Jesse Guilford
Jesse Guilford | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Jesse Poore Guilford |
Nickname | Siege Gun |
Born | (1895-03-02)March 2, 1895 Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Died | December 1, 1962(1962-12-01) (aged 67) Newton, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Sporting nationality | United States |
Career | |
Status | Amateur |
Professional wins | 2 |
Number of wins by tour | |
PGA Tour | 2 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | T19: 1922 |
The Open Championship | DNP |
U.S. Amateur | Won: 1921 |
British Amateur | R32: 1926, 1934 |
Jesse Poore Guilford (March 2, 1895 – December 1, 1962) was an American amateur golfer. He is most notable for winning the U.S. Amateur in 1921.
Early life
Guilford was born in Manchester, New Hampshire,[1] he was the son of Robert M. Guilford[2] and Agnes Jane Chambers.
Golf career
He was one of the top amateur golfers in Massachusetts, as well as the United States. His nickname was "Siege Gun" for his long drive qualities.[3] He played on three of the first four Walker Cup teams (1922, 1924, and 1926).
Personal life
The 1930 U.S. Census for Newton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, records him married to Louise B., with three daughters, Catherine, Mary L., and Jean, and son Jesse P.
Guilford died in Newton, Massachusetts.[1]
Tournament wins (12)
PGA Tour wins (2)
- 1919 Massachusetts Open
- 1929 Massachusetts Open
Other wins (10)
- 1913 New Hampshire Amateur
- 1916 Massachusetts Amateur, New Hampshire Amateur
- 1917 New Hampshire Amateur
- 1921 Miami Invitational, Massachusetts Amateur, U.S. Amateur
- 1923 Gold Mashie Tournament
- 1924 Massachusetts Amateur
- 1926 Gold Mashie Tournament
Major championships
Amateur wins (1)
Year | Championship | Winning score | Runner-up |
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1921 | U.S. Amateur | 7 & 6 | Robert A. Gardner |
Results timeline
Guilford never played in the Masters Tournament or the British Open. As an amateur, he could not play in the PGA Championship.
Tournament | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 |
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U.S. Open | NT | NT | T24 | |||
U.S. Amateur | R16 | R32 | SF | NT | NT | |
British Amateur | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Tournament | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 |
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U.S. Open | T26 | T19 | T29 | |||||||
U.S. Amateur | DNQ | 1 | QF M | QF | QF | QF | R16 | |||
British Amateur | R128 | R32 |
Tournament | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 |
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U.S. Amateur | SF | DNQ | R128 | R256 | R128 | |||||
British Amateur | R32 |
Tournament | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 |
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U.S. Amateur | NT | NT | NT | NT | ||||||
British Amateur | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
Tournament | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 |
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U.S. Amateur | R128 | |||||||
British Amateur |
M = Medalist
NT = No tournament
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Source for U.S. Open & U.S. Amateur: USGA Championship Database[4]
Source for 1921 British Amateur: The American Golfer, June 4, 1921, pg. 24.
Source for 1926 British Amateur: The American Golfer, July, 1926, pg. 58.
Source for 1934 British Amateur: The Montreal Gazette, May 25, 1934, pg. 13.
U.S. national team appearances
Amateur
- Walker Cup: 1922 (winners), 1924 (winners), 1926 (winners)
Notes and references
- ^ a b Elliott, Len; Kelly, Barbara (1976). Who's Who in Golf. New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House. p. 77. ISBN 0-87000-225-2.
- ^ U.S. National Archives (April 23, 1921). "U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 [database on-line]" (scanned microfilm). Ancestry.com. p. ARC Identifier 583830 / MLR Number A1 534; NARA Series: M1490; Roll #: 1584. Retrieved June 13, 2012.
- ^ "Guilford to Join Amateur Golfers Going to England" (PDF). The New York Times. April 26, 1921.
- ^ Results listed under both "Guilford" and "Guiford".
