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{{short description|English golfer}}
{{for|the founder of the [[Douglas Hospital]]|Alfred Perry}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2011}}
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| fullname          = Alfred Perry
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| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1904|10|8}}
| birth_place       = [[Coulsdon]], [[Surrey]], [[England]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1974|12|4|1904|10|8}}
| death_place       = [[New Milton]], [[Hampshire]], [[England]]<ref>[https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/ Find a will]. Probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-02.</ref>
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'''Alfred Perry''' (8 October 1904 – 4 December 1974<ref>"Mr Alfred Perry" ''The Times'', 5 December 1974; pg. 20; Issue 59262.</ref>) was a [[professional golfer]] from [[England]], the winner of [[The Open Championship]] in [[1935 Open Championship|1935]].<ref name=alliss>{{cite book |title=The Who's Who of Golf |first=Peter |last=Alliss |publisher=Orbis Publishing |year=1983 |isbn=0-85613-520-8 |page=284}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx#player=Alf+PERRY |title=1935 Alf Perry |publisher=The Open |access-date=17 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111126022629/http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx |archive-date=26 November 2011 }}</ref>

Born in [[Coulsdon]], [[Surrey]], Perry worked as a club professional at Leatherhead Golf Club in addition to playing in the few organised tournaments that there were at the time. He had moderate success before he claimed an unexpected victory in the [[1935 Open Championship]] at [[Muirfield]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/golf/usopen/3031188/Distinguished-dozen-sired-by-a-links-classic.html |title=Distinguished dozen sired by a links classic |work=The Daily Telegraph |location=UK |date=18 July 2002 |access-date=28 July 2009  | first=Norman | last=Mair}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/jul/21/open2003.golf9 |title=Furgol who? Victors who came from nowhere |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=21 July 2003 |access-date=28 July 2009  | first=David | last=Davies}}</ref> His most prolific year came in 1938 when he won three tournaments on the British circuit.<ref name=alliss/> He retired from his post at Leatherhead in 1972,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lgc-golf.co.uk/showpage.asp?p=90 |title=Welcome to Leatherhead Golf Club |publisher=Leatherhead Golf Club |access-date=28 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225092505/http://www.lgc-golf.co.uk/showpage.asp?p=90 |archive-date=25 December 2008}}</ref> and died two years later.<ref name=alliss/>

Perry was a member of the British [[Ryder Cup]] team in [[1933 Ryder Cup|1933]], [[1935 Ryder Cup|1935]], and [[1937 Ryder Cup|1937]].<ref name=alliss/> He played three matches of which he lost two and halved one.

==Professional wins==
''This list may be incomplete''
*1924 [[Findlater Shield]]
*1925 [[Findlater Shield]]
*1935 '''[[The Open Championship]]'''
*1936 West of England Professional Championship
*1938 [[Daily Mail Tournament]], [[Yorkshire Evening News Tournament]], [[Dunlop-Metropolitan Tournament]]
*1948 [[Northern Professional Championship]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/104576404/the-guardian/ |title=Perry's success |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=27 August 1948 |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref>

==Major championships==

===Wins (1)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up
|- style="background:#ABCDEF;"
| [[1935 Open Championship|1935]] || [[The Open Championship]] || 1 shot lead || −5 (69-75-67-72=283) || 4 strokes || {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Alf Padgham]]
|}

===Results timeline===
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|- style="background:#eee;"
!align="left"|Tournament
!1929
!1930
!1931
!1932
!1933
!1934
!1935
!1936
!1937
!1938
!1939
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|T45
|T30
|46
|T17
|26
|T26
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|T50
|CUT
|T15
|style="background:yellow;"|T3
|}
{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;text-align:center;"
|- style="background:#eee;"
!align="left"|Tournament
!1940
!1941
!1942
!1943
!1944
!1945
!1946
!1947
!1948
!1949
!1950
!1951
!1952
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
| style="background:#eee;"|NT
| style="background:#eee;"|NT
| style="background:#eee;"|NT
| style="background:#eee;"|NT
| style="background:#eee;"|NT
| style="background:#eee;"|NT
|T26
|T18
|T23
|CUT
|T33
| style="background:#eee;"|
|CUT
|}
''Note: Perry only played in [[The Open Championship]]''<br>
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
NT = No tournament<br>
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
"T" indicates a tie for a place

==Team appearances==
*[[Ryder Cup]] (representing Great Britain): [[1933 Ryder Cup|1933]], [[1935 Ryder Cup|1935]], [[1937 Ryder Cup|1937]]
*[[England–Ireland Professional Match]] (representing England): 1932 (winners)
*[[England–Scotland Professional Match]] (representing England): 1933 (winners), 1936 (winners), 1938 (winners)
*Coronation Match (representing the Ladies and Professionals): 1937

==References==
{{Commons category|Alf Perry}}
{{reflist}}

{{The Open champions}}
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{{1933 Great Britain Ryder Cup team}}
{{1935 Great Britain Ryder Cup team}}
{{1937 Great Britain Ryder Cup team}}
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[[Category:English male golfers]]
[[Category:Winners of men's major golf championships]]
[[Category:Ryder Cup competitors for Europe]]
[[Category:People from Coulsdon]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Croydon]]
[[Category:1904 births]]
[[Category:1974 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]