Harry Gould (golfer) explained

Harry Gould
Fullname:Harold Gould
Birth Date:30 July 1914
Birth Place:Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales
Death Place:Bridgend, Glamorgan, Wales
Status:Professional
Prowins:6
Masters:DNP
Usopen:DNP
Open:T30: 1948
Pga:DNP

Harold Gould (30 July 1914 – 11 September 2000)[1] [2] was a Welsh professional golfer. He won the Welsh Professional Championship six times between 1946 and 1963 and twice represented Wales in the Canada Cup.

Golf career

Gould finished tied for second place in the 1949 PGA Assistants' Championship, five shots behind the winner, Harry Weetman and tied with Peter Alliss.[3]

Gould was an assistant professional at Radyr Golf Club before World War II, moving to Royal Porthcawl Golf Club after the war and to Southerndown Golf Club in 1950.[4]

Gould played in the 1954 Canada Cup with Dai Rees and the 1955 Canada Cup with Dennis Smalldon. In 1954 Gould scored 316 for his four rounds, 34 shots worse than Rees.[5] The following year he improved, scoring 299, three strokes behind his partner Smalldon.[6]

Gould won his sixth Welsh Professional Championship in June 1963 at the age of 48.

Tournament wins

Results in major championships

Note: Gould only played in The Open Championship.

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

Team appearances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Person Details for Harold Gould, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007" . https://web.archive.org/web/20161221233010/https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZF-Z2DB . dead . 21 December 2016 . FamilySearch.org . 23 December 2016.
  2. Web site: Find a will . probatesearch.service.gov.uk . 21 December 2016.
  3. News: The Times . 8 April 1949 . 2 . Assistants' Championship.
  4. Web site: Stroke Index . southerndowngolfclub.com . 21 December 2016.
  5. News: 72-hole scores at Laval . . 23 August 1954 . 21.
  6. News: Furgol wins playoff for Canada Cup . . 13 June 1955 . F-3 . Associated Press . 21 December 2016.