Stuart Jones (golfer)

Stuart Gwyn Jones MBE (15 July 1925 – 18 July 2012)[1][2] was a leading amateur golfer from New Zealand.

Stuart Jones
Personal information
Full nameStuart Gwyn Jones
Born(1925-07-15)15 July 1925
Hastings, New Zealand
Died18 July 2012(2012-07-18) (aged 87)
Nationality New Zealand
Career
StatusAmateur

Golf career

Jones won the New Zealand Amateur seven times between 1955 and 1971.[1] He also won the Canadian Amateur Championship in 1967, beating fellow New Zealander Ross Murray in the final, the two being part of the New Zealand team that had just competed in the Commonwealth Tournament.[3] Jones was runner-up in the 1970 Spanish International Amateur Championship.[1] He also won two professional tournaments in New Zealand, the 1965 Wattie's Tournament and the 1970 Spalding Masters.[4][5] In 1955 he was runner-up to Peter Thomson in the Wiseman's Tournament.[6]

Jones represented New Zealand at international level from 1953 to 1975. He played in the Eisenhower Trophy seven times between 1958 and 1972.[2] He played in all six Commonwealth Tournament matches and also eight times against Australia in the Sloan Morpeth Trophy.

Personal life

Jones was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to golf, in the 1977 New Year Honours.[7] He is a member of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame and the New Zealand Golf Hall of Fame.[8][9]

Tournament wins

Team appearances

References
  1. Lambert, Max, ed. (1991). Who's Who in New Zealand (12th ed.). Auckland: Reed. ISBN 0-7900-0130-6 – via Hawke’s Bay Knowledge Bank.
  2. "Tributes to Bay's legend will flow". NZ Herald. 19 July 2012.
  3. "Britain again tie for first place". The Glasgow Herald. 14 August 1967. p. 5.
  4. "Top golfers are beaten in NZ". The Canberra Times. 40 (11327). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 December 1965. p. 37. Retrieved 26 September 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 January 1970. p. 12.
  6. "Peter Thomson Wins N.Z. golf". The Age. 3 October 1955. p. 15.
  7. "No. 47104". The London Gazette. 31 December 1976. p. 43.
  8. "Stuart Jones (1925–2012)". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame.
  9. "New Zealand Golf Hall of Fame". New Zealand Golf.
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