Ross Whitehead

Ross Whitehead
Personal information
Full name	Edmund Ross Whitehead
Born	April 1934 Surrey, England
Nationality	England
Residence	Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
Career
Turned professional	1950
Former tour(s)	European Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Other	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T12: 1962
PGA Championship	DNP

Edmund Ross Whitehead (born May 1934) is an English professional golfer. His most successful year was 1962 when he won the Wentworth Foursomes, Sunningdale Foursomes and the Gor-Ray Cup, tied for 12th in the 1962 Open Championship and reached the final of the News of the World Match Play. His only win in a major tournament was the 1972 John Player Trophy.

While an assistant at Walton Heath Golf Club, Whitehead won the 1958 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament. In 1962 he moved to Banstead Downs Golf Club and won the Gor-Ray Cup, the Assistants' Championship, by 6 strokes.

In 1972, at the age of 38, he won his first major tournament, the John Player Trophy, and the first prize of £1,500.

He was joint runner-up in the 1984 Trusthouse Forte PGA Seniors Championship, 3 strokes behind Ernie Jones.

Whitehead was the Captain of the PGA from 1993 to 1995.

Note: The Open Championship was the only major Whitehead played in.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied