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Michael Bonallack Personal information Full name Sir Michael Francis Bonallack Born 31 December 1934
Chigwell, Essex, England, UKNationality 
EnglandCareer Status Amateur Best results in Major Championships Masters Tournament CUT: 1966, 1969, 1970 The Open Championship T11: 1959 U.S. Amateur R64: 1961 British Amateur SF: 1958 Achievements and awards World Golf Hall of Fame 2000 (member page) Knight Bachelor 1998 Bob Jones Award 1972 (For a full list of awards, see here) Sir Michael Francis Bonallack, OBE (born 31 December 1934) is an English amateur golfer who was one of the leading administrators in world golf in the late 20th century.[1]
Bonallack was born in Chigwell, Essex. He won the British Boys Championship in 1952. A rare example of an outstanding golfer who remained an amateur in the era when professional domination of the sport became firmly entrenched, he went on to win The Amateur Championship and the English Amateur five times each and the Brabazon Trophy four times. He was a member of nine Walker Cup teams and played in the Eisenhower Trophy seven times. His best finish at The Open Championship was eleventh in 1959. He was the leading amateur at the Open in 1968 and 1971.
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Affiliations
He was secretary (i.e. chief executive) of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, which runs The Open Championship and sets the rules of golf in partnership with the United States Golf Association, from 1984 to 1999, and as Captain of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club in 2000. He has also been President of the Golf Club Managers' Association (1974–84), Chairman of the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland (1976–81), Chairman of the Golf Foundation (1977–82), and President of the English Golf Union (1982).
He is the current President of the British and International Golf Greenkeepers Association (BIGGA) and also served as President of the One Armed Golfers Society, the Professional Golfers Association of Europe and as Chairman of the advisory committee for the Official World Golf Rankings.[2] He is also President of the National Association of Public and Proprietary Golf Courses (NAPGC).
Honours
Bonallack received an OBE for services to golf in 1971, and was created a Knight Bachelor in 1998.[3] In 1972, he was voted the Bob Jones Award, the highest honour given by the United States Golf Association in recognition of distinguished sportsmanship in golf. He is a member of Augusta National Golf Club,[4] and has received numerous honours from golfing organisations around the world, culminating in his induction into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2000.
Legacy
Europe and the Asia-Pacific play for the Sir Michael Bonallack Trophy every two years. The teams consist of 12 amateur golfers and no more than two players can be from the same country.
Tournament wins (28)
this list may be incomplete
- 1952 Boys Amateur Championship
- 1957 Berkshire Trophy
- 1959 Sunningdale Foursomes (with Doug Sewell)
- 1961 The Amateur Championship, Berkshire Trophy, Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
- 1962 English Amateur
- 1963 English Amateur
- 1964 Brabazon Trophy
- 1965 The Amateur Championship, English Amateur, Lytham Trophy (tie with Clive Clark), Berkshire Trophy
- 1967 English Amateur, Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
- 1968 The Amateur Championship, English Amateur, Brabazon Trophy, Berkshire Trophy, Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
- 1969 The Amateur Championship, Brabazon Trophy (tie with Rodney Foster), Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
- 1970 The Amateur Championship, Berkshire Trophy
- 1971 Brabazon Trophy, Berkshire Trophy, Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
- 1972 Lytham Trophy
- 1975 Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
Results in major championships
Tournament 1956 1957 1958 1959 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP T11 U.S. Amateur DNP R128 DNP DNP The Amateur Championship R128 R32 SF R32 Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP CUT CUT T33 T27 CUT T21LA T42 U.S. Amateur DNP R64 DNP DNP DNP T53 DNP DNP T11 T14 The Amateur Championship QF - - - - - - - - - Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 The Masters CUT DNP DNP DNP The Open Championship CUT T22LA CUT CUT U.S. Amateur DNP DNP DNP R32 Note: Bonallack did not play in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.
LA = Low Amateur
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10Source for The Masters: www.masters.com
Source for U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database
Source for The British Open: www.opengolf.com
Source for 1956 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 30 May 1956, pg. 4.
Source for 1957 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 30 May 1957, pg. 4.
Source for 1958 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 7 June 1958, pg. 4.
Source for 1959 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 28 May 1959, pg. 9.
Source for 1960 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 27 May 1960, pg. 13.
Awards and achievements
- 1968 British Association of Golf Writers award
- 1971 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 1972 United States Golf Association Bob Jones Award
- 1991 American Society of Golf Course Architects Donald Ross award
- 1998 Knight Bachelor
- 1999 Spanish Golf Federation Golf Medal of Honour
- 2000 Czech Republic Golf Shield of Honour
- 2000 Metropolitan Golf Association Lifetime Service Award
- 2000 Inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame
Team appearances
this list may be incomplete
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1960, 1962, 1964 (winners), 1966, 1968 (individual winner, tie), 1970, 1972
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971 (winners), 1973
References
- ^ "On This Day In History – Sir Michael Bonallack, Former R&A Secretary, Is Born". In Golf We Trust. 31 December 2007. http://www.ingolfwetrust.com/golf-central/2007/12/31/On+This+Day+In+History+Sir+Michael+Bonallack+Former+RA+Secretary+Is+Born.aspx. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ Keith Mackie. "2006 Memorial Tournament Honoree; Sir Michael Bonallack". http://www.thememorialtournament.com/magazine/2006/Bonallack.pdf. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ "Sports stars share honours". BBC News. 13 June 1998. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1998/06/98/queens_birthday_honours/111911.stm. Retrieved 6 April 2009.
- ^ Augusta National Golf Club members list, usatoday.com, 4 August 2004.
External links
Categories:- English golfers
- Amateur golfers
- Golf administrators
- World Golf Hall of Fame inductees
- Knights Bachelor
- People from Chigwell
- 1934 births
- Living people
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