Ross Whitehead

Edmund Ross Whitehead (19 April 1934 – 4 October 1999) was an English professional golfer. His most successful year was 1962 when he won the Wentworth Foursomes, Sunningdale Foursomes and the Gor-Ray Cup, tied for 12th in the 1962 Open Championship and reached the final of the News of the World Match Play.[3] His only win in a major tournament was the 1972 John Player Trophy.

Ross Whitehead
Personal information
Full nameEdmund Ross Whitehead
Born(1934-04-19)19 April 1934
Surrey, England
Died4 October 1999(1999-10-04) (aged 65)[1][2]
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Nationality England
Career
Turned professional1950
Former tour(s)European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT12: 1962

Golf career

While an assistant at Walton Heath Golf Club, Whitehead won the 1958 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament.[4] In 1962 he moved to Banstead Downs Golf Club and won the Gor-Ray Cup, the Assistants' Championship, by 6 strokes.[5]

In 1972, at the age of 38, he won his first major tournament, the John Player Trophy, and the first prize of £1,500.[6]

He was joint runner-up in the 1984 Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship, 3 strokes behind Ernie Jones.[7]

Whitehead was the Captain of the PGA from 1993 to 1995.[8]

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 27 May 1972 John Player Trophy +6 (74-71-69-72=286) 1 stroke Peter Butler, Vince Hood

Other wins (5)

Results in major championships
Tournament 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Open Championship CUT CUT T12 CUT CUT CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT

Note: Whitehead only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References
  1. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZF-S42R
  2. https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Wills?Surname=Whitehead&FirstName=Edmund&YearOfDeath=1999&AdvancedSearch=True&IsGrantSearch=True#wills
  3. "Brown fights back to match-play title – Second win in three years". The Glasgow Herald. 10 September 1962. p. 4.
  4. "Whitehead wins assistants' event". The Glasgow Herald. 31 May 1958. p. 7.
  5. "Assistants' title for Whitehead". The Times. 15 June 1962. p. 5.
  6. "Whitehead's win something special". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1972. p. 5.
  7. "Ernie Jones". The Glasgow Herald. 21 May 1984. p. 14.
  8. "Past PGA Captains". PGA.
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