Walter Lees (golfer)

Walter Lees
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1916-12-14)14 December 1916
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Died 9 July 2012(2012-07-09) (aged 95)
Shipley, West Yorkshire, England
Nationality  England
Career
Status Professional
Professional wins 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship 17th: 1949
PGA Championship DNP

Walter Lees (14 December 1916 – 9 July 2012) was an English professional golfer. He was the younger brother of Arthur and Harold, both professional golfers.[1][2]

Lees won the 1946 Midland Professional Championship at Sandwell Park Golf Club, 4 strokes ahead of Jack Cawsey and Leslie Cliffe.[3] He was runner-up in the 1949 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament at Moortown Golf Club. The tournament was run as a match-play event that year and Lees won five matches to reach the final, beating Roberto De Vicenzo, Jimmy Adams and Dai Rees. Having beaten Rees in the morning, he met Sam King In the afternoon final. One down after 8 holes he lost the next five to give King a 6&5 victory.[4] The next month he finished 17th in the Open Championship. He had been in 6th place after a good third round 69, just two shots behind the leaders, but a last round 78 dropped his down the field.

Lees was an assistant at Abbeydale Golf Club from 1933 but after the war he was an assistant to his brother Arthur at Dore and Totley. He became the professional at Shipley Golf Club in 1948 and was there until he retired in 1985.[1]

Professional wins

Results in major championships

Tournament 1947 1948 1949
The Open Championship CUT CUT 17
Tournament 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
The Open Championship DNP CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP
Tournament 1960 1961 1962
The Open Championship DNP DNP CUT

Note: Lees only played in The Open Championship.

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the cut

References

  1. 1 2 Crowther, Mike (12 July 2012). "Funeral of veteran Walter Lees is well attended". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Walter Lees". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Midland qualifiers". The Times. 12 September 1946. p. 8.
  4. ↑ "King Wins ₤1350 Tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 13 June 1949. p. 3.
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