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Sir Thomas Henry Cotton, MBE (28 January 1907 – 22 December 1987) was an English professional golfer. He won the Open Championship in 1934, 1937 and 1948, becoming the leading British player of his generation. [ 1 ]
In 1966 it was the first course to be built in the Algarve. The resort's 18-hole Championship Course, founded by John Stilwell and designed by Sir Henry Cotton was originally called The Penina and has been the venue for the Portuguese Open on many occasions, most recently in 2006. There are also two 9-hole courses, the Resort Course and the ...
Henry Cotton dominated the championship, leading wire-to-wire on his way to a five-stroke win and his first of three Open titles. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Qualifying took place on 25–26 June, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes at St. George's and 18 holes at Royal Cinque Ports , [ 6 ] and the top 100 and ties qualified.
The 1948 Open Championship was the 77th Open Championship, held 30 June to 2 July at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland. Henry Cotton, age 41, won his third and final Open title, five strokes ahead of runner-up and defending champion Fred Daly.
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Henry Cotton may refer to: Henry Egerton Cotton (1929–1993), first chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University and former Lord Lieutenant of Merseyside; Sir Henry Cotton (civil servant) (1845–1915), British politician (also in India) Sir Henry Cotton (judge) (1821–1892), British judge (Lord Justice of Appeal), Privy Counsellor
His father's Wallwood estate was sold off posthumously in 1874, but Henry Cotton set aside and donated a plot of land upon which St. Andrew's Church in Leytonstone was built. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] His youngest son Hugh Benjamin Cotton (1871–1895) was featured in a Vanity Fair caricature on 15 March 1894 as president of the Oxford University Boat Club ...
The 3rd Ryder Cup Matches were held June 26–27, 1931 at Scioto Country Club in Columbus, Ohio.The United States team won the competition by a score of 9 to 3 points. The course was the venue for U.S. Open in 1926, won by amateur Bobby Jones, the second of his four titles.