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Abe Mitchell
St Albans
Abe Mitchell Abe Mitchell began his working life as a gardener and played golf as an amateur. In his last year before joining the professional ranks he lost in the final of the 1912 British amateur championship to John Ball.

Sadly, he is one of those sportsmen who, despite their greatness, will be remembered for what they did not win. In the 1920 Open he led after the first two rounds but George Duncan came from 13 shots behind to win.

Mitchell had several top ten Open Championship finishes from 1920 onwards and played in the GB and Ireland Ryder Cup teams of 1929, 1931 and 1933. Indeed, he gave lessons to Samuel Ryder and it was through their friendship that Ryder was a spectator at the unofficial GB vs USA match of 1926 which led to the Ryder Cup. Mitchell was the model for the golfer on top of the trophy.

He was chosen to be British captain for the first Ryder Cup match at Worcester, MA in 1927 but had to cancel in May due to indigestion attributed to gassing during the war according to the Scotsman who deemed it ‘a devastating and almost irreparable blow’. As it turned out, he was subsequently operated on for appendicitis.
When he was appointed professional to the North Foreland club in 1919 it was with a salary of £500 per year, the highest retainer of any professional in the country, was guaranteed a further £500 profit on the sale and repair of clubs in the shop and was free to leave for tournaments and exhibition matches whenever he wished.

He died in St Albans on 11 June 1947.

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