Max McCready

Max McCready
Personal information
Full name Samuel Maxwell McCready
Born (1918-03-08)8 March 1918
Belfast, Ireland
Died 1994 (aged 76)
South Africa
Nationality  Ireland
Career
Status Amateur
British Amateur Won: 1949

Samuel Maxwell McCready (8 March 1918 – 1994) was an Irish amateur golfer. He won the 1949 Amateur Championship and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1949 and 1951.[1]

McCready lived near the Dunmurry golf course, near Belfast, where he learnt his golf. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force. McCready moved to South Africa in 1959 where he worked for McAlpine Construction. He died in South Africa in 1994.[2][3] His widow Joan died in 2015 at the age of 109.[4]

Amateur wins

[2]

Major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionshipWinning scoreRunner-up
1949Amateur Championship2 & 1United States Willie Turnesa

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Walker Cup (representing Great Britain): 1949, 1951

References

  1. "Max McCready". RAF Golf Association. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 Hanna, John (December 2005). "Irish Musings - Max McCready, Amateur Champion, and Dunmurry Golf Club" (PDF). www.golfcollectors.co.uk (75): 22–23. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  3. Hanna, John (June 2013). "Irish Musings - The Walker Cup Match 1951 and Cecil Ewing" (PDF). www.golfcollectors.co.uk (105): 14–17. Retrieved 30 May 2017.
  4. http://whiteriverpost.co.za/172816/joan-passes-away-peacefully-at-109/
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