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词条 Findlay S. Douglas
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  1. Life and career

  2. Tournament wins (3)

  3. Results in major championships

     Amateur wins (1)  Results timeline 

  4. References and notes

  5. External links

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Findlay Small Douglas (17 November 1874 – 29 March 1959) was a Scottish amateur golfer who won the U.S. Amateur in 1898, and later became President of the United States Golf Association (USGA).

Life and career

Born in St Andrews, Scotland, Douglas learned to play golf as a boy. He attended the University of St Andrews from 1892 to 1896, and played on the golf team. After graduation, he followed his oldest brother Robert and emigrated to the United States in 1897.[1]

Douglas qualified for the U.S. Amateur in 1897, but lost in the semifinal. In 1898 he won the event, defeating Walter B. Smith 5 & 3 in the final match. He was the last Scot to win the tournament until 2006, when Richie Ramsay won. Douglas made it to the final match in 1899 and again in 1900, but lost to H.M. Harriman and Walter Travis respectively. In his only U.S. Open appearance in 1903, Douglas finished 8th, winning low amateur. He won the Metropolitan Amateur in 1901 and 1903.

Douglas joined several golf clubs in the New York area, and helped start others. In 1908, he was one of the 70 founders of the National Golf Links of America.[2] Eventually, Douglas got involved in administrative roles, and served in various capacities at the Metropolitan Golf Association for 17 years, including president from 1922-24.[3]

In 1926, Douglas became vice-president of the United States Golf Association, and then from 1929-30 served as president. He presented Bobby Jones with the U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur trophies during Jones' Grand Slam in 1930.

Douglas later got involved with senior golf, winning the championship of the United States Senior's Golf Association (not affiliated with the USGA) in 1932, and later served as the organization's president from 1937-1941.[3] This was the forerunner to the USGA's U.S. Senior Amateur, which was started in 1955.

Douglas was the USGA's Bob Jones Award winner in 1959, given in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. He died on Easter Sunday in 1959 with no surviving family, and his ashes were buried in a family plot in St Andrews. In the late 1990s, the R&A restored the headstone, which had deteriorated, and added an inscription with Douglas' name, which had not been there.[4]

Tournament wins (3)

  • 1898 U.S. Amateur
  • 1901 Metropolitan Amateur
  • 1903 Metropolitan Amateur

Results in major championships

Amateur wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning ScoreRunner-up
1898 U.S. Amateur 5 & 3USA}} Walter B. Smith

Results timeline

Note: Douglas played in only the U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur, and The Amateur Championship.

Tournament189718981899
U.S. Open19DNPDNP
U.S. AmateurSF12
The Amateur ChampionshipDNPDNPDNP
Tournament1900190119021903190419051906190719081909
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNP8 LADNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT23
U.S. Amateur2SFDNPR128DNPDNPDNPDNPR32DNP
The Amateur ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
Tournament1910191119121913191419151916191719181919
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPNTNTDNP
U.S. AmateurDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPNTNTDNP
The Amateur ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPR256DNPNTNTNTNTNT
Tournament19201921192219231924
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
U.S. AmateurDNPDNPDNPDNPDNQ
The Amateur ChampionshipR256DNPDNPDNPDNP
LA = Low amateur

NT = No tournament

DNP = Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: [https://web.archive.org/web/20101221024412/http://champsdatabase.usga.org/ USGA Championship Database]

Source for 1913 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July 1913, pg. 222.

Source for 1920 British Amateur: [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19200608&printsec=frontpage The Glasgow Herald, 8 June 1920, pg. 12.]

References and notes

1. ^{{cite web|last=Douglas|first=Findlay S.|title=50 Years Ago in the Amateur|work=USGA Journal|pages=4–7|publisher=USGA|date=August 1948|url=http://turf.lib.msu.edu/1940s/1948/480804.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2006-12-23}}
2. ^The National club did not hold a club championship until 1934, and when they finally did, Douglas won — at age 60.
3. ^{{cite web|last=English|first=John P.|title=Findlay S. Douglas – A Record in Service|work=USGA Journal and Turf Management|pages=5–8|publisher=USGA|date=September 1957|url=http://turf.lib.msu.edu/1950s/1957/570905.pdf|format=PDF|accessdate=2006-12-23}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.golfjournal.org/ttg/97/june/side_ttg_june_97.html|title=Nicer Final Resting Place|date=June 1997|publisher=USGA Golf Journal|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20030519054346/http://www.golfjournal.org/ttg/97/june/side_ttg_june_97.html|archivedate=2003-05-19}}

External links

  • U.S. Amateur 1898 page
{{U.S. Amateur champions}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Douglas, Findlay S.}}

7 : Scottish male golfers|Amateur golfers|Golf administrators|Alumni of the University of St Andrews|People from St Andrews|1874 births|1959 deaths

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