Horace Hutchinson
| Horace Hutchinson | |
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Hutchinson in 1889
(Photo courtesy National Portrait Gallery, London) |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Horatio Gordon Hutchinson |
| Nickname | Horace |
| Born |
16 May 1859 London, England |
| Died | 27 July 1932 (aged 73) Chelsea, London, England |
| Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (182 cm) |
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st) |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Spouse | Dorothy Margaret Chapman |
| Career | |
| College |
Corpus Christi College Oxford University |
| Status | Amateur |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | 6th: 1890 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| British Amateur | Won: 1886; 1887 |
Horatio Gordon "Horace" Hutchinson (16 May 1859 – 27 July 1932) was an English amateur golfer who played in the late 19th century and early 20th century. Hutchinson won the 1886 Amateur Championship and the 1887 Amateur Championship. He had three top-10 finishes in the Open Championship, his best result being sixth in the 1890 Open Championship.
He was also a prolific writer of books on the subject of golf and other sporting themes. Hutchinson was the first English captain of the R&A links at St Andrews Golf Club, Scotland. He suffered from grave illness in the latter portion of his life and committed suicide in Chelsea, London, England, on 27 July 1932.
Hutchinson, born 16 May 1859 in London, England, was the third son of General William Nelson Hutchinson (1803–1895). He began his golfing career at an early age playing at the Royal North Devon golf club—also known as Westward Ho!—a course founded in 1864 and designed by Old Tom Morris. By the age of sixteen he won the club medal championship. He attended Corpus Christi College for a time where he was a cricket player, then Oxford University from 1878–81 where he made an immediate impression by playing number one on the Oxford golf team and led them to victory over arch rival Cambridge in the University Golf Match.
During his Oxford years he would spend vacations at home playing the Royal North Devon course accompanied by a young orphaned caddie who was employed by the Hutchinson family as a houseboy. The young lad went by the name of John Henry Taylor. Taylor's future exploits in golf—which included winning five Open Championships—would become legendary.
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