Reg Whitcombe
Personal information
Full name	Reginald Arthur Whitcombe
Born	1898 Burnham, England
Died	11 January 1957
Nationality	England
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	6
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 1)
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	Won: 1938
PGA Championship	DNP

Reginald Arthur Whitcombe (1898 – 11 January 1957) was an English professional golfer.^[1]

Whitcombe began his career at Came Down Golf Club in Dorset and served in the British armed forces during World War I. He was the professional at Parkstone Golf Club from 1 January 1928 until his death in 1957. He finished runner up to Henry Cotton in the 1937 Open Championship at Carnoustie, and in 1938 he won the famously windswept Open at Royal St George's, where his two final rounds of 75–78 were still enough to beat the halfway leaders by ten strokes. His two older brothers Ernest and Charles were also professional golfers and all three played together for Great Britain in the 1935 Ryder Cup.

Tournament wins[link]

this list is probably incomplete

• 1934 Penfold Tournament
• 1936 Irish Open
• 1938 Open Championship, News Chronicle Tournament
• 1946 Lotus Tournament
• 1947 Penfold Tournament (tie with Dai Rees and Norman Von Nida)

Major championships[link]

Wins (1)[link]

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner-up
1938	The Open Championship	1 shot lead	(71–71–75–78=295)	2 strokes	Jimmy Adams

Results timeline[link]

Note: The Open Championship was the only major Whitcombe played in.

NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

Regerences[link]

Further reading[link]

• The Whitcombes: A Golfing Legend by Peter Fry

External links[link]

• The Whitcombe brothers

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