| 词条 | Bill Laidlaw | ||||||||||||
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| name = Bill Laidlaw | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = 1914 | birth_place = Perth, Scotland | death_date = 20 October 1941 (aged 27) | death_place = Germany | height = | weight = | nationality = {{SCO}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1932 | retired = | extour = | prowins = 1 | otherwins = | majorwins = | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = T7: 1937 | pga = DNP | usamateur = | britamateur = | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = }} William Laidlaw (1914 – 20 October 1941) was a Scottish professional golfer. He finished tied for 7th place in the 1937 Open Championship and won the 1938 Daily Mirror Assistants' Tournament. He was killed during an RAF bombing raid on Bremen, aged 27. Golf careerLaidlaw was an assistant professional at Gleneagles Hotel (from 1932) and Malden (from 1934) and then with Henry Cotton at Ashridge Golf Club from the start of 1937. He became full professional at West Herts Golf Club in early 1939. Laidlaw's big win was in the 1938 Daily Mirror Assistants' Tournament at Blackpool North Shore. He scored 289 for the 72 holes and won by 9 strokes from Alan Waters and Geoff White.[1] Later in 1938 he was second in the Czechoslovak Open, although 11 strokes behind the winner, Henry Cotton.[2] DeathPilot Officer Laidlaw was killed during an RAF raid on the night of 20/21 October 1941. Laidlaw was in No. 50 Squadron RAF and was involved in a raid on Bremen. He had left RAF Swinderby in a Handley Page Hampden.[3][4][5]Laidlaw married Pamela Mary Tanner, a singer, in 1940. They had a son, William, who was born in 1942. Tournament wins
Results in major championships
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place Team appearances
References1. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NkZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lYUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5421%2C4469383 |title=Scot clear of the field |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=29 July 1938 |page=19}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Laidlaw, Bill}}2. ^{{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=27 August 1938 |page=3 |title=Golf – Czechoslovak Championship}} 3. ^{{cite web |title=Laidlaw, William |url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2199294/LAIDLAW,%20WILLIAM |work=cwgc.org |publisher=Commonwealth War Graves Commission |accessdate=18 April 2016}} 4. ^http://www.aircrewremembered.com/BomberCommandDatabaseSearch/?q=AE383 5. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bz9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cVkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4928%2C1447743 |title=Scottish golfer missing |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=24 October 1941 |page=4}} 6 : Scottish male golfers|British military personnel killed in World War II|Royal Air Force personnel of World War II|Sportspeople from Perth, Scotland|1914 births|1941 deaths |
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