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[[File:James Braid Vanity Fair 26 June 1907.jpg|right|thumb|Braid caricatured by [[Leslie Ward|Spy]] for ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', 1907]]
[[File:James Braid Vanity Fair 26 June 1907.jpg|right|thumb|Braid caricatured by [[Leslie Ward|Spy]] for ''[[Vanity Fair (British magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', 1907]]
'''James Braid''' (6 February 1870<ref name="spbirth">{{cite web | title=Births in the Parish of Kilconquar in the County of Fife| work=Statutory Births 436/00 0009 |accessdate=18 February 2015 | url=http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search/birth/index.aspx | publisher =[[ScotlandsPeople]] |subscription=yes}}</ref> – 27 November 1950) was a Scottish [[professional golfer]] and a member of the [[Great Triumvirate (golf)|Great Triumvirate]] of the sport alongside [[Harry Vardon]] and [[John Henry Taylor]]. He won [[The Open Championship]] five times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx#player=James+BRAID |title=James Braid |publisher=The Open |accessdate=16 October 2013}}</ref> He also was a renowned [[golf course architect]].
'''James Braid''' (6 February 1870<ref name="spbirth">{{cite web | title=Births in the Parish of Kilconquar in the County of Fife| work=Statutory Births 436/00 0009 |accessdate=18 February 2015 | url=http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/search/birth/index.aspx | publisher =[[ScotlandsPeople]] |subscription=yes}}</ref> – 27 November 1950) was a Scottish [[professional golfer]] and a member of the [[Great Triumvirate (golf)|Great Triumvirate]] of the sport alongside [[Harry Vardon]] and [[John Henry Taylor]]. He won [[The Open Championship]] five times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx#player=James+BRAID |title=James Braid |publisher=The Open |accessdate=16 October 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016164928/http://www.theopen.com/en/History/OpenChampions.aspx#player=James+BRAID |archivedate=16 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He also was a renowned [[golf course architect]].


