Reginald Arthur Whitcombe (10 April 1898 – 11 January 1957) was an English professional golfer.

Career

Whitcombe began his career at Came Down Golf Club in

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and served in the British armed forces during

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. He was the professional at Parkstone Golf Club from 1 January 1928 until his death in 1957. He finished runner up to Henry Cotton in the 1937 Open Championship at Carnoustie, and in 1938 he won the windswept Open at Royal St George's, where his two final rounds of 75–78 were still enough to beat the halfway leaders by ten strokes. His two older brothers

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and

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were also professional golfers and all three played together for Great Britain in the 1935 Ryder Cup.

Tournament wins

:Note: ''This list is probably incomplete'' *1922 West of England Professional Championship *1931 West of England Professional Championship *1933 West of England Professional Championship *1934 Penfold-Fairhaven Tournament, Roehampton Invitation, West of England Professional Championship *1936 Irish Open, Dunlop-West of England Tournament *1937 Dunlop-West of England Tournament *1938 Open Championship, News Chronicle Tournament, West of England Professional Championship *1945 Daily Sketch Fourball Tournament (with William Anderson) *1946 Lotus Tournament *1947 Penfold Tournament (tie with Dai Rees and Norman Von Nida) *1948 West of England Professional Championship *1950 West of England Professional Championship

Major championships

Wins (1)

Results timeline

''Note: Whitcombe only played in

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NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

* Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain):

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* Seniors vs Juniors (representing the Juniors): 1928 * England–Scotland Professional Match (representing England): 1933 (winners), 1934 (winners), 1935 (winners), 1936 (winners), 1937 (winners), 1938 (winners) *Coronation Match (representing the Ladies and Professionals): 1937

References

External links

* English male golfers Winners of men's major golf championships Ryder Cup competitors for Europe People from Burnham-on-Sea 1898 births 1957 deaths 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-golf-bio-stub