Jack Wilkshire | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | John W. Wilkshire |
Born | Liverpool, England | 20 July 1931
Died | 2022 (aged 91) |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1949 |
Former tour(s) | European Senior Tour |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | DNP |
The Open Championship | 33rd: 1958 |
John W. Wilkshire (20 July 1931 – 2022) was an English professional golfer. He won the Northern Professional Championship in 1961 and 1965 and was runner-up in the 1969 Portuguese Open. He played in the Open Championship 11 times, making the cut four times.
Wilkshire never won a major tournament, although he was runner-up in the 1969 Portuguese Open behind Ramón Sota.[1] He won the Northern Professional Championship in 1961 and 1965 and was a runner-up in 1955 and 1957.[2][3][4][5] He was runner-up in the 1965 Leeds Cup.[6] He also won the Nottinghamshire Professional Strokeplay Championship in 1978 and the Nottinghamshire Professional Matchplay Championship in 1978 and 1979.[7]
Wilkshire played in the Open Championship 11 times between 1955 and 1971, making the cut four times, with a best finish of 33rd in 1958. He was tied for second place after an opening round of 69 in the 1967 Open Championship. However he had a second round of 78 and eventually finished in a tie for 47th place.[8]
Wilkshire finished fifth in the inaugural PGA Professional Championship at Calcot Park in August 1973.[9] This gave him a place in the British and Irish team for the Diamondhead Cup match at Pinehurst, North Carolina, later in the year. The match was the forerunner of the PGA Cup.[10]
Despite being over 60 when the tour started in 1992, Wilkshire played on the European Senior Tour from 1992 to 1996.[11]
Wilkshire turned professional in 1949. He was an assistant at West Derby and Carlisle City and later was the professional at a number of clubs, including Crompton & Royton, St Anne’s Old Links, Sherwood Forest, Arrowe Park, Stone Golf Club, Warren Heath and Bicester Golf Club.[12]
Wilkshire died in late 2022 at the age of 91.[12]
Jack Wilkshire was the oldest of five children. With 3 younger sisters and one younger brother.
Tournament | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | 47 | CUT | 33 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T47 | CUT | T49 |
Note: Wilkshire only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Source:[8]