Tommy Horton

Tommy Horton
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Thomas Alfred Horton, MBE
Born (1941-06-16) 16 June 1941
St Helens, Merseyside, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 148 lb (67 kg; 10.6 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Jersey, Channel Islands
Career
Turned professional 1957
Current tour(s) European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 42
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 4
European Senior Tour 23 (2nd all-time)[1]
Other 11 (regular)
4 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1968, 1969, 1971, 1977
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T5: 1976
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Member of the Order
of the British Empire		 2000
European Seniors Tour
Order of Merit winner		 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999

Thomas Alfred Horton, MBE (born 16 June 1941) is an English professional golfer.

Although Horton was born in St Helens, Merseyside, he moved to Jersey in 1945 and was brought up and educated on the island. He was assistant and later professional at Ham Manor Golf Club near Worthing, Sussex for many years, before moving to Royal Jersey Golf Club. He celebrated 25 years there as professional before his retirement in 1999.[2]

He played on the European Tour for many years with moderate success, winning four titles and finishing fifth on the Order of Merit in 1976 and tenth in both 1974 and 1978. He has been more successful as a senior player. The European Seniors Tour was founded shortly after he reached its minimum age of fifty, and he was the dominant player in its early seasons, topping the money list in 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 1999. He was top of the tour's career money list for many years, before being overtaken by Carl Mason in 2007.[3]

Professional wins (42)

European Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 27 Apr 1972 Piccadilly Medal +13 (80-77=157) 1 stroke England Guy Hunt
2 11 May 1974 Penfold Tournament −8 (70-68-67-67=272) 1 stroke England Peter Tupling
3 26 Jun 1976 Uniroyal International −11 (69-72-67-69=277) 1 stroke England Martin Foster
4 7 Oct 1978 Dunlop Masters −5 (71-70-67-71=279) 1 stroke South Africa Dale Hayes, Australia Graham Marsh,
England Brian Waites

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1977 Callers of Newcastle England Peter Butler, South Africa John Fourie, Spain Ángel Gallardo Fourie won

Other wins (11)

European Seniors Tour wins (23)

Other senior wins (4)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT
The Open Championship T17 CUT T8 T13 T11
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP
The Open Championship T9 T37 T40 T31 T31 T19 T5 T9 CUT CUT
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T32 T35 CUT DNP DNP CUT 74

Note: Horton never played in the U.S. Open or the PGA Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 1 4 8 20 15
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 1 4 8 24 15

Team appearances

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ace Mase equals record with victory in Switzerland". PGA European Tour. 4 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Tommy Horton awarded Honorary Tour Life Membership". Golf Business News. 6 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Mason makes history at Woburn". PGA European Tour. 2 September 2007.

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