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- 1895 Charles B. Macdonald
- 1896 H. J. Whigham
- 1897 H. J. Whigham
- 1898 Findlay S. Douglas
- 1899 Herbert M. Harriman
- 1900 Walter Travis
- 1901 Walter Travis
- 1902 Louis N. James
- 1903 Walter Travis
- 1904 Chandler Egan
- 1905 Chandler Egan
- 1906 Eben Byers
- 1907 Jerome Travers
- 1908 Jerome Travers
- 1909 Robert Gardner
- 1910 William C. Fownes Jr.
- 1911 Harold Hilton†
- 1912 Jerome Travers
- 1913 Jerome Travers
- 1914 Francis Ouimet
- 1915 Robert Gardner
- 1916 Chick Evans
- 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I
- 1919 Davidson Herron
- 1920 Chick Evans
- 1921 Jesse Guilford
- 1922 Jess Sweetser
- 1923 Max Marston†
- 1924 Bobby Jones
- 1925 Bobby Jones
- 1926 George Von Elm
- 1927 Bobby Jones
- 1928 Bobby Jones
- 1929 Jimmy Johnston
- 1930 Bobby Jones
- 1931 Francis Ouimet
- 1932 Ross Somerville
- 1933 George Dunlap
- 1934 Lawson Little
- 1935 Lawson Little
- 1936 Johnny Fischer†
- 1937 Johnny Goodman
- 1938 Willie Turnesa
- 1939 Bud Ward
- 1940 Dick Chapman
- 1941 Bud Ward
- 1942–1945 Cancelled due to World War II
- 1946 Ted Bishop†
- 1947 Skee Riegel
- 1948 Willie Turnesa
- 1949 Charles Coe
- 1950 Sam Urzetta†
- 1951 Billy Maxwell
- 1952 Jack Westland
- 1953 Gene Littler
- 1954 Arnold Palmer
- 1955 Harvie Ward
- 1956 Harvie Ward
- 1957 Hillman Robbins
- 1958 Charles Coe
- 1959 Jack Nicklaus
- 1960 Deane Beman
- 1961 Jack Nicklaus
- 1962 Labron Harris Jr.
- 1963 Deane Beman
- 1964 William C. Campbell
- 1965 Bob Murphy
- 1966 Gary Cowan†
- 1967 Bob Dickson
- 1968 Bruce Fleisher
- 1969 Steve Melnyk
- 1970 Lanny Wadkins
- 1971 Gary Cowan
- 1972 Vinny Giles
- 1973 Craig Stadler
- 1974 Jerry Pate
- 1975 Fred Ridley
- 1976 Bill Sander
- 1977 John Fought
- 1978 John Cook
- 1979 Mark O'Meara
- 1980 Hal Sutton
- 1981 Nathaniel Crosby
- 1982 Jay Sigel
- 1983 Jay Sigel
- 1984 Scott Verplank
- 1985 Sam Randolph
- 1986 Buddy Alexander
- 1987 Billy Mayfair
- 1988 Eric Meeks
- 1989 Chris Patton
- 1990 Phil Mickelson
- 1991 Mitch Voges
- 1992 Justin Leonard
- 1993 John Harris
- 1994 Tiger Woods
- 1995 Tiger Woods
- 1996 Tiger Woods†
- 1997 Matt Kuchar
- 1998 Hank Kuehne
- 1999 David Gossett
- 2000 Jeff Quinney†
- 2001 Bubba Dickerson
- 2002 Ricky Barnes
- 2003 Nick Flanagan†
- 2004 Ryan Moore
- 2005 Edoardo Molinari
- 2006 Richie Ramsay
- 2007 Colt Knost
- 2008 Danny Lee
- 2009 An Byeong-hun
- 2010 Peter Uihlein
- 2011 Kelly Kraft
- 2012 Steven Fox†
- 2013 Matt Fitzpatrick
- 2014 Gunn Yang
- 2015 Bryson DeChambeau
- 2016 Curtis Luck
- 2017 Doc Redman
- 2018 Viktor Hovland
- 2019 Andy Ogletree
- 2020 Tyler Strafaci
- 2021 James Piot
- 2022 Sam Bennett
- 2023 Nick Dunlap
- † indicates the event was won in extra holes.
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