Charles Hezlet

Charles Hezlet
Personal information
Full name Charles Owen Hezlet
Born (1891-06-16)16 June 1891
Sheerness, Kent, England
Died 22 November 1965(1965-11-22) (aged 74)
East Grinstead, Sussex, England
Nationality  Ireland
Career
Status Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship 17th: 1928
PGA Championship DNP
British Amateur 2nd: 1914

Charles Owen Hezlet (16 May 1891 – 22 November 1965)[1] was an Irish amateur golfer. He was runner-up in the 1914 Amateur Championship and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1924, 1926 and 1928.

Hezlet served during World War I. He was three times mentioned in dispatches and awarded a Distinguished Service Order. He rejoined the army from 1939–1943 in the Royal Artillery.[2]

In 1914 he was runner-up in the Amateur Championship, losing 3&2 to James Jenkins. He was also runner-up in the 1923 and 1925 Irish Amateur Open Championship and the 1923 Welsh Open Amateur Championship. He won the Irish Amateur Open Championship in 1926 and 1929 and was in the Walker Cup team in 1924, 1926 and 1928. He was also a member of a team of four amateurs that played in South Africa in 1927/28.[2]

Hezlet had three sisters who were also well-known amateur golfers: May, Violet and Florence. Hezlet married Annie Maitland Stuart in 1920. She died of pneumonia in Cannes, France in 1931 aged 30.[3]

Amateur wins

Major championships

Results timeline

Tournament 1928 1929 1930
The Open Championship 17 CUT

Note: Hezlet only played in the Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Walker Cup (representing Great Britain): 1924, 1926, 1928

References

  1. ↑ "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Lieut.-Col. C. O. Hezlet". The Times. 23 November 1965. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Find a will". probatesearch.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
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