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Harold Horsfall Hilton (12 January 1869 – 5 May 1942) was an English amateur golfer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He won The Open Championship twice, The Amateur Championship four times, and the U.S. Amateur Championship once.

Career

thumb|Hilton c. 1904

thumb|Hilton in 1914

Hilton was born in West Kirby and attended West Buckland School in Devon. In 1892, he won The Open Championship at Muirfield, becoming the second amateur to do so. He won again in 1897 at his home club, Royal Liverpool Golf Club, Hoylake. The only other amateurs who have won the Open Championship are John Ball and Bobby Jones. Hilton's autobiography My Golfing Reminiscences was published in 1907.

Hilton also won The Amateur Championship on four occasions, including 1911, when he became the only British player to win the British and U.S. Amateurs in the same year. Hilton retired with a 99–29 record (77.3%) at The Amateur Championship.

From 1905 to 1915, Hilton was a member at Ashford Manor Golf Club in Middlesex (now Surrey), the club having been incorporated in 1902. In 1912, he played a major part in designing Ferndown Golf Club in Dorset which became an Open Championship qualifying course and one of the top 100 courses in the UK.

Personal life

Hilton died on 5 May 1942 at Gloucestershire, England at the age 73.

Legacy

Hilton was also a golf writer. He was the co-author in 1912 of The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf with Garden Smith. The Donovan and Jerris golf book bibliography says about the book, "Quite simply stated, Hilton and Smith's "The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf" is one of the most magnificent books in the library of golf. Well-illustrated and sweeping in content…" He was also the first editor of Golf Monthly and also the editor of Golf Illustrated.

Hilton also designed many courses. In addition, he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978.

Bibliography

1907 My Golfing Reminiscences
1912 The Royal and Ancient Game of Golf (with Garden Smith)

Tournament wins (47)

:Note: This list may be incomplete

1889 Royal Liverpool Summer Lubbock Gold Medal, Royal Liverpool Autumn Kennard Gold Medal, West Lancashire Golf Club Mayor's Prize, Royal Liverpool Summer Lubbock Gold Medal, West Lancashire Golf Club Gold Medal, West Lancashire Golf Club Silver Challenge Cup,
1893 St. George's Challenge Cup, Formby Prestwich Gold Medal, Formby Cullen Silver Medal, Royal Liverpool Spring Connaught Challenge Star Medal, West Lancashire Golf Club Silver Cup, Lytham & St. Anne's Golf Club Thistleton Medal Formby Cullen Silver Medal, Royal Liverpool Spring Connaught Challenge Star Medal, Royal Liverpool Milligan St. Andrew's Gold Cross

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|align=left|The Open Championship

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|align=left|The Amateur Championship

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|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|style="background:lime;"|1 LA

|style="background:yellow;"|T8

|WD

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|style="background:lime;"|1 LA

|style="background:yellow;"|3 LA

|T12

|align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:yellow;"|QF

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|R32

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|R32

|style="background:yellow;"|2

|R32

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

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|align=left|U.S. Amateur

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|T16

|style="background:yellow;"|4 LA

|style="background:yellow;"|T6

|T25

|WD

|CUT

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|WD

|align=left|The Amateur Championship

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|style="background:yellow;"|QF

|R64

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|R64

|R128

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

|R64

|R32

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|align=left|The Open Championship

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|style="background:yellow;"|T3 LA

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|WD

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|align=left|The Amateur Championship

|style="background:yellow;"|SF

|style="background:lime;"|1

|style="background:yellow;"|R16

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|R32

|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT

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|style="background:lime;"|1 M

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|align=left|The Open Championship

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|align=left|The Amateur Championship

|R32

|R64

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|R128

|R256

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|R256

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Note: Hilton only played in The Open Championship, U.S. Amateur, and The Amateur Championship.

LA = Low amateur

M = Medalist

NYF = Tournament not yet founded

NT = No tournament

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = withdrew

"T" indicates a tie for a place

R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Team appearances

England–Scotland Amateur Match (representing England): 1902, 1903 (winners), 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 (winners), 1911, 1912
Coronation Match (representing the Amateurs): 1911

Career

Personal life

Legacy

Bibliography

Tournament wins (47)

Team appearances

References