Joe Lloyd
Joe Lloyd | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Joseph Lloyd |
Nickname | The General [1] |
Born | 1864 Hoylake, England |
Sporting nationality | ![]() |
Career | |
Status | Professional |
Professional wins | 1 |
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | DNP |
U.S. Open | Won: 1897 |
The Open Championship | 17th/T17: 1893, 1894 |
Joseph Lloyd (1864–19??) was an English professional golfer who won the third U.S. Open at the Chicago Golf Club in 1897.
Early life
Lloyd grew up playing at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake. He was an expert at making and repairing clubs.[1]
Golf career
He was the first golf professional in France, being hired in 1883 at the Pau Golf Club in Pau, France, by Englishmen spending their winters there. One of those Englishmen was John Cumming Macdona, a member at Hoylake and Pau, but who had formed a friendship with Fleetwood Sandeman of the famous Port and Sherry company. Fleetwood Sandeman was the first Captain in 1883 at Hayling Golf Club in Hampshire, where the Sandeman family had a summer house, and Macdona arranged for Joseph Lloyd to become the first professional at Hayling where Lloyd helped lay out the first 9-hole course on the seafront. 'The General', as Lloyd was popularly known, left Hayling after two seasons.[2] From 1895 to 1909 Lloyd spent his summers as the club professional at the Essex County Club, in Manchester, Massachusetts, United States, and was succeeded by Donald Ross as the club professional there. Lloyd retired from the Pau Golf Club in 1925.[1]
Lloyd played in the 1896 U.S. Open, and led at the halfway point, but finished tied for 7th place 6 strokes behind.[3][4]
1897 U.S. Open
Lloyd was known as a player capable of extremely long drives and was considered to be one of the longest hitters in his day. In the 1897 tournament, he was trailing entering the final round. He hit a long drive at the 465-yard 18th hole, following with a wonderful brassie shot to within 8 feet of the pin. He proceeded to sink the putt for an eagle 3 on the par-5 hole that gave him a one-stroke victory over Willie Anderson (who would later win four U.S. Opens). No golfer since has won the Open with an eagle on the final hole.[5]
Major championships
Wins (1)
Year | Championship | 18 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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1897 | U.S. Open | 4 shot deficit | 83-79=162 | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Results timeline
Lloyd played in only the U.S. Open and The Open Championship.
Tournament | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 |
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U.S. Open | NYF | NYF | T7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | T24 | T16 | WD | |||||||
The Open Championship | T17 | 17 | T20 |
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
References
- ^ a b c Caillé, Yves. "Joe Lloyd and the Pau Golf Club". Retrieved 18 January 2007.
- ^ A History of Hayling Golf Club by Bill John
- ^ Maloney, John. "Pressure Can Lead To Second-Round Collapse". Archived from the original on 15 February 2006. Retrieved 18 January 2007.
- ^ "Great Golf By Foulis". The New York Sun. 18 July 1896. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ Sommers, Robert (2004). Golf Anecdotes From the Links of Scotland to Tiger Woods. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195172652. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
External links
- Golfika page on Joe Lloyd
- U.S. Open 1897 page
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- 1895 Horace Rawlins
- 1896 James Foulis
- 1897 Joe Lloyd
- 1898 Fred Herd
- 1899 Willie Smith
- 1900 Harry Vardon
- 1901 Willie Anderson†
- 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie
- 1903 Willie Anderson†
- 1904 Willie Anderson
- 1905 Willie Anderson
- 1906 Alex Smith
- 1907 Alec Ross
- 1908 Fred McLeod†
- 1909 George Sargent
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- 1911 John McDermott†
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- 1913 Francis Ouimet#†
- 1914‡ Walter Hagen
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- 1916 Chick Evans#
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- 1920 Ted Ray
- 1921‡ Jim Barnes
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- 1947 Lew Worsham†
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- 1952 Julius Boros
- 1953‡ Ben Hogan
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- 1961 Gene Littler
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- 1963 Julius Boros†
- 1964 Ken Venturi
- 1965 Gary Player†
- 1966 Billy Casper†
- 1967 Jack Nicklaus
- 1968 Lee Trevino
- 1969 Orville Moody
- 1970‡ Tony Jacklin
- 1971 Lee Trevino†
- 1972 Jack Nicklaus
- 1973 Johnny Miller
- 1974 Hale Irwin
- 1975 Lou Graham†
- 1976 Jerry Pate
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- 1978 Andy North
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- 1981 David Graham
- 1982 Tom Watson
- 1983 Larry Nelson
- 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller†
- 1985 Andy North
- 1986 Raymond Floyd
- 1987 Scott Simpson
- 1988 Curtis Strange†
- 1989 Curtis Strange
- 1990 Hale Irwin†
- 1991 Payne Stewart†
- 1992 Tom Kite
- 1993 Lee Janzen
- 1994 Ernie Els†
- 1995 Corey Pavin
- 1996 Steve Jones
- 1997 Ernie Els
- 1998 Lee Janzen
- 1999 Payne Stewart
- 2000‡ Tiger Woods
- 2001 Retief Goosen†
- 2002‡ Tiger Woods
- 2003 Jim Furyk
- 2004 Retief Goosen
- 2005 Michael Campbell
- 2006 Geoff Ogilvy
- 2007 Ángel Cabrera
- 2008 Tiger Woods†
- 2009 Lucas Glover
- 2010 Graeme McDowell
- 2011‡ Rory McIlroy
- 2012 Webb Simpson
- 2013 Justin Rose
- 2014‡ Martin Kaymer
- 2015 Jordan Spieth
- 2016 Dustin Johnson
- 2017 Brooks Koepka
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- 2019 Gary Woodland
- 2020 Bryson DeChambeau
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- 2022 Matt Fitzpatrick
- 2023 Wyndham Clark
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