Alec Ross

For other people with the same name, see Alec Ross (disambiguation) and Alexander Ross (disambiguation).

Alec Ross
— Golfer —

Personal information
Full name	Alexander Ross
Born	(1879-09-15)15 September 1879 Dornoch, Scotland
Died	25 June 1952(1952-06-25) (aged 72) Miami, Florida, U.S.
Nationality	Scotland
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	16
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	Won: 1907
The Open Championship	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP

Alexander Ross (15 September 1879^[1] – 25 June 1952), generally known as Alec Ross and sometimes as Alex or Aleck, was a Scottish professional golfer. He was a native of Dornoch^[1] and learned his golf in his home country, but like many British professional golfers of his era he spent many years working as a club professional in the United States. While employed by the Brae Burn Country Club, near Boston, he won the 1907 U.S. Open at the St. Martin's course at Philadelphia Cricket Club. He competed in the U.S. Open seventeen times in total, and finished in the top-10 five times. His other tournament wins include the North and South Open six times (1902, 1904, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1915), the Massachusetts Open six times (1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1912) and the Swiss Open three times (1923, 1925, 1926).

Ross's brother Donald also moved to the U.S. and was one of the most celebrated of all golf course designers. Alec was the professional at the Detroit Golf Club in Detroit, Michigan for 31 years. He died in Miami, Florida.^[2]

Professional wins

Note: This list may be incomplete.

1902 North and South Open
1904 North and South Open
1906 Massachusetts Open
1907 U.S. Open, North and South Open, Massachusetts Open
1908 North and South Open, Massachusetts Open
1909 Massachusetts Open
1910 North and South Open, Massachusetts Open
1912 Massachusetts Open
1915 North and South Open
1923 Swiss Open
1925 Swiss Open
1926 Swiss Open

Major championships

(From left to right): Isaac Mackie, Jack Hobens, Alec Ross, and George Thomson at the 1904 U.S. Open

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1907	U.S. Open	2 shot deficit	76-74-76-76=302	2 strokes	Gilbert Nicholls

Results timeline

Note: Ross played in only U.S. Open.

Tournament	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909
U.S. Open	10^[3]	T9	T15	T13	6	1	T23	37

Tournament	1910	1911	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
U.S. Open	22	T9	CUT	T36	T22	DNP	DNP	NT	NT	T16

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926
U.S. Open	T27	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T34

NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

References

1 2 "Births in the District of Dornoch in the County of Sutherland". Statutory Births 047/00 0047. ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 17 February 2015. (subscription required (help)).
↑ Alexander Ross obituary, New York Times, 26 June 1952
↑ "Open Golf Champion". The Saint Paul Globe. Minnesota. 12 October 1902. Retrieved 26 August 2015.

External links

Article on early Scottish golfers in the U.S. (including the Ross brothers)

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins 1896 James Foulis 1897 Joe Lloyd 1898 Fred Herd 1899 Willie Smith 1900 Harry Vardon 1901 Willie Anderson† 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie 1903 Willie Anderson† 1904 Willie Anderson 1905 Willie Anderson 1906 Alex Smith 1907 Alec Ross 1908 Fred McLeod† 1909 George Sargent 1910 Alex Smith† 1911 John McDermott† 1912 John McDermott 1913 Francis Ouimet#† 1914‡ Walter Hagen 1915 Jerome Travers# 1916 Chick Evans# 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 Walter Hagen† 1920 Ted Ray 1921‡ Jim Barnes 1922 Gene Sarazen 1923 Bobby Jones#† 1924 Cyril Walker 1925 Willie Macfarlane† 1926 Bobby Jones# 1927 Tommy Armour† 1928 Johnny Farrell† 1929 Bobby Jones#† 1930 Bobby Jones# 1931 Billy Burke† 1932 Gene Sarazen 1933 Johnny Goodman# 1934 Olin Dutra 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. 1936 Tony Manero 1937 Ralph Guldahl 1938 Ralph Guldahl 1939 Byron Nelson† 1940 Lawson Little† 1941 Craig Wood 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† 1947 Lew Worsham† 1948 Ben Hogan 1949 Cary Middlecoff 1950 Ben Hogan† 1951 Ben Hogan 1952 Julius Boros 1953‡ Ben Hogan 1954 Ed Furgol 1955 Jack Fleck† 1956 Cary Middlecoff 1957 Dick Mayer† 1958 Tommy Bolt 1959 Billy Casper 1960 Arnold Palmer 1961 Gene Littler 1962 Jack Nicklaus† 1963 Julius Boros† 1964 Ken Venturi 1965 Gary Player† 1966 Billy Casper† 1967 Jack Nicklaus 1968 Lee Trevino 1969 Orville Moody 1970‡ Tony Jacklin 1971 Lee Trevino† 1972 Jack Nicklaus 1973 Johnny Miller 1974 Hale Irwin 1975 Lou Graham† 1976 Jerry Pate 1977 Hubert Green 1978 Andy North 1979 Hale Irwin 1980 Jack Nicklaus 1981 David Graham 1982 Tom Watson 1983 Larry Nelson 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† 1985 Andy North 1986 Raymond Floyd 1987 Scott Simpson 1988 Curtis Strange† 1989 Curtis Strange 1990 Hale Irwin† 1991 Payne Stewart† 1992 Tom Kite 1993 Lee Janzen 1994 Ernie Els† 1995 Corey Pavin 1996 Steve Jones 1997 Ernie Els 1998 Lee Janzen 1999 Payne Stewart 2000‡ Tiger Woods 2001 Retief Goosen† 2002‡ Tiger Woods 2003 Jim Furyk 2004 Retief Goosen 2005 Michael Campbell 2006 Geoff Ogilvy 2007 Ángel Cabrera 2008 Tiger Woods† 2009 Lucas Glover 2010 Graeme McDowell 2011‡ Rory McIlroy 2012 Webb Simpson 2013 Justin Rose 2014‡ Martin Kaymer 2015 Jordan Spieth 2016 Dustin Johnson

† indicates the event was won in a playoff; ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire; # indicates the event was won by an amateur

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