Harry Berwick
{{Short description|Australian golfer (1923–1988)}}
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Harry Williamson Berwick {{post-nominals|country=AUS|MBE}} (23 April 1923 – 3 April 1988) was an Australian golfer. He won the Australian Amateur twice, in 1950 and 1956, and won the 1952 New Zealand Amateur. He won two open titles in 1956, the Lakes Open and the New Zealand Open. He was part of the Australian teams that won the 1954 Commonwealth Tournament at St Andrews and the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy in Mexico City. He turned professional at the age of 52.
Early life
Berwick was born in Erskineville, Sydney, on 23 April 1923. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1944 and 1945.{{cite web |url=https://honouringveterans.org/vet_profile.php?id=941264 |title=Harry Williamson Berwick |publisher=Honouring Veterans |access-date=22 February 2021}} He was a bricklayer.
Golf career
In 1949 Berwick won the trophy as the leading amateur in the Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club. He had tied with Peter Heard, despite a final round of 80.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28665103 |title=Cremin's Shock Win In Open: Pickworth Disqualified |newspaper=The Sunday Herald (Sydney) |issue=37 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=2 October 1949 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=8 (Sports Section) |via=National Library of Australia}} Berwick won the award after a second 18-hole playoff, the two having been level after the first one.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18136103 |title=Berwick Leads Amateurs |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=34883 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 October 1949 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} In 1950 Berwick won the Australian Amateur at Royal Adelaide, beating Bill Edgar 4&3 in the final. He was four-up after the morning round and won with an eagle-3 at the 33rd hole.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18183184 |title=Eagle at last gives Berwick title |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=35168 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 September 1950 |access-date=25 November 2020 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}
In 1952 Berwick was part of the four-man Australian team that toured New Zealand.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205419518 |title=Coogan in Golf Team |newspaper=The Age |issue=30392 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=25 September 1952 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=14 |via=National Library of Australia}} The Sloan Morpeth Trophy match against New Zealand was tied, Berwick winning his singles match against Bryan Silk.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47425175 |title=S.A. Golfers Beaten In New Zealand |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=95 |issue=29323 |location=South Australia |date=4 October 1952 |access-date=14 February 2021 |page=16 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47419109 |title=N.Z. Golf Test Drawn |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=95 |issue=29324 |location=South Australia |date=6 October 1952 |access-date=14 February 2021 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} Later in the tour Berwick finished runner-up in the New Zealand Open at Wanganui, a stroke behind Alex Murray, taking the Bledisloe Cup as the leading amateur.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18510410 |title=Murray in golf win |newspaper=The Sunday Herald (Sydney) |issue=195 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 October 1952 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=9 (Sport Section) |via=National Library of Australia}} The following week he won the New Zealand Amateur, beating Jack Coogan 7&6 in the final.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=E8RVAAAAIBAJ&pg=4139%2C5450095 |title=First N.Z. Golf Title to Aust. |newspaper=The Age |date=23 October 1952 |page=14 |access-date=23 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}}
Berwick won the New South Wales Amateur Championship at Concord in 1953, beating Bruce Crampton 5&4 in the final.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230216615 |title=Berwick's first N.S.W. title |newspaper=The Sun (Sydney) |issue=2625 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 August 1953 |access-date=17 February 2021 |page=31 |via=National Library of Australia}} He won the title again in 1955, beating Ted Rigney by one hole at Long Reef.{{cite news |newspaper=The Sun-Herald |title=Berwick wins his second state golf title |first=Les |last=Ryan |date=21 August 1955 |page=50}} He reached the final again in 1958, but lost 4&3 to Bruce Devlin.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P3lWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2461%2C4759679 |newspaper=The Sun-Herald |title=Devlin in fine win |first=Les |last=Ryan |date=20 July 1958 |page=62 |access-date=17 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}} In 1953 he was again in the Australian team for the Sloan Morpeth Trophy at The Australian Golf Club. The Australian team won by 5 matches to 1, Berwick being the only Australian to lose a match, beaten 2&1 by Tim Woon.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zuVVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3862%2C1417432 |newspaper=The Age |title=Australians Lead in Golf |date=12 September 1953 |page=10}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z-VVAAAAIBAJ&pg=2962%2C1725713 |newspaper=The Age |title=Australia's Easy Win in Golf Test |date=14 September 1953 |page=14}} In 1954, Berwick was part of the six-man Australian team that played in the inaugural Commonwealth Tournament on the Old Course at St Andrews. The Australian players also competed in the Amateur Championship at Muirfield, Berwick losing in the second round after beating New Zealander Bryan Silk in the first round.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IjxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=1982%2C2816485 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |title=Yesterday's results |date=25 May 1954 |page=4 |access-date=23 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ITxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=4137%2C2684837 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |title=Yesterday's results |date=26 May 1954 |page=4 |access-date=23 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}} The Australian team won the five-team Commonwealth event, with three wins and a tied match against Great Britain.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LDxAAAAAIBAJ&pg=6476%2C4220432 |title=Amateur Champion's lead to Australia – Lessons of Commonwealth Event |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=9 |date=7 June 1954}}
