John Henry Taylor

For other people of the same name, see John H. Taylor (disambiguation).

J.H. Taylor
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	John Henry Taylor
Born	(1871-03-19)19 March 1871 Northam, Devon, England
Died	10 February 1963(1963-02-10) (aged 91) Northam, Devon, England
Nationality	England
Career
Turned professional	1890
Retired	1946
Professional wins	18
Best results in major championships (wins: 5)
U.S. Open	2nd: 1900
The Open Championship	Won: 1894, 1895, 1900, 1909, 1913
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	1975 (member page)

John Henry "J.H." Taylor (19 March 1871 – 10 February 1963) was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was also a significant golf course architect.

Taylor was born in Devon. He was a member of the fabled Great Triumvirate of the sport in his day, along with Harry Vardon and James Braid, and he won The Open Championship five times.^[1] Born into a working-class family, and orphaned as a boy, he began work as a caddy and labourer at the Royal North Devon Golf Club (also known as Westward Ho!) at the age of eleven. He was employed as a caddie and houseboy by the Hutchinson family and was tasked to carry the bag of Horace Hutchinson.^[2] He became a professional golfer at 19, and was employed by the Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club from 1899 until his retirement in 1946.

In 1901, Taylor was a co-founder and the first chairman of the British Professional Golfers' Association. This was the first association for professional golfers in the world. Bernard Darwin wrote that Taylor "had turned a feckless company into a self-respecting and respected body of men".

Taylor was a factor in the Open Championship from age 22 in 1893, until age 55, when he tied for 11th place in 1926. His five Open victories all took place before the First World War.

Open Championship wins:

Taylor captained the 1933 Great Britain Ryder Cup team to a win over the United States, and remains the only captain on either side never to have played in any of the matches.

Taylor was also involved in designing courses across England including Hindhead GC in 1904, Andover GC in 1907, Frilford Heath's Red Course in 1908, Hainault Golf Club's Upper Course in 1909,^[3] Heaton Park GC (Manchester) in 1912, Hainault Golf Club's Lower Course in 1923,^[3] Pinner Hill GC (Middlesex) 1927,^[4] Axe Cliff GC (Seaton, Devon) in 1920s^[5] and Batchwood Hall GC (St Albans) in 1935. He is attributed with being the inventor of the 'dogleg',^[5] although holes of that form had existed on many courses before Taylor began golf course design (for example No. 7 at Old Course at St Andrews and No. 4 at Prestwick Golf Club). He was made an honorary member of the R&A in 1949, and was president of Royal Birkdale, whose course he had designed, in 1957.

A housing development in his hometown of Northam was named in his honour (JH Taylor Drive).

Tournament wins

A group photo of the 1903 English golf team prior to their international match against Scotland. Taylor is seated in the front row, third from the left, with Harry Vardon to his left. Albert Tingey, Sr. is seated on the far right, front row, with Ted Ray seated to his right. James Sherlock stands in the back row, far left.

Note: This list may be incomplete

1891 Challenge Match Play (Eng)
1894 The Open Championship
1895 The Open Championship
1900 The Open Championship
1901 Tooting Bec Cup, Islay Tournament, West Lancashire Professional Tournament
1904 News of the World Match Play
1908 French Open, News of the World Match Play
1909 The Open Championship, Cruden Bay Professional Tournament, French Open
1910 Southern Professional Foursomes Tournament (with Josh Taylor)
1912 German Open
1913 The Open Championship
1919 St Annes Old Links Tournament
1921 Roehampton Invitation Tournament

Major championships are shown in bold.

Major championships

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1894	The Open Championship	3 shot lead	84-80-81-81=326	5 strokes	Douglas Rolland
1895	The Open Championship (2)	3 shot deficit	86-78-80-78=322	4 strokes	Sandy Herd
1900	The Open Championship (3)	6 shot lead	79-77-78-75=309	8 strokes	Harry Vardon
1909	The Open Championship (4)	4 shot lead	74-73-74-74=295	6 strokes	Tom Ball, James Braid
1913	The Open Championship (5)	3 shot lead	73-75-77-79=304	8 strokes	Ted Ray

Results timeline

Tournament	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899
U.S. Open	NYF	NYF	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T10	1	1	2	T10	4	4

Tournament	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
U.S. Open	2	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	1	3	T6	T9	T2	T2	2	2	T7	1

Tournament	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T30	DNP	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	DNP
The Open Championship	T14	T5	T11	1	2	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	12	T26	6	T44	5	T6	T11	49	DNP	CUT

Note: The Masters Tournament was not founded until 1934, and Taylor never played in it nor the PGA Championship (founded in 1916).

NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
DNP = Did not play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

References

↑ "1894 J.H. Taylor". The Open. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
↑ Stevens, Mike. "The Father of Golf Instruction". usgtf.com. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
1 2 Hainault Golf Club
↑ Pinner Hill Golf Club – The Course
1 2 From Wall Plaque at Axe Cliff Golf Club, Seaton, Devon

External links

John Henry Taylor Profile at GolfEurope.com
The History of the Game of Golf The Great Triumvirate
John Henry Taylor Profile at Golf Legends
Society of Hickory Golfers Archives SoHG Archives

The Open Championship champions

1860 Willie Park Sr. 1861 Tom Morris Sr. 1862 Tom Morris Sr. 1863 Willie Park Sr. 1864 Tom Morris Sr. 1865 Andrew Strath 1866 Willie Park Sr. 1867 Tom Morris Sr. 1868 Tom Morris Jr. 1869 Tom Morris Jr. 1870 Tom Morris Jr. 1871 No championship 1872 Tom Morris Jr. 1873 Tom Kidd 1874 Mungo Park 1875 Willie Park Sr. 1876 Bob Martin† 1877 Jamie Anderson 1878 Jamie Anderson 1879 Jamie Anderson 1880 Bob Ferguson 1881 Bob Ferguson 1882 Bob Ferguson 1883 Willie Fernie† 1884 Jack Simpson 1885 Bob Martin 1886 David Brown 1887 Willie Park Jr. 1888 Jack Burns 1889 Willie Park Jr.† 1890 John Ball# 1891 Hugh Kirkaldy 1892 Harold Hilton# 1893 William Auchterlonie 1894 John Henry Taylor 1895 John Henry Taylor 1896 Harry Vardon† 1897 Harold Hilton# 1898 Harry Vardon 1899 Harry Vardon 1900 John Henry Taylor 1901 James Braid 1902 Sandy Herd 1903 Harry Vardon 1904 Jack White 1905 James Braid 1906 James Braid 1907 Arnaud Massy 1908 James Braid 1909 John Henry Taylor 1910 James Braid 1911 Harry Vardon† 1912‡ Edward Ray 1913 John Henry Taylor 1914 Harry Vardon 1915-19 No Championships due to World War I 1920 George Duncan 1921 Jock Hutchison† 1922 Walter Hagen 1923 Arthur Havers 1924 Walter Hagen 1925 Jim Barnes 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927‡ Bobby Jones# 1928 Walter Hagen 1929 Walter Hagen 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Tommy Armour 1932‡ Gene Sarazen 1933 Denny Shute† 1934‡ Henry Cotton 1935 Alf Perry 1936 Alf Padgham 1937 Henry Cotton 1938 Reg Whitcombe 1939 Dick Burton 1940-45 No Championships due to World War II 1946 Sam Snead 1947 Fred Daly 1948 Henry Cotton 1949 Bobby Locke† 1950 Bobby Locke 1951 Max Faulkner 1952 Bobby Locke 1953 Ben Hogan 1954 Peter Thomson 1955 Peter Thomson 1956 Peter Thomson 1957 Bobby Locke 1958 Peter Thomson† 1959 Gary Player 1960 Kel Nagle 1961 Arnold Palmer 1962 Arnold Palmer 1963 Bob Charles† 1964 Tony Lema 1965 Peter Thomson 1966 Jack Nicklaus 1967 Roberto De Vicenzo 1968 Gary Player 1969 Tony Jacklin 1970 Jack Nicklaus† 1971 Lee Trevino 1972 Lee Trevino 1973‡ Tom Weiskopf 1974 Gary Player 1975 Tom Watson† 1976 Johnny Miller 1977 Tom Watson 1978 Jack Nicklaus 1979 Seve Ballesteros 1980 Tom Watson 1981 Bill Rogers 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Tom Watson 1984 Seve Ballesteros 1985 Sandy Lyle 1986 Greg Norman 1987 Nick Faldo 1988 Seve Ballesteros 1989 Mark Calcavecchia† 1990 Nick Faldo 1991 Ian Baker-Finch 1992 Nick Faldo 1993 Greg Norman 1994 Nick Price 1995 John Daly† 1996 Tom Lehman 1997 Justin Leonard 1998 Mark O'Meara† 1999 Paul Lawrie† 2000 Tiger Woods 2001 David Duval 2002 Ernie Els† 2003 Ben Curtis 2004 Todd Hamilton† 2005‡ Tiger Woods 2006 Tiger Woods 2007 Pádraig Harrington† 2008 Pádraig Harrington 2009 Stewart Cink† 2010 Louis Oosthuizen 2011 Darren Clarke 2012 Ernie Els 2013 Phil Mickelson 2014‡ Rory McIlroy 2015 Zach Johnson†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire in 72-holes; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

J.H. Taylor in the Ryder Cup

European Ryder Cup Captains

Great Britain

Great Britain & Ireland

Europe

Great Britain Ryder Cup team – 1933

Percy Alliss Allan Dailey Bill Davies Syd Easterbrook Arthur Havers Arthur Lacey Abe Mitchell Alf Padgham Alf Perry Charles Whitcombe J.H. Taylor (non-playing captain)

Won: 6.5 – 5.5

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