Tommy Horton

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Tommy Horton
Personal information
Full name Thomas Alfred Horton, MBE
Born 16 June 1941 (1941-06-16) (age 70)
St Helens, Merseyside
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Nationality  England
Residence Jersey, Channel Islands
Career
Turned professional 1957
Current tour(s) European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 42
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 4
European Seniors Tour 23 (2nd all-time)[1]
Other 11 (regular)
4 (senior)
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1977
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T5: 1976
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Member of the Order
of the British Empire		 2000
European Seniors Tour
Order of Merit winner		 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Thomas Alfred Horton, MBE (born 16 June 1941) is an English professional golfer.

Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside. He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. He has been more successful as a senior player. The European Seniors Tour was founded shortly after he reached its minimum age of fifty, and he was the dominant player in its early seasons, topping the money list in 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. He was top of the tour's career money list for many years, before being overtaken by Carl Mason in 2007.[2]

Contents

[edit] Professional wins (42)

[edit] European Tour wins (4)

[edit] Other wins (11)

[edit] European Seniors Tour wins (23)

[edit] Other senior wins (4)

  • 1995 British Senior Club Professional Championship
  • 1996 British Senior Club Professional Championship
  • 1997 British Senior Club Professional Championship
  • 1998 British Senior Club Professional Championship

[edit] Results in major championships

Horton never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.

Tournament 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT
The Open Championship T17 CUT T8 T13 T11
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship T9 T37 T40 T31 T31 T19 T5 T9 CUT CUT
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T32 T35 CUT DNP DNP CUT 74

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ace Mase equals record with victory in Switzerland
  2. ^ "Mason makes history at Woburn". PGA European Tour. 2 September 2007. http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=127&pagegid={AEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944}&infosid=3&eventid=2007854&reportid=58762. Retrieved 2009-06-17. [dead link]

[edit] External links

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