Peter Howard Wilcock (born 18 November 1945) is an English professional

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er. He won the Italian BP Open in 1972 and represented England in the 1973

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. Wilcock is remembered for scoring a hole-in-one on two successive days in the 1974 Penfold Tournament. On the second day he holed out at the 133-yard 5th hole winning a saloon car worth nearly £2,000, providing that no other professional achieved the feat during the tournament. He took out an insurance policy against this eventuality and then holed out again on the third day, at the 176-yard 11th hole.

Golf career

Wilcock showed promise as a young professional, finishing fourth in Lord Derby’s Under-23 Professional Tournament in 1968, scoring a course-record 69 in the final round. The following year he was again fourth in the under-25

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. Wilcock was runner-up in the 1970 Daks Tournament at Wentworth, three shots behind Neil Coles. Wilcock scored 69 and 67 on the final day to take the £650 second prize. In April 1972 he won the Italian BP Open by 6 strokes. Wilcock played on the

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from its start in 1972 until 1979. His best season was 1973. In May he reached the semi-final of the Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship, losing 4&3 to Neil Coles and then losing at the 19th hole to Hedley Muscroft in the third-place playoff. In June he was joint runner-up in the Martini International, tied with Dai Rees and a stroke behind Maurice Bembridge, winning £1,050. In July, Wilcock started with a 71 in the

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, to be joint 5th after the first day and finished tied for 18th, his best result in the Open. The year ended with Wilcock being chosen to partner Peter Butler in the English team in the

after the late withdrawal of Peter Oosterhuis. Wilcock scored a hole-in-one on two successive days in the 1974 Penfold Tournament. On the second day he holed out at the 133-yard 5th hole winning a saloon car worth nearly £2,000, providing that no other professional achieved the feat during the tournament. Wilcock took out an insurance policy against this eventuality and then holed out again on the third day, at the 176-yard 11th hole. This was the first time a player had scored two holes-in-one in a

event, a record equalled by Eamonn Darcy at the 1991 Fujitsu Mediterranean Open. Wilcock was at the Warren Golf Centre in

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, the Trevose Golf & Country Club in

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, before moving to Hemsted Forest Golf Club (now called Cranbrook Golf Club), near

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Tournament wins (1)

*1972 Italian BP Open

Results in major championships

''Note: Wilcock only played in the Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1974 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

(representing England):

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilcock, Peter English male golfers European Tour golfers Sportspeople from Lancashire 1945 births Living people