Willie Macfarlane

For other people with the same name, see William McFarlane.

William Macfarlane (29 June 1889^[1] – 15 August 1961) was a Scottish professional golfer.

Willie Macfarlane
Macfarlane in 1925
Personal information
Full name	William Macfarlane
Born	(1889-06-29)29 June 1889 Aberdeen, Scotland
Died	15 August 1961(1961-08-15) (aged 72) London, England
Sporting nationality	Scotland
Career
Status	Professional
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	22
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	21
Best results in major championships (wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	6th: 1934
PGA Championship	T3: 1916
U.S. Open	Won: 1925
The Open Championship	DNP

Early life

Macfarlane was born in Aberdeen, Scotland.^[1]

Professional career

Like many British golfers of his era, he took a position as a club professional in the United States. In 1925 he won the U.S. Open at Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts. He tied Bobby Jones over 72 holes, with both men shooting 291. Macfarlane had set a new U.S. Open single round low-score of 67 in the second round. The two men played an 18-hole playoff and both of them shot 75. Macfarlane won a second 18-hole playoff by 72 shots to 73.

Macfarlane played in the U.S. Open 16 times, but only had one other top-10 finish. He won 21 times on the PGA Tour.

Personal life

Macfarlane died in Miami, Florida.

Professional wins (22)

PGA Tour wins (21)

• 1916 (1) Rockland CC Four-Ball
• 1921 (1) Philadelphia Open Championship
• 1924 (1) Westchester Open
• 1925 (2) U.S. Open, Shawnee Open
• 1928 (1) Shawnee Open
• 1930 (3) Metropolitan Open, Westchester Open, Mid-South Open Bestball (with Wiffy Cox)
• 1931 (2) Miami International Four-Ball (with Wiffy Cox), Kenwood Open
• 1932 (1) St. Petersburg Open
• 1933 (4) Metropolitan Open, Mid-South Pro-Pro (with Paul Runyan), Mid-South Open (tie with Paul Runyan and Joe Turnesa), Miami Biltmore Open (December)
• 1934 (1) Pennsylvania Open Championship
• 1935 (2) Florida West Coast Open, Glens Falls Open
• 1936 (2) Walter Olson Golf Tournament (tie with Tommy Armour), Nassau Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

Other wins (1)

Note: This list is probably incomplete.

• 1922 Westchester Open

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1925	U.S. Open	1 shot lead	[phone]=291)	Playoff 1	Bobby Jones

¹ Defeated Jones in second 18-hole playoff – Macfarlane 75-72=147 (+5), Jones 75-73=148 (+6).

Result timeline

Tournament	1912	1913	1914	1915	1916	1917	1918	1919
U.S. Open	T18	WD	WD	T35		NT	NT
PGA Championship	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	SF	NT	NT

Tournament	1920	1921	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929
U.S. Open	T8		WD			1	T20	T18	T14	T27
PGA Championship	R32			QF	R16				R16

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF	6	T31		T19	38
U.S. Open	T43		CUT			T47		T47	T32
PGA Championship		R16						R32

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946
Masters Tournament				NT	NT	NT
U.S. Open			NT	NT	NT	NT	WD
PGA Championship				NT

Note: Macfarlane never played in The Open Championship.

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

NYF = tournament not yet founded
NT = no tournament
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
R32, R16, QF, SF = round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	4
U.S. Open	1	0	0	1	2	6	16	12
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
PGA Championship	0	0	1	2	5	7	7	7
Totals	1	0	1	3	8	15	27	23

• Most consecutive cuts made – 10 (1923 PGA – 1931 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1923 PGA – 1925 U.S. Open)

See also

• List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins