Joe Lloyd
English golfer
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| name | Joe Lloyd |
| image | JoeLloyd.jpg |
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| fullname | Joseph Lloyd |
| nickname | The General |
| birth_date | 1864 |
| birth_place | Hoylake, England |
| death_date | 1900s |
| height | |
| weight | |
| nationality | |
| status | Professional |
| yearpro | |
| retired | |
| extour | |
| prowins | 1 |
| pgawins | |
| eurowins | |
| otherwins | |
| majorwins | 1 |
| masters | DNP |
| usopen | Won: 1897 |
| open | 17th/T17: 1893, 1894 |
| pga | DNP |
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| wghofyear | |
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Joseph Lloyd (1864–19??) was an English professional golfer who won the third U.S. Open at the Chicago Golf Club in 1897.
Early life
In 1864, Lloyd was born. He grew up playing at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake. He was an expert at making and repairing clubs.
Professional career
Lloyd was the first golf professional in France, being hired in 1883 at the Pau Golf Club in Pau, France, by Englishmen spending their winters there. One of those Englishmen was John Cumming Macdona, a member at Hoylake and Pau, but who had formed a friendship with Fleetwood Sandeman of the famous Port and Sherry company. Fleetwood Sandeman was the first Captain in 1883 at Hayling Golf Club in Hampshire, where the Sandeman family had a summer house, and Macdona arranged for Joseph Lloyd to become the first professional at Hayling where Lloyd helped lay out the first 9-hole course on the seafront. 'The General', as Lloyd was popularly known, left Hayling after two seasons. Lloyd was the first professional of the newly opened West Cornwall Golf Club, Lelant, Cornwall in 1890.
From 1895 to 1909 Lloyd spent his summers as the club professional at the Essex County Club, in Manchester, Massachusetts, United States, and was succeeded by Donald Ross as the club professional there. Lloyd retired from the Pau Golf Club in 1925.
Lloyd played in the 1896 U.S. Open, and led at the halfway point, but finished tied for 7th place 6 strokes behind.
Lloyd was known as a player capable of extremely long drives and was considered to be one of the longest hitters in his day. At the 1897 U.S. Open he was trailing entering the final round. He hit a long drive at the 465-yard 18th hole, following with a wonderful brassie shot to within 8 feet of the pin. He proceeded to sink the putt for an eagle 3 on the par-5 hole that gave him a one-stroke victory over Willie Anderson (who would later win four U.S. Opens). No golfer since has won the Open with an eagle on the final hole.
Major championships
Wins (1)
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| Year | Championship | 18 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1897 | U.S. Open | 4 shot deficit | 83-79=162 | 1 stroke | SCO Willie Anderson |
| :: |
Results timeline
Lloyd played in only the U.S. Open and The Open Championship. ::data[format=table]
| Tournament | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | NYF | NYF | T7 | 1 | 4 | 20 | T24 | T16 | WD | |||||||
| The Open Championship | T17 | 17 | T20 | |||||||||||||
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NYF = Tournament not yet founded
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
References
References
- A History of Hayling Golf Club by Bill John
- (5 June 1890). "West Cornwall Golf-Club". The Cornishman.
- Caillé, Yves. "Joe Lloyd and the Pau Golf Club".
- Maloney, John. "Pressure Can Lead To Second-Round Collapse".
- (18 July 1896). "Great Golf By Foulis". The New York Sun.
- (2004). "Golf Anecdotes From the Links of Scotland to Tiger Woods". Oxford University Press.
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