Braid was born in [[Earlsferry]], [[Fife]], [[Scotland]], the son of James and Mary (née Harris). He played golf from an early age, working as a clubmaker before turning professional in 1896. Initially his game was hindered by problems with his putting, but he overcame this after switching to an aluminum putter in 1900. He won [[The Open Championship]] in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. In addition, Braid won four [[British PGA Matchplay Championship]]s (1903, 1905, 1907 and 1911), as well as the 1910 [[French Open (golf)|French Open]] title. He was also runner-up in The Open Championship in 1897 and 1909. His 1906 victory in The Open Championship was the last successful defence of the title by a European until [[Pádraig Harrington]] replicated the feat in [[2008 Open Championship|2008]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Harrington sets 'exclusive' goals |date=21 July 2008 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/7516931.stm |accessdate=14 August 2008}}</ref>
Braid was born in [[Earlsferry]], [[Fife]], [[Scotland]], the son of James and Mary (née Harris). He played golf from an early age, working as a clubmaker before turning professional in 1896. Initially his game was hindered by problems with his putting, but he overcame this after switching to an aluminum putter in 1900. He won [[The Open Championship]] in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. In addition, Braid won four [[British PGA Matchplay Championship]]s (1903, 1905, 1907 and 1911), as well as the 1910 [[French Open (golf)|French Open]] title. He was also runner-up in The Open Championship in 1897 and 1909. His 1906 victory in The Open Championship was the last successful defence of the title by a European until [[Pádraig Harrington]] replicated the feat in [[2008 Open Championship|2008]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Harrington sets 'exclusive' goals |date=21 July 2008 |work=[[BBC News]] |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/7516931.stm |accessdate=14 August 2008}}</ref>
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* Alloa Golf Club, [[Alloa]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alloa Golf Club|url=http://golf.visitscotland.com/courses/alloa.aspx|accessdate=29 April 2013}}</ref>
* Alloa Golf Club, [[Alloa]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Alloa Golf Club|url=http://golf.visitscotland.com/courses/alloa.aspx|accessdate=29 April 2013}}</ref>
* Belleisle Golf Club, [[Alloway]], [[Ayr]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Belleisle Golf Club|url=http://www.golfsouthayrshire.com/courses/3/belleisle/|accessdate=23 August 2013}}</ref>
* Belleisle Golf Club, [[Alloway]], [[Ayr]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Belleisle Golf Club|url=http://www.golfsouthayrshire.com/courses/3/belleisle/|accessdate=23 August 2013|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016232955/http://www.golfsouthayrshire.com/courses/3/belleisle/|archivedate=16 October 2013|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* [[Bentra G.C]], [[Whitehead, County Antrim|Whitehead]], [[Northern Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bentra Golf Club|url=http://www.bentragolf.co.uk|accessdate=8 July 2015}}</ref>
* [[Bentra G.C]], [[Whitehead, County Antrim|Whitehead]], [[Northern Ireland]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Bentra Golf Club|url=http://www.bentragolf.co.uk|accessdate=8 July 2015}}</ref>
* Budock Vean Golf Club, [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]], Cornwall<ref>{{cite web|title=Budock Vean Golf Club|url=http://www.budockvean.co.uk/our-resort/golf|accessdate=29 April 2013}}</ref>
* Budock Vean Golf Club, [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]], Cornwall<ref>{{cite web|title=Budock Vean Golf Club|url=http://www.budockvean.co.uk/our-resort/golf|accessdate=29 April 2013}}</ref>
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Musselburgh Golf Club, Musselburgh, East Lothian<ref>{{cite web |title=The Musselburgh Golf Club |url=http://www.themusselburghgolfclub.com/ |accessdate=16 October 2013}}</ref>
Musselburgh Golf Club, Musselburgh, East Lothian<ref>{{cite web |title=The Musselburgh Golf Club |url=http://www.themusselburghgolfclub.com/ |accessdate=16 October 2013}}</ref>
* Neath Golf Club, Neath, Wales<ref>{{cite web |title=Neath Golf Club |url=http://www.neathgolfclub.co.uk/ |accessdate=16 October 2013}}</ref>
* Neath Golf Club, Neath, Wales<ref>{{cite web |title=Neath Golf Club |url=http://www.neathgolfclub.co.uk/ |accessdate=16 October 2013}}</ref>
* Newton Green Golf Club, Sudbury, Suffolk<ref>{{cite web |title=Newton Green Golf Club |url=http://www.club-noticeboard.co.uk/newtongreen/welcome.html |accessdate=16 October 2013}}</ref>
* Newton Green Golf Club, Sudbury, Suffolk<ref>{{cite web |title=Newton Green Golf Club |url=http://www.club-noticeboard.co.uk/newtongreen/welcome.html |accessdate=16 October 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016233431/http://www.club-noticeboard.co.uk/newtongreen/welcome.html |archivedate=16 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
* North Shore Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire<ref>{{cite web |title=North Shore Golf Club |url=http://www.northshoregolf.co.uk/ |accessdate=4 November 2015}}</ref>
* North Shore Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire<ref>{{cite web |title=North Shore Golf Club |url=http://www.northshoregolf.co.uk/ |accessdate=4 November 2015}}</ref>
* Oswestry Golf Club, Shropshire <ref>{{cite web |title=Oswestry Golf Club |url=http://www.oswestrygolfclub.co.uk/course/ |accessdate=16 September 2017}}</ref>
* Oswestry Golf Club, Shropshire <ref>{{cite web |title=Oswestry Golf Club |url=http://www.oswestrygolfclub.co.uk/course/ |accessdate=16 September 2017}}</ref>
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== External links ==
== External links ==
{{Commons category|James Braid (golfer)}}
{{Commons category|James Braid (golfer)}}
*[http://www.golflegends.org/james-braid.php James Braid] Profile at Golf Legends
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060516124619/http://www.golflegends.org/james-braid.php James Braid] Profile at Golf Legends
*[http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/james_braid.htm James Braid] Profile at Golf About
*[http://golf.about.com/od/golfersmen/p/james_braid.htm James Braid] Profile at Golf About
*[http://golf.visitscotland.com/jbcollection/ James Braid Golf Trail] James Braid Golf Trail
*[http://golf.visitscotland.com/jbcollection/ James Braid Golf Trail] James Braid Golf Trail
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*[http://www.hickorygolfers.com/dublincore/dckeyword.php?dc_searchstring=braid SoHG Archives]
*[http://www.hickorygolfers.com/dublincore/dckeyword.php?dc_searchstring=braid SoHG Archives]
*[http://www.hickorygolfers.com/articletemplate.php?art=braid_by_darwin2.htm James Braid: A Man of Character, Article by Bernard Darwin]
*[http://www.hickorygolfers.com/articletemplate.php?art=braid_by_darwin2.htm James Braid: A Man of Character, Article by Bernard Darwin]
*[http://www.hickorygolfers.com/notes.php#design James Braid on Golf Course Architecture]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070829135952/http://www.hickorygolfers.com/notes.php#design James Braid on Golf Course Architecture]


