Sydney Wingate (1894 – 17 April 1953) was an English professional golfer. He twice finished in the top 10 of the

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Golfing career

Wingate was from a golfing family. His father, Frank (1872–1923), was a professional, as also were his uncles Charles and Sydney. His sister

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(1903–1977) was the first women to play in a professional tournament in Great Britain while his brother Roland (1896–1968) emigrated to America in 1922 and was a professional there. Wingate was born in

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where his father was professional at the local club. His father moved to

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in 1906. After being an assistant to his father at Hornsea, he moved again with his father to Ravensworth Golf Club,

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in 1913 and was then professional at Wearside Golf Club,

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from 1921 to 1923. In 1924 he became the first professional at Temple Newsam Golf Club where he stayed until leaving in 1935 due to ill-health at the age of 42. He died in 1953 following a heart attack. Wingate won the Northumberland and Durham Open Championship four times in succession from 1920 to 1923 and the Yorkshire Open Championship in 1928. He was runner-up in the Leeds Cup in 1920 and a semi-finalist in the News of the World Matchplay in 1921.

Results in major championships

''Note: Wingate only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wingate, Syd English male golfers People from Harborne 1894 births 1953 deaths 20th-century English sportsmen