Harry Bradshaw (golfer)

Harry Bradshaw (9 October 1913 – 22 December 1990) was a leading Irish professional golfer of the 1940s and 1950s.

Harry Bradshaw
Personal information
Full name	Harry Bradshaw
Born	(1913-10-09)9 October 1913 Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland
Died	December 1990 (aged 77)
Sporting nationality	Ireland
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	21
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	2nd: 1949

Early life

Bradshaw was born in Delgany, County Wicklow. He was the son of the Delgany professional golfer Ned Bradshaw and he and his three brothers Jimmy, Eddie and Hughie all became professional golfers.

Professional career

He represented Ireland in the Triangular Professional Tournament in 1937 and Llandudno International Golf Trophy in 1938. He won the Irish PGA Championship 10 times between 1941 and 1957, tied with Christy O'Connor Snr for most wins in that event. He was also the Irish Open champion in 1947 and 1949. He teamed with Christy O'Connor to win the Canada Cup for Ireland in Mexico in 1958, finishing second in the individual section of the event despite suffering nosebleeds due to the altitude. Bradshaw played in the Ryder Cup in 1953, 1955 and 1957. He was twice Dunlop Masters champion, in 1953 and 1955.

Bradshaw lost the 1949 The Open Championship following a playoff against Bobby Locke at Royal St George's, after an extraordinary incident in the second round when his drive at the 5th hole came to rest against broken glass from a beer bottle on the fairway. Rather than taking a drop (to which he would probably have been entitled) Bradshaw elected to play the ball as it lay, but was only able to move it slightly forward, dropping the shot. The setback resulted in his tying with Locke with an aggregate of 283, thereby equaling the championship record. However, he lost the playoff to Locke. Arguably the incident with the bottle cost Bradshaw the tournament.

Personal life

Bradshaw died in December 1990.^[1]

Tournament wins (21)

European Circuit wins (5)

Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
10 Jul 1947	Irish Open	73-74-73-70=290	2 strokes	Flory Van Donck
29 Jul 1949	Irish Open	70-71-72-73=286	1 stroke	Bobby Locke
8 Oct 1953	Dunlop Masters	69-68-69-66=272	3 strokes	Max Faulkner
21 Sep 1955	Dunlop Masters	69-70-71-67=277	4 strokes	Henry Cotton
11 Apr 1958	PGA Close Championship	72-71-73-71=287	1 stroke	Dai Rees

Other wins (16)

• 1941 Irish PGA Championship
• 1942 Irish PGA Championship
• 1943 Irish PGA Championship
• 1944 Irish PGA Championship
• 1947 Irish PGA Championship
• 1950 Irish PGA Championship, Irish Dunlop Tournament
• 1951 Irish PGA Championship, Irish Dunlop Tournament
• 1952 Dunbar Open Tournament
• 1953 Irish PGA Championship
• 1954 Irish PGA Championship
• 1955 Gleneagles-Saxone Foursomes Tournament (with Joe Carr)
• 1957 Irish PGA Championship
• 1958 Irish Dunlop Tournament (tie with Norman Drew), Canada Cup (with Christy O'Connor Snr)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1949	The Open Championship	Bobby Locke	Lost 36-hole playoff; Locke: −9 (67-68=135), Bradshaw: +3 (74-73=147)

Results in major championships

Tournament	1946	1947	1948	1949
The Open Championship	11	CUT	CUT	2

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Open Championship	16	15	T9	CUT	T12	T22	T43	T19	T24	T16

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965
The Open Championship		T20	T30	CUT	CUT	CUT

Note: Bradshaw only played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain): 1953, 1955, 1957 (winners)
• Canada Cup (representing Ireland): 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 (winners), 1959
• Triangular Professional Tournament (representing Ireland): 1937
• Llandudno International Golf Trophy (representing Ireland): 1938
• Joy Cup (representing the British Isles): 1954 (winners), 1955 (winners), 1956 (winners), 1958 (winners)
• Slazenger Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1956 (winners)
• Amateurs–Professionals Match (representing the Professionals): 1956 (winners), 1957 (winners), 1958