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Antique Golf Clubs from Scotland
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J H Taylor
Richmond
J H Taylor John Henry Taylor, known with Braid and Vardon as The Great Triumvirate, was born in Northam, near Westward Ho, on 19 March 1871 and died, a month short of 92, in 1963. He left school at 11 and, at 20, was pro and greenkeeper at Burnham and Berrow. He first entered the Open in 1893 and the following year, at Sandwich, the first time the competition was played outside Scotland, he won by five strokes. He won again at St Andrews the following year and ended with five Open victories, conquering again in 1900, 1909 and 1913. 1900 also saw him as runner-up to Harry Vardon in the US Open. He took over from Andrew Kirkaldy at Royal Winchester in 1892, moved to Royal Wimbledon in 1896 but spent the longest part of his career at Royal Mid Surrey, from 1899 until his retirement in 1946.

During his long career many honours were bestowed upon him and describing his work in helping establish the PGA, that doyen of golf writers, Bernard Darwin, wrote that he 'had turned a feckless company into a self-respecting and respected body of men'.

All the published photographs of him seem to be of an older man with heavy moustache. Here is a much earlier one from 1894, the year of his first Open Championship success.

For more specific club-making information, see the entry for Cann & Taylor

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