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James Braid
Braid playing at the Open de France
at Chantilly in 1913
Personal information
Full nameJames Braid
Born(1870-02-06)6 February 1870
Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland
Died27 November 1950(1950-11-27) (aged 80)
London, England
Sporting nationality Scotland
Career
StatusProfessional
Professional wins19
Best results in major championships
(wins: 5)
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipWon: 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1910
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame1976 (member page)
Braid caricatured by Spy for Vanity Fair, 1907

James Braid (6 February 1870[1] – 27 November 1950) was a Scottish professional golfer and a member of the Great Triumvirate of the sport alongside Harry Vardon and John Henry Taylor. He won The Open Championship five times.[2] He also was a renowned golf course architect.

Braid was born in Earlsferry, Fife, Scotland, the son of James and Mary (née Harris). He played golf from an early age, working as a clubmaker before turning professional in 1896. Initially his game was hindered by problems with his putting, but he overcame this after switching to an aluminum putter in 1900. He won The Open Championship in 1901, 1905, 1906, 1908 and 1910. In addition, Braid won four British PGA Matchplay Championships (1903, 1905, 1907 and 1911), as well as the 1910 French Open title. He was also runner-up in The Open Championship in 1897 and 1909. His 1906 victory in The Open Championship was the last successful defence of the title by a European until Pádraig Harrington replicated the feat in 2008.[3]

In 1912, Braid scaled back his tournament golf, and became a club professional at Walton Heath. He developed a very successful career in golf course design,[4] and is sometimes regarded as the "inventor" of the dogleg, although holes of similar design had been known for centuries (for example, the Road Hole at the Old Course at St Andrews). Among his designs are the "King's Course" and the "Queen's Course" at Gleneagles, and the 1926 remodelling of The Open Championship venue Carnoustie Golf Links.

Stranraer Golf Club's course was the final one that was designed by Braid in the year that he died, 1950. He was called out of retirement to plan Creachmore, which was to be his last commission. Braid never lived to see the course completed. He died in London on 27 November 1950.[5]

Tournament wins (19)

Note: This list may be incomplete.

Major championships are shown in bold.

Major championships

Wins (5)

Year Championship 54 Holes Winning Score Margin Runner(s)-up
1901 The Open Championship 5 shot lead 79-76-74-80=309 3 strokes Jersey Harry Vardon
1905 The Open Championship (2) 6 shot lead 81-78-78-81=318 5 strokes England Rowland Jones, England J.H. Taylor
1906 The Open Championship (3) 3 shot deficit 77-76-74-73=300 4 strokes England J.H. Taylor
1908 The Open Championship (4) 6 shot lead 70-72-77-72=291 8 strokes England Tom Ball
1910 The Open Championship (5) 2 shot deficit 76-73-74-76=299 4 strokes Scotland Sandy Herd

Results timeline

Tournament 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
The Open Championship T10 6 2 T10 T5
Tournament 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909
The Open Championship 3 1 T2 5 T2 1 1 T5 1 T2
Tournament 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
The Open Championship 1 T5 3 T18 T10 NT NT NT NT NT
Tournament 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
The Open Championship T21 T16 T49 T18 T28 T30 T41
Tournament 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Braid only played in The Open Championship

  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Golf courses designed by Braid

Braid designed over 200 courses including the following:

