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Willie Gaudin

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Willie Gaudin
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Charles Gaudin
Born(1874-05-24)24 May 1874
Grouville, Jersey
Died31 August 1921(1921-08-31) (aged 47)
Manhattan, New York City, United States
Sporting nationality Jersey
Career
StatusProfessional
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenT30: 1907
The Open Championship33: 1901

William Charles Gaudin (24 May 1874 – 31 August 1921) was a professional golfer from Jersey. Gaudin had four younger brothers who were also professional golfers, Jack, Phil, Ernest and Herbert.

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Jersey

Jersey

Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an island country and self-governing British Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is 14 miles (23 km) from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Les Écréhous, Les Minquiers, and Les Pierres de Lecq.

Jack Gaudin

Jack Gaudin

John William Gaudin was a professional golfer from Jersey. His most successful period was in the early 1920s when he was in his late-40s. Gaudin had four brothers who were also professional golfers, his older brother Willie and younger brothers Phil, Ernest and Herbert.

Phil Gaudin

Phil Gaudin

Phillip John Gaudin was a professional golfer from Jersey who played in the late 19th and early 20th century. He had three top-10 finishes in the Open Championship. His best result was a tie for eighth place in the 1914 Open Championship. He tied for ninth place in both the 1901 and 1908 Open Championships.

Ernest Gaudin

Ernest Gaudin

Ernest Philippe Gaudin was a professional golfer from Jersey. Gaudin had four brothers who were also professional golfers: his older brothers Willie, Jack and Phil, along with his younger brother Herbert.

Herbert Gaudin

Herbert Gaudin

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Golf career

Gaudin was an assistant to Tom Vardon at Ilkley Golf Club in the mid-1890s and was also a frequent playing companion of Harry Vardon, Tom's brother.[1] When he played in the 1897 Open Championship his club is given as Doncaster. In 1899 he was the professional at Bradford Golf Club when it moved from Baildon to Hawksworth. In 1903 he moved from Bradford to the new Scarborough Town Club (now Scarborough South Cliff) with his assistant Bertie Snowball. In 1905 Gaudin and Snowball moved to Royal Portrush Golf Club but the appointment was short-lived since Gaudin emigrated later the same year.[2]

Gaudin arrived in New York City in late 1905 and became the professional at Dutchess Golf Club near Poughkeepsie, New York, for 1906. He played in the 1907 U.S. Open at the Philadelphia Cricket Club and was tied for 30th place.[2]

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Tom Vardon

Thomas Alfred Vardon was a professional golfer from Jersey, Channel Islands, and the brother of golfer Harry Vardon, whom he sometimes played against professionally. From 1892 to 1909 he played in 18 Open Championships, finishing in the top-10 nine times. His best was a second-place finish to his brother Harry in 1903 at Prestwick, and other placings were 1897 at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake – 8th, 1902 at Hoylake – 5th, 1904 at Royal St George's Golf Club, Sandwich, Kent – 4th, 1907 at Hoylake – T3.

Ilkley Golf Club

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Harry Vardon

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1897 Open Championship

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Scarborough, North Yorkshire

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Bertie Snowball

Bertie Snowball

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Royal Portrush Golf Club

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Poughkeepsie, New York

Poughkeepsie, New York

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1907 U.S. Open (golf)

1907 U.S. Open (golf)

The 1907 U.S. Open was the thirteenth U.S. Open, held June 20–21 at Philadelphia Cricket Club in Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania, a neighborhood of northwest Philadelphia. Alec Ross posted four sub-80 rounds to win his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Gilbert Nicholls.

Philadelphia Cricket Club

Philadelphia Cricket Club

The Philadelphia Cricket Club, founded in 1854, is the oldest country club in the United States. It has two locations: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, and Flourtown, Pennsylvania.

Death

Gaudin died of tuberculosis in a New York City sanatorium in August 1921 aged 47 leaving a wife and five children.[2][3]

Results in major championships

Tournament 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907
The Open Championship WD CUT WD 33 T38 T41
U.S. Open T30

Note: Gaudin only played in The Open Championship and the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Source: "Willie Gaudin", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, April 14th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Gaudin.

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Further Reading

Harry Vardon

Francis Ouimet

James Braid (golfer)

Sandy Herd

Wilfrid Reid

Ted Ray (golfer)

Tom Vardon

Bernard Nicholls

Tom Williamson (golfer)

Charles Mayo (golfer)

Bertie Snowball

Phil Gaudin

Robert Thomson (golfer)

Josh Taylor (golfer)
References
  1. ^ Vardon, Harry (1922). The Gist of Golf. George H. Doran Company. p. 95. Willie Gaudin.
  2. ^ a b c Buggy, Tom (March 2009). "Early Dutchess Greenkeepers/Professionals" (PDF). www.golfcollectors.co.uk (88): 8–13. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  3. ^ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W5R-BBZ
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