RAFGS MEMBERS ROLL OF HONOUR
INTERNATIONAL and NATIONAL WINNERS (v9, Aug 14)
AMATEUR MEN
The Amateur Champions
Max McCready 1949; the year in which he also played in the Walker Cup and won
the RAFGS Denys Field Scratch Cup
Gordon Clark 1964
Brabazon Trophy (replaced by the English Amateur Strokeplay Championship in 1957)
Winners
Paddy Hine 1949; aged 17 the youngest ever winner, also winner of the RAFGS
Challenge Cup in 1952
Philip Scrutton 1952, 1954 & 1955
Runners-up
Michael Pearson 1954 & 1955
Guy Wolstenholme 1955
English Strokeplay Champions
Douglas Sewell 1957 & 1959
Guy Wolstenholme 1960; also winner of the RAFGS Swinton Cup in 1951
Runner-up
Bill McCrea DFC 1968
Scottish Strokeplay Champion
Gordon Clark 1973
English Amateur Matchplay Champions
Stanley Lunt AFC 1934
Harry (HG) Bentley 1936 (Runner-up 1954)
Arnold (AL) Bentley 1939
Guy Wolstenholme 1956 & 1959
Douglas Sewell 1958 & 1960
Runners-up
Cecil Hayward 1926
Ken Thom 1946
Scottish Amateur Champion
Stuart Murray 1962 (Runner-up 1961)
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Irish Open Amateur Champion
Harry (HG) Bentley 1934
Welsh Amateur Matchplay Champion
Ted Davies 1970 & 1972 (Runner-up 1966 & 1969)
Welsh Amateur Strokeplay Champion
Ted Davies 1967 & 1971
European Amateur Champion and winner of the Sherry Cup
Jon Marks 1984
Walker Cup Caps
Harry (HG) Bentley 1934, 1936 & 1938
Sam McKinlay 1934
PB (Laddie) Lucas 1936, 1947 & 1949 (Captain)
Ken Thom 1949
Max McCready 1949 & 1951
Philip Scrutton 1955 & 1957
Douglas Sewell 1957 & 1959
Guy Wolstenholme 1957 & 1959
Gordon Huddy 1961
Stuart Murray 1963
Gordon Clark 1965
European Team Champion
Bill McCrea DFC (Ireland) 1965
England Caps
Cecil Hayward 1925 & 1928 (Captain)
Raymond Oppenheimer 1928-1930 (Captain 1947, 1948, 1950 & 1951)
Harry (HG) Bentley 1931-1947 (Captain 1954)
Arnold (AL) Bentley 1936, 1937 & 1939
Stanley Lunt AFC 1932-1939 (Captain 1935, 1952 & 1953)
PB (Laddie) Lucas DSO DFC 1936-1949 (Captain)
Ken Thom 1947-1953
Philip Scrutton 1950-1957
Michael Pearson 1951-1952
Guy Wolstenholme 1953-1960
Douglas Sewell 1956-1960
Gordon Huddy 1960-1962
Gordon Clark 1961-1968
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Alex Holmes 1962
Irish Caps
Max McCready 1947-1954
Cecil Beamish 1950-1956
Bill McCrea DFC 1965-1967
Scottish Caps
Sam McKinlay 1929-1947
Robbie Galloway 1957-59
Stuart Murray 1959-1963
Allan Hall 1962-1969
Matt Lygate 1970-1975
Welsh Caps
H Palferman 1950-1953
Kim Hall 1955-1959
Bob Pressdee 1958-1961
Ted Davies 1959-1974
Leading Amateur in French, Belgian, Czech & German Professional Opens
Harry (HG) Bentley 1935
Carris Trophy (England Boys Strokeplay) Winners
Paddy Hine 1949
Norman Johnson 1953
European Mid-Amateur Champion
Jon Marks 1995
County Champions Tournament Winner and winner of the President’s Bowl
Alex Holmes 1969
Austrian Amateur Open Champion
Bill McCrea DFC 1965
Belgian Open Amateur Champions
Nick Nicholson 1947
Cecil Beamish 1951
Runner-up
Harry (HG) Bentley 1938
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Ceylon Amateur Champion
Cecil Beamish 1954
Runner-up
John Niven DFC 1954
Dutch International Amateur Champion
Bill McCrea 1966 (Runner-up 1965)
Runner-up
Michael Holliday 1961
French Open Amateur Champion
Harry (HG) Bentley 1931 & 1932
Runners-up
Arnold (AL) Bentley 1938
Philip Scrutton 1949
Harry (HG) Bentley 1953
German Amateur Open Champions
Harry (HG) Bentley 1933, 1937, 1938 & 1939
Guy Wolstenholme 1956
Michael Holliday 1961
Ghana Champions
JE Stewart 1948, 1949, 1950 &1951
CJB Murdoch AFM 1967
Hong Kong Open Amateur Champions
Cecil Beamish 1953
Kim Hall 1956, 1957 & 1963
Italian Open Amateur Champion
Harry (HG) Bentley 1954 (Runner-up in 1951)
Jamaican Amateur Champion
Max McCready 1948
Malayan Amateur Champion
Cecil Beamish 1954 & 1955
Colin Stokes 1958
Monte Carlo Amateur Champion
Harry (HG) Bentley 1948 & 1949
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Portuguese Amateur Champion
Gordon Clark 1974
Singapore Open Amateur Champion
Cecil Beamish 1954
Colin Stokes 1959
Swiss Open Amateur Champion
CJ Anderson 1954
British Seniors Open Amateur Silver Medal
Jon Marks 1999
International Tournament Baden-Baden Winner
Arnold (AL) Bentley 1936
Boys Amateur Champion
PB (Laddie) Lucas 1933
RS Burles 1934
British Youth Open Champion
John More 1954
Artisan Champion
Douglas Sewell 1956 & 1958
International Senior Blackmer Cup Winner
Harry (HG) Bentley 1967 & 1969
English Senior Champions
John Whitworth DFC 1982 & 1993
Cecil Beamish CB 1984 (runner-up 1985)
Gordon Clark 1989 (the field included no less than 7 RAFGS members)
John Niven DFC 1990
David Harrison 1997
Jon Marks 1998
Scottish Senior Champion
John Niven DFC 1982
Gordon Clark 1992
Welsh Senior Champion
Brian Cramb 2002
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British Senior Captain
Harry (HG) Bentley 1969
English Senior Caps
Harry (HG) Bentley 1969
Jon Marks 2001-2006, 2007 Captain
Terry Betts (in the winning team at both the European Masters and the European
Championships)
Welsh Senior Cap
Brian Cramb 2005
England Youth Cap
David Harrison 1955
England Boys Caps
Arnold (AL) Bentley 1928
PB (Laddie) Lucas 1930, 1931, 1932 &1933 (Captain)
Ken Thom 1939
Peter Alliss 1946
Paddy Hine 1948 &1949
Gordon Clark 1950
Norman Johnson (Captain) 1954
David Harrison 1954
Scottish Boys Champion
Alan Mathers 1983
Irish Youth Champion
Alan Mathers 1989
Welsh Handicap Team Championship
RAF St Athan GC (John Morgan, Rick Cull, Mike Burke, Mike Hurry) 1991
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