  • Alloa Golf Club, Alloa[6]
  • Belleisle Golf Club, Alloway, Ayr[7]
  • Bentra G.C, Whitehead, Northern Ireland[8]
  • Budock Vean Golf Club, Falmouth, Cornwall[9]
  • Colchester Golf Club, Colchester, Essex[10]
  • Copthorne Golf Club, Copthorne, West Sussex[11]
  • East Brighton Golf Club, Brighton, East Sussex[12]
  • Finchley Golf Club[13]
  • Herefordshire Golf Club, Raven's Causeway, Herefordshire (1896)[14]
  • Hull Golf Club, Kirk Ella, East Riding of Yorkshire.[15]
  • Kirkistown Castle Links, Cloughey, Co. Down, Northern Ireland[16]
  • Kirriemuir Golf Club, Kirriemuir, Angus[17]
  • Porthmadog Golf Club, Morfa Bychan, North Wales
  • Northcliffe Golf Club, Shipley, West Yorkshire
  • Ludlow Golf Club, Shropshire

Musselburgh Golf Club, Musselburgh, East Lothian[18]

  • Neath Golf Club, Neath, Wales[19]
  • Newton Green Golf Club, Sudbury, Suffolk[20]
  • North Shore Golf Club, Skegness, Lincolnshire[21]
  • Oswestry Golf Club, Shropshire [22]
  • Perranporth Golf Club, Perranporth, Cornwall[23]
  • Royal Blackheath Golf Club
  • Worsley Golf Club, Greater Manchester
  • Saint Enodoc Golf Club, Wadebridge, Cornwall[24]
  • St Austell Golf Club, St Austell, Cornwall[25]
  • Stranraer Golf Club, Stranraer[5]
  • Tiverton Golf Club, Tiverton, Devon, England[26]
  • Theydon Bois Golf Club Epping Essex 1897
  • Verulam Golf Club, St. Albans, Hertfordshire
  • Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Leicestershire
  • Boat of Garten Golf Club, Inverness-Shire, Scotland[27]
  • King's and Queen's Course, Gleneagles Golf Club. Perthshire, Scotland.
  • Erskine Golf Club, Erskine, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Fraserburgh Golf Club, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  • Renfrew Golf Club, Renfrew, Renfrewshire, Scotland
  • Howth Golf Club, Howth, Dublin, Co. Dublin, Ireland
  • Charnwood Forest Golf Club, Woodhouse, Leicestershire the oldest golf club in Leicestershire
  • Wrexham Golf Club, Wrexham, Wales
  • Eaglescliffe Golf Club, Stockton-on-Tees, England
  • Ryston Park Golf Club
  • Middlesbrough Golf Club, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough
  • Peterborough Milton Golf Club, Cambridgeshire
  • Littlehill Golf Course, Glasgow

See also

References

  1. ^ "Births in the Parish of Kilconquar in the County of Fife". Statutory Births 436/00 0009. ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 18 February 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |subscription= ignored (|url-access= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "James Braid". The Open. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "Harrington sets 'exclusive' goals". BBC News. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2008.
  4. ^ "The James Braid Golf Trail". Visit Scotland. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
  5. ^ a b "History of Stranraer Golf Club". Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  6. ^ "Alloa Golf Club". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Belleisle Golf Club". Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 23 August 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "Bentra Golf Club". Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  9. ^ "Budock Vean Golf Club". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  10. ^ "Colchester Golf Club". Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  11. ^ Copthorne Golf Club
  12. ^ "East Brighton Golf Club". Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  13. ^ "Finchley Golf Club website".
  14. ^ "Herefordshire Golf Club website".
  15. ^ "About Hull Golf Club". Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  16. ^ "Kirkistown Castle Links". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  17. ^ "Kirriemuir Golf Club". Retrieved 17 July 2013.
  18. ^ "The Musselburgh Golf Club". Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  19. ^ "Neath Golf Club". Retrieved 16 October 2013.
  20. ^ "Newton Green Golf Club". Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  21. ^ "North Shore Golf Club". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  22. ^ "Oswestry Golf Club". Retrieved 16 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Perranporth Golf Club". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  24. ^ "Saint Enodoc Golf Club". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  25. ^ "St Austell Golf Club". Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  26. ^ "Tiverton Golf Club". Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  27. ^ "Boat of Garten Golf Club". Retrieved 23 October 2015.

Further reading

Darwin, Bernard (1952). James Braid. London: Hodder & Stoughton.

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