Leslie Penfold Hyland Explained

Herbert Leslie Penfold Hyland (4 March 1875 – 6 May 1940) was a director of Penfolds Wines and amateur sportsman, winning the South Australian amateur golf championship in 1905 and 1906.[1]

Personal life

He was born Herbert Leslie Hyland on 4 March 1875, the son of Thomas Francis Hyland and Mary Georgina Anne Penfold, the only child of Dr. Christopher Rawson Penfold, the founder of Penfolds.[2] [3] He later adopted the name Penfold Hyland. He married Edith Mary Miller on 30 April 1900, which marriage ended in divorce in 1920.[4] [5] He was born in Victoria but moved to South Australia in late 1904. He died on 6 May 1940 and was survived by two sons and a daughter.[2]

Golf

Hyland was an amateur golfer. In 1901 he was runner-up in the Victorian Amateur Championship, 19 strokes behind Walter Carre Riddell.[6] In July 1904 he won the Surrey Hills Gentlemen's Championship. Over 36 holes he was 4 down to bogey, 3 ahead of Michael Scott, who was 7 down.[7] In September, he was runner-up to Scott in the first Australian Open and the following month was again runner-up to Scott in the Victorian Amateur Championship.[8] [9]

Soon after moving to South Australia, Hyland was runner-up to Tom Cheadle in the South Australian Amateur Championship in 1905, losing 10 & 9 in the 36-hole final.[10] In 1906 he won the South Australian Amateur Championship, beating Bill Gunson in the final.[11] The two met again in the 1907 final, with Hyland winning 6 & 5.[12]

Team appearances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SA Honour Rolls . 20 November 2020.
  2. News: Death of Mr. Penfold Hyland . . South Australia . 7 May 1940 . 20 November 2020 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Penfold Director Dead . . 2083 . Queensland, Australia . 7 May 1940 . 20 November 2020 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: An Unhappy Marriage . . South Australia . 4 September 1920 . 20 November 2020 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: In divorce . . Northern Territory, Australia . 24 December 1921 . 20 November 2020 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: Golf . . 2385 . Victoria, Australia . 21 September 1901 . 20 November 2020 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: Golf . . 18,064 . Victoria, Australia . 7 June 1904 . 23 November 2020 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Golf - Interstate Open Championship . . 18,141 . Victoria, Australia . 5 September 1904 . 13 November 2018 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: Championship golf . . 15,483 . Victoria, Australia . 22 October 1904 . 20 November 2020 . 12 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: Golf . . LXII . 3,339 . South Australia . 30 September 1905 . 20 November 2020 . 19 . National Library of Australia.
  11. News: Golfing . The Chronicle (Adelaide) . 49 . 2,502 . South Australia . 4 August 1906 . 20 November 2020 . 24 . National Library of Australia.
  12. News: Golf . . LXXII . 18,941 . South Australia . 29 July 1907 . 20 November 2020 . 9 . National Library of Australia.

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