John Ball (golfer)
| John Ball | |
|---|---|
 Ball as caricatured in Vanity Fair, March 1892 |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | John Ball, Jr. |
| Born | 24 December 1861 Hoylake, England |
| Died | 2 December 1940 (aged 78) Holywell, Wales |
| Nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 9) |
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| The Open Championship | Won: 1890 |
| British Amateur | Won: 1888, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1899, 1907, 1910, 1912 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 1977 (member page) |
John Ball, Jr. (24 December 1861 – 2 December 1940) was a prominent English amateur golfer of the late 19th and early 20th century.[1]
Ball was born in Hoylake, Merseyside. His father was the prosperous owner of the Royal Hotel, located near the Royal Liverpool Golf Club, in Hoylake. Ball grew up playing golf as a youth on the Royal Liverpool course, which was established in his early boyhood.[2]
After winning The Amateur Championship in 1888, Ball became the first English-born player to win The Open Championship in 1890, and in the same year won his second Amateur, the first to win both titles in the same year. Ball subsequently won the 1892, 1894, 1899, 1907, 1910, and 1912 Amateurs, a record eight titles in all, in addition to two runner-up finishes. Ball retired with a 99-22 record (81.8%) at the The Amateur Championship. Ball was also runner-up in the 1892 Open.
Ball died in Holywell, Wales.[3] He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1977.
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[edit] Tournament wins (16)
- 1888 The Amateur Championship
- 1888 St. George's Challenge Cup
- 1889 St. George's Challenge Cup
- 1890 The Amateur Championship
- 1890 St. George's Challenge Cup
- 1890 The Open Championship
- 1891 St. George's Challenge Cup
- 1892 The Amateur Championship
- 1893 Irish Amateur
- 1894 The Amateur Championship
- 1894 Irish Amateur
- 1899 The Amateur Championship
- 1899 Irish Amateur
- 1907 The Amateur Championship
- 1910 The Amateur Championship
- 1912 The Amateur Championship
[edit] Major championships
[edit] Professional wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | The Open Championship | +22 (82-82=164) | 3 strokes |  Willie Fernie, Archie Simpson |
[edit] Amateur wins (8)
| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1888 | The Amateur Championship | 5 & 4 | Johnny Laidlay |
| 1890 | The Amateur Championship | 4 & 3 | Johnny Laidlay |
| 1892 | The Amateur Championship | 3 & 1 | Harold Hilton |
| 1894 | The Amateur Championship | 1 up | S. Mure Fergusson |
| 1899 | The Amateur Championship | 37 holes | Freddie Tait |
| 1907 | The Amateur Championship | 6 & 4 | C. A. Palmer |
| 1910 | The Amateur Championship | 10 & 9 | C. C. Aylmer |
| 1912 | The Amateur Championship | 38 holes | Abe Mitchell |
[edit] Results timeline
Note: Ball played in only The Open Championship and The Amateur Championship.
| Tournament | 1878 | 1879 |
|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | T4 LA | DNP |
| The Amateur Championship | NYF | NYF |
| Tournament | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T47 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Amateur Championship | NYF | NYF | NYF | NYF | NYF | SF | SF | 2 | 1 | SF |
| Tournament | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | 1 LA | T11 | T2 | T8 | T13 | T18 | DNP | 17 | DNP | T25 |
| The Amateur Championship | 1 | R32 | 1 | R16 | 1 | 2 | QF | R64 | QF | 1 |
| Tournament | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | T15 | DNP | 18 | DNP | T35 | T15 | T13 LA | DNP |
| The Amateur Championship | DNP | DNP | R64 | QF | R16 | R128 | R64 | 1 | R128 | R128 |
| Tournament | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | T19 LA | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
| The Amateur Championship | 1 | R32 | 1 | R256 | R64 | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
| Tournament | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Amateur Championship | DNP | R16 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | R128 |
LA = Low Amateur
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10
Source for British Open: www.opengolf.com
Source for 1885 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, April 24, 1885, pg. 8.
Source for 1886 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, September 24, 1886, pg. 5.
Source for 1889 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 10, 1889, pg. 10.
Source for 1891 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 8, 1891, pg. 10.
Source for 1893 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 11, 1893, pg. 12.
Source for 1896 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 22, 1896, pg. 10.
Source for 1897 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, April 28, 1897, pg. 10.
Source for 1898 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 27, 1898, pg. 11.
Source for 1902 British Amateur: Golf, June, 1902, pg. 397.
Source for 1903 British Amateur: Golf, July, 1903, pg. 10.
Source for 1904 British Amateur: Golf, July, 1904, pg. 8.
Source for 1905 British Amateur: Golf, June, 1905, pg. 340.
Source for 1906 British Amateur: Golf, July, 1906, pg. 29.
Source for 1908 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, May 27, 1908, pg. 14.
Source for 1909 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July, 1909, pg. 11.
Source for 1911 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, June 1, 1911, pg. 10.
Source for 1913 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July, 1913, pg. 222.
Source for 1914 British Amateur: Golf Illustrated, July, 1914, pg. 27.
Source for 1921 British Amateur: The American Golfer, June 4, 1921, pg. 24.
Source for 1927 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July, 1927, pg. 66.
[edit] References
- ^ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. pp. 206–207. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
- ^ The World Atlas of Golf, 2nd edition, edited by Herbert Warren Wind, Alistair Cooke, and Peter Thomson, London 1988, Mitchell Beazely publishers
- ^ "John Ball: Fifty years of golf championships". The Glasgow Herald. 4 December 1940. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tUZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ZlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3846%2C4802134. Retrieved 12 February 2011.
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