Frank Jowle

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Frank Jowle
Personal information
Full nameFrank Jowle
Born(1912-05-14)14 May 1912
Wortley, Yorkshire, England
Died13 May 1996(1996-05-13) (aged 83)
Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England
Sporting nationality England
Career
Turned professional1931
Professional wins4
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open Championship3rd: 1955

Frank Jowle (14 May 1912 – 13 May 1996)[1][2] was an English professional golfer. His best season was 1958 when he won the Spalding Tournament and was joint winner of the Irish Hospitals Tournament in the space of a month. He finished third in the 1955 Open Championship.

Golfing career[]

Jowle won the 1935 Leeds Cup at after a playoff against John Fallon, scoring 72 to Fallon's 73 in the playoff.[3] The event was also the northern section qualifying competition for the News of the World Matchplay.[4] Soon afterwards he finished tied for 4th place in the Daily Mirror Assistants' Tournament at St Annes Old Links. He broke the course record with a final round of 66, coming home in 31.[5]

Jowle reached the final of the News of the World Matchplay in 1950 at Carnoustie but lost to Dai Rees 7&6. Rees was 2 up after 21 holes but then won 5 of the next 6 holes to be 7 up after 27 holes.[6] He was a losing semi-finalist in this tournament in 1954 and 1955.

He was joint winner of the 1957 Bowmaker Tournament at the , tying with Bobby Locke on 135 for the 36 holes and winning £400.[7]

In April 1958, Jowle won the Spalding Tournament at Moor Park Golf Club with a score of 277, 2 strokes ahead of Harold Henning and Arthur Lees. He won the first prize of £300.[8] In May, he was joint winner of the Irish Hospitals Tournament at Woodbrook Golf Club, tying with Bernard Hunt on 277. They shared the first and second prizes, taking home £750 each.[9]

Tournament wins[]

this list may be incomplete

Results in major championships[]

Tournament 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961
The Open Championship T18 T32 T18 CUT CUT T47 3 CUT CUT CUT

Note: Jowle only played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References[]

  1. ^ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZD-JZQC[bare URL]
  2. ^ "Find a will | GOV.UK".
  3. ^ "Leeds Cup replay". The Times. 19 July 1935. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Northern professionals' competition". The Times. 18 July 1935. p. 7.
  5. ^ "Golf – Young Welshman wins £800 tournament – W J Cox and F Jowle break course record". The Glasgow Herald. 2 August 1935. p. 19.
  6. ^ "D J Rees wins match-play title for fourth time". The Glasgow Herald. 25 September 1950. p. 6.
  7. ^ "Brown angers P.G.A – Berkshire incident". The Glasgow Herald. 25 June 1957. p. 4.
  8. ^ "Jowle's first major tournament win". The Glasgow Herald. 26 April 1958. p. 9.
  9. ^ "Hunt and Jowle share £1500 prize money – Irish hospitals tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1958. p. 4.
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