
Career
Status Professional
Professional wins 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T25: 1971
PGA Championship DNP

William Large (2 July 1937 – 15 March 2006)[1][2] was an English professional golfer. He was born in Liverpool, where his father, Bill Large, Sr., was professional at the Allerton Municipal course. His father had won the Northern Professional Championship in 1928.[3]

Large's first important win was in the Honda Foursomes Tournament in 1966 where he and his partner, Jimmy Hitchcock, beat the experienced pair of Peter Alliss and Christy O'Connor Snr in the final.[4] He was joint winner of two individual tournaments, the 1966 Martini International and the 1968 Alcan International.[5][6]

Tournament wins

Results in major championships

Tournament 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972
The Open Championship T39 DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT CUT T31 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT T25 CUT

Note: The Open Championship was the only major Large played.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 7/24/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.