Fred Leach (golfer)

Fred Leach (1885–?)[1] was an English professional golfer. His best performance in the Open Championship, the only major tournament he played in, was a tie for 6th place in 1921. His final score was only six shots shy of the pace set by Jock Hutchison and Roger Wethered who tied for first place and went to a playoff in which Hutchison prevailed.

Fred Leach
Personal information
Born1885
Baildon, Yorkshire, England
Nationality England
Career
StatusProfessional
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT6: 1921

Early life

Leach was born in 1885 in Baildon, Yorkshire, England.

Golf career

He was an assistant at Bradford Golf Club and while there was the second placed assistant in the 1903 Leeds Cup behind Bertie Snowball.[2] Soon afterwards he moved south and became an assistant to William Fulford at Northwood Golf Club. Leach was joint runner-up in the 1905 Leeds Cup, played at his old club at Bradford, five strokes behind Sandy Herd and tied with Bertie Snowball.[3]

He was at Northwood for 21 years before moving to Highwoods Golf Club at Bexhill-on-Sea when that course opened in 1925 and then became professional at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club from 1926 to 1950, where he replaced William's nephew Jack Fulford.[4][5]

Leach tied for 6th place in the 1921 Open Championship and reached the final of the 1922 News of the World Match Play at Sunningdale Golf Club, losing 5&4 to George Gadd.[6]

Death

Leach's date of death is unknown.

Results in major championships
Tournament 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
The Open Championship ? T47
Tournament 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
The Open Championship ? T27 T17 T42 T21 NT NT NT NT NT
Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928
The Open Championship T29 T6 T36 70 T22 CUT

Note: Leach only played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
? = finish unknown
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References
  1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9P5-FHP
  2. "Golf – Professional tournament at Redcar – Vardon defeated". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 16 July 1903. Retrieved 16 June 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "Professional golfers' association". The Glasgow Herald. 27 July 1905. p. 11.
  4. http://www.antiquegolfscotland.com/antiquegolf/maker.php3?makerid=97
  5. "Professionals : Royal Wimbledon Golf Club". rwgc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  6. "£750 tournament final – George Gadd's great victory". The Glasgow Herald. 7 Oct 1922. p. 12.
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