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Won: 1900, 1901, 1911, 1913. Achievements and awards. World Golf Hall of Fame. 1978 ( member page) 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.
A book about Hilton came out in 1992, a biography by John Garcia titled Harold Hilton: His Golfing Life and Times. Hilton was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1978. In 1995 he was an honoree of Jack Nicklaus' Memorial Tournament. The Harold Hilton Tournament is still played today at Royal Liverpool.
Harold Hilton, born in West Kirby, close to Hoylake, was not even the best player at his club, Royal Liverpool – John Ball was the first amateur to win The Open in 1890 and won eight Amateur Championships. Hilton won the Amateur only four times but he did one better than Ball at The Open, winning in both 1892 and 1897.
Nov 4, 2017 · 16th November 2017. Harold Hilton was born on 12th January 1869 in West Kirby, near Liverpool in England’s North West. Following in the footsteps of his father he joined the nearby Royal Liverpool Golf Club in Hoylake when he was 8 years old. The Club, which received its patronage in 1871, is the one he was associated with all of his life and ...
Hilton was born in 1862 in West Kirby, England, and died in 1942, but those numbers obviously don’t tell the story. He is one of only three amateurs to win multiple Open titles, along with Bobby Jones and John Ball — some pretty hefty company to keep. Hilton won the first Open Championship in 1892 held at Muirfield with score of 305, 21-over.
Jul 23, 2023 · Champion Golfer: Harold Hilton Royal Liverpool’s first Open provided reason for celebration, particularly when Hoylake member Harold Hilton emerged victorious. Hilton had already followed the lead of John Ball Jnr – The Open’s first amateur Champion Golfer in 1890 – by triumphing at Muirfield in The 32nd Open.
Jul 10, 2014 · Image: British golfer Harold Horsfall Hilton (1869 - 1942) Harold Hilton claimed his second Open title after James Braid faltered down the stretch in the first Open Championship to be played at ...
