Don Curtis | |
Fullname: | Donald Allen Curtis |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1904 |
Birth Place: | Poole, Dorset, England |
Death Place: | Christchurch, Dorset, England |
Status: | Professional |
Prowins: | 2 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T20: 1927 |
Pga: | DNP |
Donald Allen Curtis (22 October 1904 – 18 October 1983)[1] was an English professional golfer.
In 1926 he lost in a playoff for the Findlater Shield, the assistants' championship. He had tied with Walter Thomas but lost the 18-hole playoff after a disappointing 82.
Curtis's first big success was when he won the 1936 News Chronicle Tournament. Curtis reached the semi-final of the 1937 News of the World Match Play where he lost to Percy Alliss by 1 hole.[2] The following year he won the Dunlop-Southport Tournament at Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club, beating Arthur Lees by 2 strokes and taking the £315 first prize.[3] Later in 1938, he was one of the runners-up in the News Chronicle Tournament behind Reg Whitcombe.[4]