Alex Kyle

Alexander Thompson Kyle (16 April 1907 – 7 April 1990)[1][2] was a Scottish amateur golfer. He won the 1939 Amateur Championship and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1938, 1947 and 1951.

Alex Kyle
Personal information
Full nameAlexander Thompson Kyle
Born(1907-04-16)16 April 1907
Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Died7 April 1990(1990-04-07) (aged 82)
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England
Nationality Scotland
Career
StatusAmateur
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT20: 1939
British AmateurWon: 1939

Kyle was born in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland but his family moved to Peebles when he was about two years old. Kyle learnt his golf at Peebles Golf Club.[3] Kyle moved to Yorkshire in 1931 and was a member of Sand Moor Golf Club, north of Leeds.

Kyle was selected for the 1938 Walker Cup team. Kyle was last out in the singles on the final day, playing Fred Haas. With just two matches unfinished, Great Britain and Ireland led by a point and needed to win of the two remaining matches. The Cecil Ewing/Ray Billows match went to the final hole but Kyle won his match 5&4 to give Britain their first win in the Walker Cup after nine defeats.[4]

In 1939 Kyle won the Amateur Championship beating Welshman Tony Duncan 2&1 in the final. The match was level after 33 holes but Duncan missed a short putt at the 34th and went out-of-bounds at the 35th to give Kyle victory.[5]

Kyle played in two further Walker Cup matches, in 1947 and 1951. He won his final singles match in 1951, beating Willie Turnesa by 2 holes having been 4 down at lunch.[6]

Kyle married Edith Mary Rhodes in 1949, herself an England golf internationalist who represented Great Britain in the 1939 Vagliano Trophy. Edith died in 1959 aged 52.[7]

Amateur wins

this list is incomplete

Major championships

Wins (1)
YearChampionshipWinning scoreRunner-up
1939Amateur Championship2 & 1 Tony Duncan

Results timeline
Tournament 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952
The Open Championship T20 NT NT NT NT NT NT CUT T34

Note: Kyle only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Amateur

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References
  1. "Alex Kyle". The Times. 11 April 1990. p. 45.
  2. "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  3. "Peebles claim on champion". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1939. p. 18.
  4. "Historic day of golf". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1938. p. 11.
  5. "Scot wins amateur golf title". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1939. p. 18.
  6. "Britains improved showing in Walker Cup". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1951. p. 6.
  7. "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
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