Willie Macfarlane

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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)

1916 (1) Rockland CC Four-Ball
1921 (1) Philadelphia Open Championship
1924 (1) Westchester Open
1925 (2) U.S. Open, Shawnee Open
1928 (1) Shawnee Open
1930 (3) Metropolitan Open, Westchester Open, Mid-South Open Bestball (with Wiffy Cox)
1931 (2) Miami International Four-Ball (with Wiffy Cox), Kenwood Open
1932 (1) St. Petersburg Open
1933 (4) Metropolitan Open, Mid-South Pro-Pro (with Paul Runyan), Mid-South Open (tie with Paul Runyan and Joe Turnesa), Miami Biltmore Open (December)
1934 (1) Pennsylvania Open Championship
1935 (2) Florida West Coast Open, Glens Falls Open
1936 (2) Nassau Open, Walter Olson Golf Tournament (tie with Tommy Armour)

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins

this list is probably incomplete

1922 Westchester Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1925	U.S. Open	1 shot lead	+7 (74-67-72-78=291)	Playoff ¹	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	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	1	2	4	4
U.S. Open	1	0	1	2	6	16	12
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	0	1	2	5	7	7	7
Totals	1	1	3	8	15	27	23

Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1923 PGA – 1931 PGA)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1923 PGA – 1925 U.S. Open)

References

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)).

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson† 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson† 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod† 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith† 1911 John McDermott† 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers# 1916 Chick Evans# 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen† 1920 Ted Ray 1921‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones#† 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane† 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927 Tommy Armour† 1928 Johnny Farrell† 1929 Bobby Jones#† 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Billy Burke† 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman# 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson† 1940 Lawson Little† 1941 Craig Wood 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† 1947 Lew Worsham† 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck† 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus† 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino† 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin† 1991 Payne Stewart† 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els† 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen† 2002‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods† 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth

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

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