Peter Toogood

Peter Alfred Toogood, MBE, AM (born 11 April 1930) is an Australian amateur golfer from Tasmania.

Early life

Toogood was born in North Adelaide, South Australia on 11 April 1930.[1] His father, Alfred "Alf" Toogood, Jr., had recently been appointed professional at the Grange Golf Club in Adelaide.[2] He is the grandson of Alfred Toogood, Sr.

Golf career

Toogood was the leading amateur in the 1950, 1952, 1955, and 1957 Australian Opens, and in 1954 was leading amateur in The Open Championship.[3] He defeated his brother John in the final of the 1954 Australian Amateur, leading to the famous headline "Toogood Was Too Good For Toogood".[4] He was selected in 1958 for Australia's team for the first Eisenhower Trophy, where they beat the United States by two strokes in a playoff.[5] He also won the New Zealand Amateur in 1956.[3]

Toogood won the Tasmanian Open eight times, including six consecutive: 1949, 1951, 1954–59.[3]

Family

His father, Alf Toogood, son of Alfred Toogood, Sr., was born in England in 1895 and had arrived in Australia in about 1919. He moved to Tasmania from South Australia in 1936 as professional at the Kingston Beach Club,[6] and won two Tasmanian Opens, in 1938 and 1950.[7]

Awards and honors

He was awarded the Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1980[8][3] and appointed Member of the Order of Australia in 2006.[9]

Toogood's lasting contribution to Tasmanian golf is the foundation in 1993 of the Australasian Golf Museum, located at Bothwell, Tasmania.

Team appearances

References

  1. ↑ "Family Notices". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 18 April 1930. p. 8. Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Grange Golf Club". The News (Adelaide). XIV, (2, 075). South Australia. 11 March 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Peter Alfred Toogood MBE". Department of Premier and Cabinet, Tasmania.
  4. ↑ "Toogood Was Too Good For Toogood". The Mercury (Hobart). CLXXV, (26, 120). Tasmania, Australia. 11 September 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ Dey, Jr., Joseph C. (November 1958). "World Is Winner In Team Event" (PDF). USGA Journal And Turf Management. pp. 4–7.
  6. ↑ "Engagement In Tasmania For Alf Toogood". The Mail (Adelaide). 21, (1, 238). South Australia. 15 February 1936. p. 13. Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "A. Toogood wins Open title". The Examiner (Tasmania). CIX, (165). Tasmania, Australia. 26 September 1950. p. 15. Retrieved 30 June 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "The New Year Honours List". The Canberra Times. 31 December 1979. p. 8.
  9. ↑ "And The Australian of the Year Award Goes to – Someone Else". 26 January 2006.
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