Gilbert Nicholls
| Gilbert Nicholls | |
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Nicholls, c. 1945
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Gilbert Ernest Nicholls |
| Born |
July 23, 1878 Dover, Kent, England |
| Died | January 17, 1950 (aged 71) Great Neck, New York |
| Nationality |
 England United States
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| Spouse | Mary Agnes Gately (1878–1927) Eleanor C. Watson-Moshier (1897–1989) |
| Children | 5 |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 12+ |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 5 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| U.S. Open | 2nd: 1904, 1907 |
| The Open Championship | T13: 1924 |
| PGA Championship | T33: 1922 |
Gilbert Ernest Nicholls (July 23, 1878 – January 17, 1950) was an English-American professional golfer, prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He had eight top-10 finishes in the U.S. Open.
Nicholls was born in Dover, Kent, England on July 23, 1878 to Frank Nicholls (1851–1930) and Lois Elizabeth Cordrey (1855–1935).
After working in Cannes, France, the two Nicholls brothers emigrated to the United States in 1897 and 1898, when golf was growing rapidly in North America. He had an older brother Bernard (also known as Ben), also an excellent competitive golfer, who posted five top-10 finishes in the U.S. Open between 1897 and 1907, although Gilbert eventually compiled the better record of the two.
Bernard Nicholls, then playing out of the Boston area, earned the distinction of twice defeating Harry Vardon, then the top player in the world, head-to-head, on Vardon's 1900 tour of the United States and Canada; those were the only head-to-head matches Vardon lost on that tour.
The first match was on February 17, 1900 at Ormond Beach, Florida when he soundly defeated the British star 5&4; and the second was at the Brae Burn Country Club near Boston on 13 October 1900 when he won 2 up in a 36-hole match.
The Nicholls brothers worked as club professionals and also sold golf clubs under the "Nicholls Brothers" and later "Butchart-Nicholls" brands. Gilbert worked at clubs in Lexington, Massachusetts, St. Louis, Missouri, Denver, Colorado, Wilmington, Delaware, Beaumont, Texas, and finally Great Neck, New York.
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