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J W Wallis
Brough/Sheffield

J W “Willie” Wallis was playing in the 1904 Open Championship at Sandwich with the affiliation of Mid-Surrey so presumably learned his trade as an assistant to J H Taylor.

By the following year he was professional at Brough in Yorkshire and was again playing in the Open, this time at St Andrews. He was succeeded at Brough by his assistant Norman Turner and took up the position of professional to the Hallamshire club in Sheffield in June 1914 after playing a round with two other applicants, A E Hallam and Archie Earl.

In an era when many British golfers wore ill-fitting woollen jackets, heavy socks and bonnets, Harry Fulford, his fellow pro, called Wallis the 'Beau Brummel of English pros'.

At some point he went to fight in the First World War. He was gassed at Ypres and spent four months in hospital before being demobilised in 1919 and returning to the Hallamshire club. He remained here until his retirement in 1950.

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