Charles Whitcombe

Charles Whitcombe (1895–1981) was the second of the three Whitcombe brothers who were all successful English professional golfers in the 1920s and 1930s and - despite never winning The Open Championship like his younger brother Reg - could be considered the most prominent of the three, winning the British PGA Matchplay Championship twice and captaining the Ryder Cup side four times.

Whitcombe was born in Burnham, Buckinghamshire.

Whitcombe finished fifth in the Open Championship in 1922, three shots behind the winner and beaten only by Walter Hagen, Jim Barnes, George Duncan and Jock Hutchison - the players who between them had won 8 of the previous 9 major championships. Whitcombe would enjoy several other high finishes in the Championship, beaten by players including Bobby Jones, Gene Sarazen and Henry Cotton, but only once again came as close to winning, in 1935, when he finished third, three shots behind Alf Perry at Muirfield.

Whitcombe won the British PGA Matchplay Championship in 1928 and 1930, and also won the Irish Open in 1930. Both of his Matchplay championship victories came in finals against a young Henry Cotton, by 12 years Whitcombe's junior. In 1931, 1935, and 1937 Whitcombe was selected as playing captain of the Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup side, having also played in every side from 1927 to 1933, and was then non-playing captain in 1949.

Results in major championships

Tournament	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
The Open Championship	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
The Open Championship	DNP	DNP	5	T6	CUT	CUT	T24	6	CUT	T39

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
The Open Championship	T9	T29	T4	CUT	T7	3	T19	4	T10	CUT

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948
The Open Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	DNP	CUT	T32

• Note: Whitcombe only played in The Open Championship.

NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

References

• Alliss, Peter: "The Who's Who of Golf" (1983), Orbis Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-85613-520-8

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Name	Whitcombe, Charles
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Date of birth	1895
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Date of death	1981
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