Willie Macfarlane

For other people of the same name, see William McFarlane.
Willie Macfarlane
 Golfer 
Personal information
Full name William Macfarlane
Born (1889-06-29)29 June 1889
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died 15 August 1961(1961-08-15) (aged 72)
Miami, Florida
Nationality  Scotland
Career
Status Professional
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 22
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 21
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters Tournament 6th: 1934
U.S. Open Won: 1925
The Open Championship DNP
PGA Championship T3: 1916

William "Willie" Macfarlane (29 June 1889[1] – 15 August 1961) was a Scottish professional golfer.

Macfarlane was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.[1] Like many British golfers of his era, he took a position as a club professional in the United States. In 1925 he won the U.S. Open at Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. He tied Bobby Jones over 72 holes, with both men shooting 291. Macfarlane had set a new U.S. Open single round low-score of 67 in the second round. The two men played an 18-hole playoff and both of them shot 75. Macfarlane won a second 18-hole playoff by 72 shots to 73.

Macfarlane played in the U.S. Open 16 times, but only had one other top-10 finish. He won 21 times on the PGA Tour.

Macfarlane died in Miami, Florida.

PGA Tour wins (21)

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins

this list is probably incomplete

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
1925 U.S. Open 1 shot lead +7 (74-67-72-78=291) Playoff 1 United States Bobby Jones

1 Defeated Jones in second 18-hole playoff – Macfarlane 75-72=147 (+5), Jones 75-73=148 (+6).

Result timeline

Tournament 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
U.S. Open T18 WD WD T35 DNP NT NT DNP
PGA Championship NYF NYF NYF NYF SF NT NT DNP
Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
U.S. Open T8 DNP WD DNP DNP 1 T20 T18 T14 T27
PGA Championship R32 DNP DNP QF R16 DNP DNP DNP R16 DNP
Tournament 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
Masters Tournament NYF NYF NYF NYF 6 T31 DNP T19 38 DNP
U.S. Open T43 DNP CUT DNP DNP T47 DNP T47 T32 DNP
PGA Championship DNP R16 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP R32 DNP DNP
Tournament 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP NT NT NT DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP NT NT NT NT WD
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP NT DNP DNP DNP

Note: Macfarlane never played in The Open Championship.
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 4
U.S. Open 1 0 0 1 2 6 16 12
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PGA Championship 0 0 1 2 5 7 7 7
Totals 1 0 1 3 8 15 27 23

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Births in the District of St Nicholas in the Burgh of Aberdeen". Statutory Births 168/001 0934. ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 17 February 2015. (subscription required (help)).
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