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Harold Horsfall Hilton (12 January 1869 – 5 May 1942) was an English amateur golfer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He won
Hilton was born in
LA = Low amateur
M = Medalist
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
The Open Championship
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twice, The Amateur Championship
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four times, and the U.S. Amateur
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Championship once.
Biography
Hilton was born in West Kirby
West Kirby () is a coastal town in the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, Merseyside, England. In the north west of the Wirral Peninsula and at the mouth of the River Dee, the town is contiguous with Hoylake. It lies within the historic county bo ...
and attended West Buckland School in Devon. In 1892, he won The Open Championship
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at Muirfield, becoming the second amateur to do so. He won again in 1897 at his home club, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. The only other amateurs who have won the Open Championship are John Ball and Bobby Jones. Hilton's autobiography ''My Golfing Reminiscences'' was published in 1907.
Hilton also won The Amateur Championship
The Amateur Championship (sometimes referred to as the British Amateur or British Amateur Championship outside the UK) is a golf tournament which has been held annually in the United Kingdom since 1885 except during the two World Wars, and in 19 ...
on four occasions, including 1911, when he became the only British player to win the British and U.S. Amateur
The United States Amateur Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Amateur, is the leading annual golf tournament in the United States for amateur golfers. It is organized by the United States Golf Association and is currently held each August ov ...
s in the same year. Hilton retired with a 99–29 record (77.3%) at The Amateur Championship.
From 1905 to 1915, Hilton was a member at Ashford Manor Golf Club in Middlesex (now Surrey
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), the club having been incorporated in 1902. In 1912, he played a major part in designing Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset which became an Open Championship qualifying course and one of the top 100 courses in the UK.
Death
Hilton died on 5 May 1942 at Westcote, Gloucestershire, England, at age 73.Legacy
Hilton was also a golf writer. Hilton was the co-author in 1912 of ''The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf'' with Garden Smith. The Donovan and Jerris golf book bibliography says about the book, "Quite simply stated, Hilton and Smith's "The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf" is one of the most magnificent books in the library of golf. Well-illustrated and sweeping in content…" He was also the first editor of ''Golf Monthly'', and also the editor of ''Golf Illustrated''. He also designed many courses and was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978.Tournament wins (47)
:''Note: This list may be incomplete'' *1889 Royal Liverpool Summer Lubbock Gold Medal,Duncan, David Scott, ed. (1890). The Golfing Annual, 1889–90. London: Horace Cox. p. 205. Royal Liverpool Autumn Kennard Gold Medal, Royal Liverpool St. Andrew's Gold Cross Medal, West Lancashire Golf Club Challenge Gold Medal,Duncan (1890) p. 206. West Lancashire Golf Club Mayor's Prize, West Lancashire Golf Club St. Andrew's Challenge Gold Cross Medal *1891 Royal Liverpool Spring Club Gold Medal, Royal Liverpool Summer Lubbock Gold Medal, Birkdale Golf Club Crowther Cup *1892The Open Championship
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, Formby Cullen Silver Medal, Royal Liverpool Summer Lubbock Gold Medal, West Lancashire Golf Club Gold Medal,Duncan (1893) p. 246. West Lancashire Golf Club Silver Challenge Cup, West Lancashire Golf Club St. Andrew's Gold Cross, West Lancashire Golf Club Easter Challenge Cup, Southport Golf Club Pilkington Centenary Gold Medal,Duncan (1893) p. 320.
*1893 St. George's Challenge Cup, Formby Prestwich Gold Medal,Duncan, David Scott, ed. (1894). The Golfing Annual, 1893–94. London: Horace Cox. p. 228. Formby Cullen Silver Medal, Royal Liverpool Spring Club Gold Medal,Duncan (1894) p. 292. Royal Liverpool Spring Connaught Challenge Star Medal, Royal Liverpool Autumn Kennard Gold Medal, West Lancashire Golf Club Cookson Prize,Duncan (1894) p. 294. West Lancashire Golf Club Silver Cup, West Lancashire Golf Club St. Andrew's Challenge Gold Cross Medal, Lytham & St. Anne's Golf Club Silver Iron,Duncan (1894) p. 317. Lytham & St. Anne's Golf Club Thistleton Medal
*1894 St. George's Challenge Cup
*1897 The Open Championship
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, Irish Amateur Open Championship
*1899 Formby Prestwich Gold Medal,Duncan, David Scott, ed. (1900). The Golfing Annual, 1899–1900. London: Horace Cox. p. 254. Formby Cullen Silver Medal, Formby St. Andrew's Medal, Royal Liverpool Spring Club Gold Medal,Duncan (1900) p. 346. Royal Liverpool Spring Connaught Challenge Star Medal, Royal Liverpool Autumn Kennard Gold Medal,Duncan (1900) p. 347. Royal Liverpool Milligan St. Andrew's Gold Cross
*1900 The Amateur Championship
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, Irish Amateur Open Championship
*1901 The Amateur Championship
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, Irish Amateur Open Championship
*1902 Irish Amateur Open Championship
*1911 The Amateur Championship
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, U.S. Amateur
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*1913 The Amateur Championship
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*1914 Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
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Major championships
Professional wins (2)
Amateur wins (5)
Results timeline
''Note: Hilton only played in The Open Championship, U.S. Amateur, and The Amateur Championship.''LA = Low amateur
M = Medalist
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Team appearances
* England–Scotland Amateur Match (representing England): 1902, 1903 (winners), 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 (winners), 1911, 1912 *Coronation Match (representing the Amateurs):1911
Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia.
* January 3
** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 m ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hilton, Harold English male golfers Amateur golfers Winners of men's major golf championships Golf writers World Golf Hall of Fame inductees People educated at West Buckland School 1869 births 1942 deaths