James Braid (golfer)
James Braid | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | James Braid |
Born | Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland |
6 February 1870
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. London, England |
Nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Professional wins | 17 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 5) |
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Masters Tournament | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | Won: 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910 |
PGA Championship | DNP |
Achievements and awards | |
World Golf Hall of Fame | 1976 (member page) |
James Braid (6 February 1870[1] – 27 November 1950) was a Scottish professional golfer and a member of the Great Triumvirate of the sport alongside Harry Vardon and John Henry Taylor. He won The Open Championship five times.[2] He also was a renowned golf course architect.
Braid was born in Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland, the son of James and Mary (née Harris). He played golf from an early age, working as a clubmaker before turning professional in 1896. Initially his game was hindered by problems with his putting, but he overcame this after switching to an aluminium putter in 1900. He won The Open Championship in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. In addition, Braid won four British PGA Matchplay Championships (1903, 1905, 1907 and 1911), as well as the 1910 French Open title. He was also runner-up in The Open Championship in 1897 and 1909. His 1906 victory in The Open Championship was the last successful defence of the title by a European until Pádraig Harrington replicated the feat in 2008.[3]
In 1912, Braid scaled back his tournament golf, and became a club professional at Walton Heath. He developed a very successful career in golf course design,[4] and is sometimes regarded as the "inventor" of the dogleg, although holes of similar design had been known for centuries (for example, the Road Hole at the Old Course at St Andrews). Among his designs are the "King's Course" and the "Queen's Course" at Gleneagles, and the 1926 remodelling of The Open Championship venue Carnoustie Golf Links.
Stranraer Golf Club's course was the final one that was designed by Braid in the year that he died, 1950. He was called out of retirement to plan Creachmore, which was to be his last commission. Braid never lived to see the course completed. He died in London on 27 November 1950.[5]
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Tournament wins (17)
this list may be incomplete
- 1901 The Open Championship, Lytham and St Anne's Professional Tournament
- 1902 Tooting Bec Cup, Greenore Professional Tournament
- 1903 News of the World Match Play, Tooting Bec Cup
- 1904 Tooting Bec Cup
- 1905 The Open Championship, News of the World Match Play
- 1906 The Open Championship
- 1907 News of the World Match Play, Tooting Bec Cup
- 1908 The Open Championship
- 1910 The Open Championship, French Open
- 1911 News of the World Match Play
- 1920 McVitie & Price Tournament (joint winner with Abe Mitchell)
Major championships are shown in bold.
Major championships
Wins (5)
Year | Championship | 54 Holes | Winning Score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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1901 | The Open Championship | 5 shot lead | 79-76-74-80=309 | 3 strokes | ![]() |
1905 | The Open Championship (2) | 6 shot lead | 81-78-78-81=318 | 5 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
1906 | The Open Championship (3) | 3 shot deficit | 77-76-74-73=300 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
1908 | The Open Championship (4) | 6 shot lead | 70-72-77-72=291 | 8 strokes | ![]() |
1910 | The Open Championship (5) | 2 shot deficit | 76-73-74-76=299 | 4 strokes | ![]() |
Results timeline
Braid played in only The Open Championship.
Tournament | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 |
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The Open Championship | T10 | DNP | 6 | 2 | T10 | T5 |
Tournament | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
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The Open Championship | 3 | 1 | T2 | 5 | T2 | 1 | 1 | T5 | 1 | T2 |
Tournament | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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The Open Championship | 1 | T5 | 3 | T18 | T10 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Tournament | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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The Open Championship | T21 | T16 | DNP | T49 | T18 | DNP | T28 | T30 | T41 | DNP |
Tournament | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 |
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The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
Golf courses designed by Braid
Braid designed over 200 courses including the following:
- Alloa Golf Club, Alloa[6]
- Belleisle Golf Club, Alloway, Ayr[7]
- Bentra G.C, Whitehead, Northern Ireland[8]
- Budock Vean Golf Club, Falmouth, Cornwall[9]
- Colchester Golf Club, Colchester, Essex[10]
- East Brighton Golf Club, Brighton, East Susses[11]
- Finchley Golf Club[12]
- Herefordshire Golf Club, Raven's Causeway, Herefordshire (1896)[13]
- Hull Golf Club, Kirk Ella, East Riding of Yorkshire.[14]
- Kirkistown Castle Links, Cloughey, Co. Down, Northern Ireland[15]
- Kirriemuir Golf Club, Kirriemuir, Angus[16]
- Porthmadog Golf Club, Morfa Bychan, North Wales
- Northcliffe Golf Club, Shipley, West Yorkshire
- Ludlow Golf Club, Shropshire
- The Musselburgh Golf Club, Musselburgh, East Lothian[17]
- Newton Green Golf Club, Sudbury, Suffolk[18]
- North Shore Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire[19]
- Perranporth Golf Club, Perranporth, Cornwall[20]
- Royal Blackheath Golf Club
- Worsley Golf Club, Greater Manchester
- Saint Enodoc Golf Club, Wadebridge, Cornwall[21]
- St Austell Golf Club, St Austell, Cornwall[22]
- Stranraer Golf Club, Stranraer[5]
- Tiverton Golf Club, Tiverton, Devon, England[23]
- Theydon Bois Golf Club Epping Essex 1897
- Verulam Golf Club, St. Albans, Hertfordshire
- Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Leicestershire
- Boat of Garten Golf Club, Inverness-Shire, Scotland[24]
- King's and Queen's Course, Gleneagles Golf Club. Perthshire, Scotland.
- Erskine Golf Club, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Renfrew Golf Club, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
- Howth Golf Club, Howth, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
- Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Woodhouse, Leicestershire the oldest golf club in Leicestershire
- Wrexham Golf Club, Wrexham, Wales
- Eaglescliffe Golf Club, Stockton-on-Tees, England
- Ryston Park Golf Club
See also
- List of men's major championships winning golfers
- List of golfers with most wins in one PGA Tour event
References
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Further reading
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External links
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- 1870 births
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