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Harry Vardon. Henry William Vardon (9 May 1870 – 20 March 1937) was a professional golfer from Jersey. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times, [1] and also won the 1900 U.S. Open. [2] [3]
Harry Vardon (born May 9, 1870, Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands—died March 20, 1937, Totteridge, Hertfordshire, England) was a British professional golfer, who pioneered accurate and reliable hitting techniques that are still the basis of the modern golf swing. Harry Vardon, 1927. Vardon began playing golf desultorily while working as a ...
Harry Vardon was the first player to win The Open six times and no one has yet to match his record. He was born in Grouville, on Jersey, and first caddied on the course there before following his younger brother Tom, who was runner-up to Harry in the 1903 Open, into life as a golf professional in England.
Jul 6, 2023 · Harry Vardon spearheaded a new age in professional golf: six times Open champion and a US Open winner, his fame was international and his legacy great. His promotional tour of the USA in 1900 and his rivalry within the Great Triumvirate heightened public interest in the sport and paved the way for later professionals to gain recognition and ...
Jul 14, 2014 · The British golfer Harry Vardon, the folk hero of professional golf’s formative era, inspired most of the game’s culture as it exists today, notably with his unmatched six British Open titles.
May 29, 2017 · Harry Vardon was the first international golf celebrity, and easily one of the game's most influential players. The grip he popularized is now known as the Vardon Grip (a k a, the overlapping grip); the "Vardon Flyer" golf ball may have represented the first equipment deal for a golfer; his instructional books continue, to this day, to ...
May 8, 2019 · The Open's history-maker. Five men have been crowned Champion Golfer of the Year on four occasions, four have lifted the Claret Jug five times, but only one man has been Champion Golfer in six separate years – Harry Vardon. Jersey’s greatest sporting export would have celebrated his 149th birthday today and his is a story of excellence that ...
Jun 9, 2017 · James Braid, J.H. Taylor, and Harry Vardon formed the Great Triumvirate that ruled the golf world in the mid-1890s through the mid-1910s. Arguably, Vardon was the best of the three. He is the only person to ever win six British Opens. Also among his 62 professional victories was the 1900 United States Open.
Jul 17, 2003 · It happened a century ago, on June 11, 1903, at the British Open at Prestwick. There, battling lightheadedness and extreme fatigue, Harry Vardon matched both Old and Young Tom Morris by winning ...
When Harry Vardon holed his final putt of the 1914 Open at Prestwick Golf Club, collecting his 6th and last Open Championship, it was the last major of a glittering career. In an exceptionally consistent and prolific career spanning two decades, the name of Henry William Vardon, better known as “Harry”, was etched on the trophies of 7 ...
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