H. J. Whigham

H. J. Whigham
— Golfer —
Whigham, c. 1897
Personal information
Full name	Henry James Whigham
Born	(1869-12-24)24 December 1869 Tarbolton, Scotland
Died	17 March 1954(1954-03-17) (aged 84) Southampton, New York
Nationality	Scotland
Career
Status	Amateur
Best results in major championships (wins: 2)
U.S. Open	T5: 1896
The Open Championship	49th: 1893
U.S. Amateur	Won: 1896, 1897

Henry James Whigham (24 December 1869 – 17 March 1954) was a Scottish writer and amateur golfer. He won the U.S. Amateur in 1896^[1] and 1897.^[2] Following his first win in the U.S. Amateur, he wrote a golf instruction book. In 1896 he finished fifth in the U.S. Open held at Shinnecock Hills Golf Club, Southampton, New York.^[3]

Early life

Whigham was born in Tarbolton, Scotland, one of six brothers and four sisters. He went to America in 1893 for the Chicago World's Fair to demonstrate golf. This was arranged by Charles B. Macdonald, who was acquainted with Whigham's father, David Dundas, while they were students at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Whigham would go on to become Macdonald's son-in-law, marrying his daughter Frances. They had a daughter, Sybil.

Whigham learned the game of golf studying under Willie Campbell and Joe Lloyd.^[4]

Career

Whigham returned to Chicago as an instructor at Lake Forest College in English and also as a lecturer at other universities in the midwest. Later he went on to become a drama critic for the Chicago Tribune, until leaving to work as a war correspondent.

Whigham became editor-in-chief of Town & Country magazine in 1910, a position he held until 1935. Whigham was the author of How to Play Golf, a self-help book designed to teach the reader the basic rules of the game. A second edition of the book was republished and released in March 2011 by Library Tales Publishing.^[5]

Death

Whigham died in Southampton, New York, at the age of 84.

Major championships

Whigham in the golf swing follow through, c. 1897

Amateur wins (2)

Year	Championship	Winning Score	Runner-up
1896	U.S. Amateur	8 & 7	Joseph G. Thorp
1897	U.S. Amateur	8 & 6	W. Rossiter Betts

Results timeline

Note: Whigham played in only U.S. Open, U.S. Amateur and The Open Championship.

Tournament	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	T8 LA	DNP
U.S. Amateur	DNP	DNP	DNP	1 M	1	DNQ
The Open Championship	49	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

M = Medalist
LA = Low amateur
DNP = Did not play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database

Source for British Open: www.opengolf.com

Works

References

↑ 1896 U.S. Amateur
↑ 1897 U.S. Amateur
↑ "Great Golf By Foulis". The New York Sun. 18 July 1896. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
↑ "Golf — United States Golf Association". books.Google.com. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
↑ Library Tales Publishing will be releasing the 2011 edition of How To Play Golf written by Henry James (sic) in 1897

External links

Biography at Zoominfo

U.S. Amateur champions

1895 Charles B. Macdonald 1896 H. J. Whigham 1897 H. J. Whigham 1898 Findlay S. Douglas 1899 Herbert M. Harriman 1900 Walter Travis 1901 Walter Travis 1902 Louis N. James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert A. Gardner 1910 William C. Fownes Jr. 1911 Harold Hilton† 1912 Jerome Travers 1913 Jerome Travers 1914 Francis Ouimet 1915 Robert A. Gardner 1916 Chick Evans 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I 1919 S. Davidson Herron 1920 Chick Evans 1921 Jesse P. Guilford 1922 Jess Sweetser 1923 Max R. Marston† 1924 Bobby Jones 1925 Bobby Jones 1926 George Von Elm 1927 Bobby Jones 1928 Bobby Jones 1929 Harrison R. Johnston 1930 Bobby Jones 1931 Francis Ouimet 1932 Ross Somerville 1933 George Dunlap 1934 Lawson Little 1935 Lawson Little 1936 John Fischer† 1937 Johnny Goodman 1938 Willie Turnesa 1939 Bud Ward 1940 Dick Chapman 1941 Bud Ward 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II 1946 Ted Bishop† 1947 Skee Riegel 1948 Willie Turnesa 1949 Charles Coe 1950 Sam Urzetta† 1951 Billy Maxwell 1952 Jack Westland 1953 Gene Littler 1954 Arnold Palmer 1955 Harvie Ward 1956 Harvie Ward 1957 Hillman Robbins 1958 Charles Coe 1959 Jack Nicklaus 1960 Deane Beman 1961 Jack Nicklaus 1962 Labron Harris Jr. 1963 Deane Beman 1964 William C. Campbell 1965 Bob Murphy 1966 Gary Cowan† 1967 Bob Dickson 1968 Bruce Fleisher 1969 Steve Melnyk 1970 Lanny Wadkins 1971 Gary Cowan 1972 Vinny Giles 1973 Craig Stadler 1974 Jerry Pate 1975 Fred Ridley 1976 Bill Sander 1977 John Fought 1978 John Cook 1979 Mark O'Meara 1980 Hal Sutton 1981 Nathaniel Crosby 1982 Jay Sigel 1983 Jay Sigel 1984 Scott Verplank 1985 Sam Randolph 1986 Buddy Alexander 1987 Billy Mayfair 1988 Eric Meeks 1989 Chris Patton 1990 Phil Mickelson 1991 Mitch Voges 1992 Justin Leonard 1993 John Harris 1994 Tiger Woods 1995 Tiger Woods 1996 Tiger Woods† 1997 Matt Kuchar 1998 Hank Kuehne 1999 David Gossett 2000 Jeff Quinney† 2001 Bubba Dickerson 2002 Ricky Barnes 2003 Nick Flanagan† 2004 Ryan Moore 2005 Edoardo Molinari 2006 Richie Ramsay 2007 Colt Knost 2008 Danny Lee 2009 An Byeong-hun 2010 Peter Uihlein 2011 Kelly Kraft 2012 Steven Fox† 2013 Matthew Fitzpatrick 2014 Gunn Yang 2015 Bryson DeChambeau 2016 Curtis Luck

† indicates the event was won in a playoff

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 18945195 LCCN: n96043109

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