Alexander Thompson Kyle (16 April 1907 – 7 April 1990) was a Scottish amateur golfer. He won the 1939

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and was in the British

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team in 1938, 1947 and 1951. Kyle was born in

Hawick Hawick ( ; sco, Haaick; gd, Hamhaig) is a town in the Scottish Borders council area and historic county of Roxburghshire in the east Southern Uplands of Scotland. It is south-west of Jedburgh and south-south-east of Selkirk. It is one o ...

Roxburghshire Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( gd, Siorrachd Rosbroig) is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the north-west, and ...

, Scotland but his family moved to

Peebles Peebles ( gd, Na Pùballan) is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was historically a royal burgh and the county town of Peeblesshire. According to the 2011 census, the population was 8,376 and the estimated population in June 2018 wa ...

when he was about two years old. Kyle learnt his golf at Peebles Golf Club. Kyle moved to Yorkshire in 1931 and was a member of Sand Moor Golf Club, north of Leeds. Kyle was selected for the 1938 Walker Cup team. Kyle was last out in the singles on the final day, playing

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. With just two matches unfinished, Great Britain and Ireland led by a point and needed to win of the two remaining matches. The Cecil Ewing/Ray Billows match went to the final hole but Kyle won his match 5&4 to give Britain their first win in the

after nine defeats. In 1939 Kyle won the

beating Welshman

Tony Duncan Anthony Arthur Duncan (10 December 1914 – 3 January 1998) was a Welsh golfer and cricketer. He was born in Cardiff and died in Surrey. As a golfer, he was the losing finalist in the 1939 Amateur Championship and was the captain of the 1953 G ...

2&1 in the final. The match was level after 33 holes but Duncan missed a short putt at the 34th and went out-of-bounds at the 35th to give Kyle victory. Kyle played in two further Walker Cup matches, in 1947 and 1951. He won his final singles match in

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, beating

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by 2 holes having been 4 down at lunch. Kyle married Edith Mary Rhodes in 1949, herself an England golf internationalist who represented Great Britain in the 1939

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. Edith died in 1959 aged 52.

Amateur wins

''this list is incomplete'' *1939

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Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Note: Kyle only played in The Open Championship.'' NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur *

(representing Great Britain): 1938 (winners),

1947 It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Events January * January– February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the count ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kyle, Alex Scottish male golfers Amateur golfers Golfers from the Scottish Borders Sportspeople from Hawick 1907 births 1990 deaths