Max McCready explained

Max McCready
Fullname:Samuel Maxwell McCready
Birth Date:8 March 1918
Birth Place:Belfast, Ireland
Death Date:1994 (aged 76)
Death Place:South Africa
Status:Amateur
Britamateur:Won: 1949

Samuel Maxwell McCready (8 March 1918 – 1994) was an Irish amateur golfer. He won the 1949 Amateur Championship and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1949 and 1951.[1]

McCready lived near the Dunmurry golf course, near Belfast, where he learnt his golf. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force. McCready moved to South Africa in 1959 where he worked for McAlpine Construction. He died in South Africa in 1994.[2] His widow Joan died in 2015 aged 109.[3]

Amateur wins

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Major championships

Wins (1)

Team appearances

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Max McCready . RAF Golf Association . 30 May 2017.
  2. Hanna . John . Irish Musings - The Walker Cup Match 1951 and Cecil Ewing . 105 . 14–17 . June 2013 . www.golfcollectors.co.uk . 30 May 2017.
  3. http://whiteriverpost.co.za/172816/joan-passes-away-peacefully-at-109/
  4. Hanna . John . Irish Musings - Max McCready, Amateur Champion, and Dunmurry Golf Club . 75 . 22–23 . December 2005 . www.golfcollectors.co.uk . 30 May 2017.