Ken Bousfield

Ken Bousfield (2 October 1919 – 25 May 2000[1]) was one of the leading British golfers of the immediate post-World War II period.[2]

Ken Bousfield
Personal information
Full name	Kenneth Bousfield
Born	2 October 1919 Marston Moor, Yorkshire
Died	25 May 2000 (aged 80)
Nationality	England
Career
Turned professional	1938
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	18
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T5: 1955

Bousfield won a number of tournaments on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s, including the British PGA Championship, which is the second most prestigious tournament in the United Kingdom after The Open Championship. He had two top ten finishes at The Open Championship, finishing in a tie for fifth in 1955 and a tie for eighth in 1961. He was past his peak by the time the formal European Tour was formed in 1972, but he played on it until 1976. He played for Great Britain in the Ryder Cup six times (1949, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961) and had a 5-5-0 win-loss-draw record.

Professional wins (18)

Regular wins (17)

This list is probably incomplete.

• 1951 Southern Professional Championship, News Chronicle Tournament
• 1955 British PGA Championship, News of the World Match Play, German Open
• 1956 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament (tie with Dai Rees)
• 1957 Dunlop Tournament, Southern Professional Championship
• 1958 Belgian Open, Swiss Open
• 1959 Sprite Tournament, German Open
• 1960 Portuguese Open
• 1961 Portuguese Open, Swallow-Penfold Tournament
• 1964 Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes Tournament (with K Warren)

Senior wins (1)

• 1972 PGA Seniors Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1947	1948	1949
The Open Championship	T27	T21	T11

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Open Championship	CUT	CUT	T21	T34		T5	T22	T35		T11

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Open Championship	T21	T8	CUT	T30	CUT		CUT	54

Tournament	1970	1971	1972
The Open Championship			CUT

Note: Bousfield only played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain): 1949, 1951, 1955, 1957 (winners), 1959, 1961
• Canada Cup (representing England): 1956, 1957
• Joy Cup (representing the British Isles): 1955 (winners), 1958 (winners)
• Amateurs–Professionals Match (representing the Professionals): 1957 (winners), 1958, 1959 (winners), 1960 (winners)

References

1. "Ken Bousfield - Winner of 19 professional golf championships in six years" The Times, 2 June 2000.
2. Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 213. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.

External links

• Ken Bousfield at the European Tour official site