P. C. Anderson

{{Short description|Amateur golfer and educationist}}

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| fullname = Peter Corsar Anderson

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1871|2|17|df=y}}

| birth_place = Menmuir, Forfarshire, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|8|26|1871|2|16|df=y}}

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| partner = Agnes Henrietta Macartney

| children = 13

| college = Madras

| status = Amateur

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| majorwins = 1

| usopen = DNP

| open = T19: 1893

| usamateur = DNP

| britamateur = Won: 1893

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Peter Corsar Anderson CBE (17 February 1871 – 26 August 1955) was an influential educator{{cite web |url=http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070062b.htm |title=Anderson, Peter Corsar (1871–1955) |work=Australian Dictionary of Biography Online |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University }} and golfer{{cite web |url=http://www.golfsocietyaust.com/pdf/LongGameNo24_Oct2006.pdf |title=The Long Game |work=No 24 October 2006}} in Western Australia.

Tournament wins

Major championships

= Amateur wins (1) =

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!Year!!Championship!!Winning Score!!Runner-up

1893The Amateur Championshipalign=center|1 up{{flagicon|SCO}} Johnny Laidlay

= Results timeline =

Note: Anderson played in only The Open Championship and The Amateur Championship.

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!Tournament

!1891

!1892

!1893

!1894

align=left|The Open Championship

|CUT

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|T19

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align=left|The Amateur Championship

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|style="background:lime;"|1

|R32

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CUT = Missed the cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion

Source for British Open: [http://www.opengolf.com/en/History/PreviousOpens.aspx?eventid=2003040&view= www.opengolf.com]

Source for 1894 British Amateur: [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=18940426&printsec=frontpage The Glasgow Herald, April 26, 1894, p. 11.]

References