Tony Grubb

Antony Gawen Grubb (22 July 1936 – 6 June 2017) was an English professional golfer. He is remembered for winning the 1964 Schweppes PGA Close Championship.

Tony Grubb
Personal information
Full name	Antony Gawen Grubb
Born	(1936-07-22)22 July 1936 Yate, Gloucestershire, England
Died	6 June 2017(2017-06-06) (aged 80) Herefordshire, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	158 lb (72 kg; 11.3 st)
Nationality	England
Career
Turned professional	1954
Former tour(s)	European Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T39: 1963, 1968

Golf career

In 1958 Grubb won the Gor-Ray Cup, the Assistants' Championship, at Hartsbourne Golf Club. He scored 285 and finished two strokes ahead of Brian Huggett.[1]

Grubb won the Schweppes PGA Close Championship at Western Gailes Golf Club in 1964 taking the first prize of £1,000. He was the only player under par and won by two strokes from Lionel Platts. The event was played in April and was the first important event of the season. Grubb benefited from having played in the United States during the early part of the year and also because, in 1964, the PGA experimented with using the bigger ball, as used in America.[2]

Grubb played in the 6-man England team in the 1967 R.T.V. International Trophy, where he won 5 of his 6 matches and halved the other.[3][4]

He tied with Brian Huggett for the 1969 36-hole pro-am Bowmaker Tournament at Sunningdale Golf Club.[5] Later in the year he won the Southern Professional Championship at Crews Hill Golf Club, Enfield.[6]

Grubb was runner-up in the 1966 Blaxnit (Ulster) Tournament and the 1968 Agfacolor Film Tournament.[7][8]

Grubb played in the early years of the European Seniors Tour from its start in 1992. He was in the top-10 of the money list in 1992 and 1993. He never won an event on the tour but was a runner-up in the 1992 Forte PGA Seniors Championship behind Tommy Horton and in the 1995 London Masters behind John Bland. In the 1992 Seniors Championship was involved in a playoff with Horton and Christy O'Connor Snr. Grubb hit his second shot out of bounds and Horton took the title with a long birdie putt.[9]

Deaths

Grubb died in Herefordshire on 6 June 2017.[10]

Tournament wins (4)

• 1958 Gor-Ray Cup
• 1964 Schweppes PGA Close Championship
• 1969 Bowmaker Tournament (tie with Brian Huggett), Southern Professional Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
The Open Championship	T39	CUT	CUT	59		T39	CUT	T41			CUT	CUT		CUT

Note: Grubb only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969, 1973 and 1974 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

• R.T.V. International Trophy (representing England): 1967 (winners)

References

1. "Assistants' title for Grubb". The Glasgow Herald. 6 June 1958. p. 3.
2. "Grubb's victory in P.G.A. tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 20 April 1964. p. 4.
3. "Scots beaten by Irish at Edmondstown". The Glasgow Herald. 26 August 1967. p. 4.
4. "England's clean sweep in R.T.V. Internationals". The Glasgow Herald. 28 August 1967. p. 4.
5. "Bowmaker Golf – Huggett and Grubb in tie". The Times. 2 July 1969. p. 13.
6. "Record 66 by Grubb". The Times. 25 September 1969. p. 15.
7. "Five Shot Win for Jacklin". Glasgow Herald. 30 May 1966. p. 4.
8. "Agfacolor event Clark's first major prize". The Glasgow Herald. 13 May 1968. p. 7.
9. "Horton recoevers to take senior title in dramatic finish". The Times. 10 August 1992. p. 25.
10. "The funeral of former PGA golfer Tony Grubb". The Ross Gazette. 7 July 2017.

External links

• Tony Grubb at the European Tour official site