Peter Gill (golfer)
{{Short description|English professional golfer (1930–2020)}}
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| fullname = Peter E. Gill
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|7|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Aldridge, Walsall, England
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| death_place = Maidstone, Kent, England
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| status = Professional
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| extour = European Tour
European Seniors Tour
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| usopen = DNP
| open = CUT: 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1967
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Peter E. Gill (23 July 1930 – 23 April 2020) was an English professional golfer.{{cite news |title=Peter Gill (1930 – 2020) |url=https://www.pga.info/news/peter-gill-1930-2020/ |publisher=PGA |date=23 April 2020}} In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He died in 2020 from COVID-19 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
Professional career
Gill was an assistant professional in the 1950s, first at Little Aston Golf Club and then at Addington Golf Club. He played regularly in assistants' tournaments and in 1953, while still at Little Aston, he reached the semi-final of the Gor-Ray Cup, the PGA Assistants' Championship, before losing to Geoffrey Hunt.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=WEZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=woQMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1493%2C5350923 |title=Brothers Meet in Final |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=5 |date=14 May 1953}} He qualified for the Open Championship the same year. In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He won the Coombe Hill Tournament after a six-hole playoff with Billy Bingham and then won the Gor-Ray Cup, a stroke ahead of Peter Shanks.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=vHZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1365%2C3828027 |title=Assistants' win for P E Gill |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=11 |date=29 May 1959}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wnZAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=cqMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5776%2C4754437 |title=New Assistants' Champion |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=11 |date=5 June 1959}}
Gill was third in the 1970 John Player Classic, an event that had first prize of £25,000. Christy O'Connor Snr won the event, ahead of Tony Jacklin, with Gill tying with Neil Coles and winning £3,750.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=z5JAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IKUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2056%2C1203573 |title=O'Connor holds off Jacklin and wins £25,000 |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=7 September 1970 |page=4}} Although he over 40 when the tour was formed, Gill played in a few European Tour events in 1972 and 1973.
Gill played in the PGA Seniors Championship in the 1980s. In his first appearance in 1981 he finished a stroke behind Christy O'Connor Snr and Fred Boobyer.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Y-5AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kacMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5382%2C4773329 |title=Christy has Irish luck |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=25 July 1981 |page=14}} The following year he was again a shot out of a playoff.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X8pAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3619%2C5546396 |title=O'Connor again after play-off |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=28 May 1982 |page=23}} In 1983 he was runner-up, nine strokes behind O'Connor who won the event for the sixth time and for third successive year.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=psRAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9qUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2347%2C5834113 |title=O'Connor retains his seniors crown |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=27 May 1983 |page=25}} Gill played in the European Seniors Tour in its early years, although he was over 60 when the tour was founded. He had one top-10 finish, in the 1992 Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters.
Gill was the professional at Surbiton Golf Club in Surrey, Gatton Manor in Surrey and Knole Park in Kent. He was an honorary member of the PGA.
Professional wins (2)
Results in major championships
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!Tournament !1953 !1954 !1955 !1956 !1957 !1958 !1959 !1960 !1961 !1962 !1963 !1964 !1965 !1966 !1967 |
| align=left|The Open Championship
|CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |CUT |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |WD |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |
Note: Gill only played in The Open Championship.
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CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
References
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External links
- {{EuroTour player|2985}}
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Category:European Tour golfers
Category:European Senior Tour golfers
Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall