Charles Hezlet
Charles Hezlet | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Charles Owen Hezlet |
Born | Sheerness, Kent, England | 16 June 1891
Died | 22 November 1965 East Grinstead, Sussex, England | (aged 74)
Sporting nationality | Ireland |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | 17th: 1928 |
British Amateur | 2nd: 1914 |
Charles Owen Hezlet (16 May 1891 – 22 November 1965)[1] was an Irish amateur golfer. He was runner-up in the 1914 Amateur Championship and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1924, 1926 and 1928.
Hezlet served during World War I. He was three times mentioned in dispatches and awarded a Distinguished Service Order. He rejoined the army from 1939–1943 in the Royal Artillery.[2]
In 1914 he was runner-up in the Amateur Championship, losing 3&2 to James Jenkins. He was also runner-up in the 1923 and 1925 Irish Amateur Open Championship and the 1923 Welsh Open Amateur Championship. He won the Irish Amateur Open Championship in 1926 and 1929 and was in the Walker Cup team in 1924, 1926 and 1928. He was also a member of a team of four amateurs that played in South Africa in 1927/28.[2]
Hezlet had three sisters who were also well-known amateur golfers: May, Violet and Florence. Hezlet married Annie Maitland Stuart in 1920. She died of pneumonia in Cannes, France in 1931 aged 30.[3]
Amateur wins
- 1920 Irish Amateur Close Championship
- 1926 Irish Amateur Open Championship
- 1929 Irish Amateur Open Championship
Major championships
Results timeline
Tournament | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 |
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The Open Championship | 17 | CUT |
Note: Hezlet only played in the Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Team appearances
Amateur
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain): 1924, 1926, 1928
References
- ^ "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Lieut.-Col. C. O. Hezlet". The Times. 23 November 1965. p. 12.
- ^ "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2017.