| 词条 | Wally Smithers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| name = Wally Smithers | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Walter Douglas Smithers | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1904|8|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Chobham, Surrey, England [1] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1993|1|27|1904|8|25|df=y}} | death_place = Long Ashton, Somerset, England | height = | weight = | nationality = {{ENG}} | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro = | retired = | extour = | prowins = 6 | otherwins = | majorwins = | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = T8: 1949 | pga = DNP | usamateur = | britamateur = | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = | year1 = | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = }} Walter Douglas Smithers (25 August 1904[2] – 27 January 1993[3]) was an English professional golfer. He tied for 8th place in the 1949 Open Championship. Golf careerSmithers was assistant professional at Royal Ottawa Golf Club from 1928 to 1935. Soon after arriving he won a one-off Canadian PGA Assistant's Championship in August 1928, winning by 7 strokes and beating the course record with a 70 in his afternoon round.[4] The Assistant's Championship was not played again until 1970.[5] In 1932, Smithers set a course record of 63 on the Royal Ottawa course.[6] He returned to England in 1935.[7] On his return to England, Smithers worked as a teacher and caddie at Sunningdale Golf Club where he had been before leaving for Canada. He caused a surprise in the 1936 Open Championship where, as a virtual unknown, he was second in the qualifying behind Henry Cotton and finished tied for 15th place in the Championship itself.[8] Smithers became the professional at Long Ashton Golf Club in 1948 where he remained until his retirement. After finishing tied for 8th place in the 1949 Open Championship he was in a short list of 20 for the 1949 Ryder Cup team but was not selected for the final 10. Paired with Irish amateur Jimmy Bruen he won the 1950 Daily Telegraph Foursomes Tournament at Formby.[9] Playing with John Fallon, he was also runner-up in the 1954 Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament.[10] In individual tournaments his best performance was joint runner-up in the 1951 Silver King Tournament where he finished two strokes behind Flory Van Donck.[11] Tournament wins
Results in major championships
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} NT = No tournament CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place References1. ^https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW87-TVF {{DEFAULTSORT:Smithers, Wally}}2. ^https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZZ-KMK6 3. ^https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=smithers&yearOfDeath=1993&page=161#calendar 4. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=YvEuAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pdkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5574%2C5190501 |title=Royal Ottawa's assistant pro capture title – Walter Smithers wins 36-hole medal competition at Toronto with card of 146. Breaks course mark |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |page=18 |date=17 August 1928}} 5. ^http://content.yudu.com/Library/A1syzq/FlagstickGolfMagazin/resources/60.htm 6. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UL4yAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Qu4FAAAAIBAJ&pg=4390%2C4627562 |title=Smellie: 162 holes - 79.4 average; Kaufman is: 18 holes - 62 strokes |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |page=19 |date=15 June 1979}} 7. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EEs0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=ffUIAAAAIBAJ&pg=3331%2C716884 |title=Wally Smithers goes to England |newspaper=The Ottawa Citizen |page=1 |date=9 January 1935}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B6BAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5347%2C4199391 |title=Open golf bid by Cotton |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=11 |date=25 June 1936}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gJtAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4514%2C2689799 |title=Bruen's fine return |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=6 |date=9 October 1950}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=yD9AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=X1kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5854%2C592409 |title=Hunt and Collins win |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=9 |date=6 September 1954}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wGFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=W5UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4661%2C4161630 |title="Silver King" golf winner |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=2 |date=21 April 1951}} 4 : English male golfers|People from Chobham, Surrey|1904 births|1993 deaths |
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