:Duncan Evans
{{Short description|Welsh golfer (born 1959)}}
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Duncan Evans (born January 1959 in Crewe, Cheshire, England){{cite news |newspaper=The Times |date=14 June 1980 |page=17 |title=Suddards gives little away to reach final against Evans}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.checkcompany.co.uk/director/1976964/MR-DUNCAN-EVANS |title=Duncan Evans - Lymm |website=Checkcompany.co.uk |access-date=31 October 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV71-8NBH|title=FamilySearch|website=Familysearch.org|access-date=31 October 2021}} is a Welsh amateur golfer who won The Amateur Championship at the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in 1980. Evans was the first Welshman to win the championship and that year his achievement was recognised when he was made BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.
Golfing career
In 1980, Evans became the first person from Wales to win the Amateur Championship, which was played in heavy rain at the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.{{cite web |url=http://www.royalporthcawl.com/pages.php/page/78d9cd56-73e9-102c-9079-001ec9b331b2/view_section.html |title=Royal Porthcawl Golf Club: History |website=Royalporthcawl.com |access-date=17 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120123402/http://www.royalporthcawl.com/pages.php/page/78d9cd56-73e9-102c-9079-001ec9b331b2/view_section.html |archive-date=20 January 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Evans represented Great Britain and Ireland in the 1981 Walker Cup at Cypress Point Club in California.{{cite web |url=http://www.golfunionwales.org/walker-cup.aspx |title=Walker Cup |publisher=The Golf Union of Wales |access-date=17 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101111012459/http://www.golfunionwales.org/walker-cup.aspx |archivedate=11 November 2010 }} He played in three matches; winning one, losing one with one halved. He played in two Open Championships, the 1980 at Muirfield and the 1981 at Royal St George's. Evans missed the halfway cut in 1980 and the third round cut in 1981.{{cite web |url=http://www.opengolf.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?llink=1&eventid=1980017&player=Duncan+EVANS&view=&leaderboard=1#fullbiog |title=Muirfield — 1980 Results |website=Opengolf.com |access-date=17 January 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.opengolf.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?leaderboard=1&eventid=1981018 |title=Sandwich — 1981 Results |website=Opengolf.com |access-date=17 January 2011}}
Personal history
In 2009, Evans was imprisoned for four years for his involvement in a £3.5 million Value Added Tax scam.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/news/Ex-golf-ace-brains-163-3-5m-tax-fiddle/article-1285665-detail/article.html |title=Ex-golf ace was the brains behind £3.5m tax fiddle |publisher=This is Staffordshire |author=Parker, Hayley |date=28 August 2009 |access-date=17 January 2011}}
Team appearances
Amateur
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1980 (winners)
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing Wales): 1981
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1981
References
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{{BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year winners}}
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