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Professional wins

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1935 The Open Championship
1938 Daily Mail Tournament, Yorkshire Evening News Tournament, Dunlop Metropolitan Tournament

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-'''Alfred "Alf" Perry''' (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 |accessdate=17 October 2013}}</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=http://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 |accessdate=28 July 2009  | first=Norman | last=Mair}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2003/jul/21/open2003.golf9 |title=Furgol who? Victors who came from nowhere |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=21 July 2003 |accessdate=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 |accessdate=28 July 2009}}</ref> and died two years later.<ref name=alliss/>
-Perry was a member of the [[Ryder Cup]] team in 1933, 1935, and 1937,<ref name=alliss/> but played just three matches for Great Britain, of which he lost two and tied one.
 ==Professional wins==