In 1956 Berwick won the Australian Amateur for the second time. As in 1950 he met Bill Edgar in the final, holing a 12-foot putt at the 36th hole to win the match.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71652804 |title=Veteran Bill still chases that title ... |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |location=Victoria, Australia |date=20 August 1956 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}} The following week he won the Lakes Open, three strokes ahead of Billy Bolger and Eric Cremin. He was the first amateur winner of the event since 1937, when Jim Ferrier won.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1YhVAAAAIBAJ&pg=5866%2C3783218 |title=Amateur wins Open |newspaper=The Age |date=27 August 1956 |page=15}} He was again selected for the Australian Sloan Morpeth Trophy match, at Wanganui. Australia won the match 3½ to 2½.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zXVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2004%2C229182 |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |title=Golf Test to Australians |date=30 September 1956 |page=30}} Later in the tour he won the New Zealand Open, ahead of runner-up Bob Charles.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-QkUAAAAIBAJ&pg=5584%2C2010715 |title=Berwick wins big N.Z. golf |newspaper=The Age |date=15 October 1956 |page=15}} The following week he reached the semi-final of the New Zealand Amateur, before losing to Charles by two holes.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84391934 |title=Toogood in N.Z. title final |newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne) |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 October 1956 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=25 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Berwick was part of the four-man Australian team that won the 1966 Eisenhower Trophy in Mexico City, finishing two strokes ahead of the United States.{{cite web |url=https://www.igfgolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1966-67-WAGTC-Record-Book.pdf |title=Record Book 1966–67 World Amateur Golf Team Championships |publisher=World Amateur Golf Council |access-date=26 October 2018 |archive-date=14 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814234149/https://www.igfgolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1966-67-WAGTC-Record-Book.pdf |url-status=dead}} He also played in 1968 at Royal Melbourne Golf Club, where the Australian team finished fourth.{{cite web |url=https://www.igfgolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1968-69-WAGTC.pdf |title=Record Book 1968–69 World Amateur Golf Team Championships |publisher=World Amateur Golf Council |access-date=27 October 2018 |archive-date=27 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181027143155/https://www.igfgolf.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/1968-69-WAGTC.pdf |url-status=dead}}
Berwick was a co-medallist, with Eric Routley, in the 1963 Australian Amateur.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63987314/the-sydney-morning-herald/ |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Donohoe qualifies with fighting round of 73 |first=Don |last=Lawrence |date=26 October 1963 |page=17 |access-date=23 February 2021 |via=Newspapers.com}} In 1967 he was joint third, and leading amateur, in the Australian Open at Commonwealth Golf Club, despite a final round of 76.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zngpAAAAIBAJ&pg=1913%2C4054197 |newspaper=The Sun-Herald |title=Thomson 11 under card in winning Open |date=29 October 1967 |page=64 |access-date=23 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}} In the early 1970s he had two more wins in the New South Wales Amateur Championship. In 1971, 16 years after his previous win, he beat Trevor Wood 5&4 in the final, while in 1973 he had a 6&5 win over Bruce Cook in the final.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=-ghFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4340%2C8804951 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=A lesson for the selectors |first=Jim |last=Webster |date=23 August 1971 |page=11 |access-date=23 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cite news |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Fourth golf title to Berwick |first=Jim |last=Webster |date=20 August 1973 |page=9}}
In December 1975, at the age of 52, Berwick turned professional. His decision followed a change in the Australian PGA rules which meant that some new professionals no longer needed to serve an apprenticeship before receiving prize money.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102192330 |title=Berwick |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=50 |issue=14251 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=17 December 1975 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article110796132 |title=Spectacular start for professional |newspaper=The Canberra Times |volume=50 |issue=14270 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 January 1976 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=12 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Later life
Berwick was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1977 New Year Honours for service to sport.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article240696971 |title=Government Gazette Appointments and Employment |newspaper=Australian Government Gazette. Special |issue=S243 |location=Australia |date=31 December 1976 |access-date=23 February 2021 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} He died of cancer on 3 April 1988 in Concord Hospital.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JjBWAAAAIBAJ&pg=2387%2C2916627 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Deaths |date=5 April 1988 |page=29 |access-date=22 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JzBWAAAAIBAJ&pg=1732%2C3631946 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |title=Death of Harry Berwick ends era |first=Jim |last=Ramsay |date=6 April 1988 |page=61 |access-date=22 February 2021 |via=Google News Archive}}
Tournament wins
Team appearances
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1966 (winners), 1968
- Commonwealth Tournament (representing Australia): 1954 (winners)
- Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing Australia): 1952 (tied), 1953 (winners), 1956 (winners), 1966 (winners)
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing New South Wales): 1949 (winners), 1950 (winners), 1951 (winners), 1952 (winners), 1953, 1955, 1956 (winners), 1957 (winners), 1958 (winners), 1959 (winners), 1960 (winners), 1961, 1963, 1965 (winners), 1967 (winners), 1968, 1969 (winners), 1973 (winners)
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