Harry Bannerman

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Harry Bannerman
Personal information
Born (1942-03-05) 5 March 1942 (age 82)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Career
Turned professional1965
Former tour(s) European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins11
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T33: 1972
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T11: 1971

Harry Bannerman (born 5 March 1942) is a Scottish professional golfer best known for playing in the 1971 Ryder Cup.

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Bannerman turned professional at the age of 23 and had a relatively short spell as a tournament professional before a back injury restricted his career. All his professional tournament wins came on the domestic Scottish circuit where he won the Scottish Professional Championship twice and the Northern Open three times. A consistent run of performances on the 1971 British PGA Circuit, with six top-10 finishes as well as 11th place in the Open Championship, left him in fourth place in the Ryder Cup points list and an automatic place in the Ryder Cup team. In his singles matches he halved his match against Arnold Palmer and beat Gardner Dickinson. He played on the European Tour from 1972 to 1977 and was twice a runner-up.

Amateur career

In 1959 Bannerman represented Scotland in the England–Scotland boys match at Pollok Golf Club. [1] In the Boys Amateur Championship the following week he reached the quarter-finals, before losing at the 21st hole. [2]

In late 1965 Bannerman won the Scottish Alliance Championship, an open event. [3] He turned professional soon afterwards, at the age of 23. [4]

Professional career

Bannerman became an assistant at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club. [5] Later he was the tournament professional at Banchory and Murcar Links Golf Club and professional at Cruden Bay and at Schloss Mainsondheim in Germany. [6] [7] A back injury curtailed his playing career. [8]

In 1967 Bannerman won both the Northern Open and the Scottish Professional Championship, a feat he repeated in 1972. [9] [10] [11] [12] He also won the Northern Open in 1969 and had a number of other successes in Scottish domestic tournaments. [13] Bannerman was joint runner-up in the 1969 Algarve Open, behind Bernard Hunt. [14]

Six members of the Great Britain team for the 1971 Ryder Cup were selected from a points list based on a player's best 10 performances in 15 events during the 1971 season, ending with the Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf on 21 August. From June to mid-August Bannerman had a number of high finishes including tied 6th in the Daks Tournament, tied 4th in the Gallaher Ulster Open, tied 11th in the Open Championship, tied 4th in the French Open, tied 9th in the Swiss Open, tied 7th in the Classic International and reaching the semi-finals of the Piccadilly Medal. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] He finished fourth in the points list to get a place in the team for St. Louis. [21] The United States won the contest by 5 points. Bannerman had two wins, two defeats and a half. His half came against Arnold Palmer in the morning singles session. In the afternoon singles he beat Gardner Dickinson 2&1. [8] Bannerman finished the season in 6th place in the Order of Merit. [22]

Bannerman played on the European Tour from 1972 to 1977. [23] He was twice runner-up on the tour, being second behind Jack Newton in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Festival of Golf and to Christy O'Connor Jnr in the 1975 Carroll's Irish Open. Bannerman had some success on the Safari Circuit in early 1975. He lost in a playoff for the Nigerian Open and was runner-up behind Ronnie Shade in the Mufulira Open. [24] [25]

Bannerman later played in a number of tournaments on the European Senior Tour from 1992 to 1998. [26] His best finish was to be tied for third place in the 1992 Tunisian Seniors. [27]

Professional wins (11)

Results in major championships

Tournament19671968196919701971197219731974197519761977
Masters Tournament T33
The Open Championship T36T31CUTT11T19T46CUTCUT

Note: Bannerman never played in the U.S. Open or PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1976 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Source: [33]

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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  2. ↑ Horne, Cyril (22 August 1959). "All Scottish final for boys' title". The Glasgow Herald. p. 9.
  3. 1 2 "Murcar amateur win Alliance title at Aberdeen". The Glasgow Herald . 8 October 1965. p. 6.
  4. ↑ Dempster, Martin (28 February 2021). "Harry Bannerman on Scottish success, his close calls and playing Arnie in Ryder Cup". The Scotsman.
  5. ↑ "Liddle's unexpected Northern success". The Glasgow Herald. 15 April 1966. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "Harry Bannerman's 1971 Ryder Cup replica fetches £11,250 at auction". Scottish Golf View. 6 November 2014.
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  8. 1 2 "Harry Bannerman retires from work at Paul Lawrie Golf Centre". Scottish Golf View. 14 October 2013.
  9. 1 2 "Bannerman wins by six strokes in Northern Open". The Glasgow Herald. 14 April 1967. p. 6.
  10. 1 2 "Bannerman wins Scottish title by three strokes". The Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1967. p. 6.
  11. 1 2 "Bannerman joins elite in Northern". The Glasgow Herald. 5 May 1972. p. 2.
  12. 1 2 "Scottish Pro. Ch'ship". The Daily Telegraph. 7 August 1972. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. 1 2 "Bannerman holds on for title in nervous finish". The Glasgow Herald. 11 April 1969. p. 6.
  14. ↑ "Hunt finishes three ahead of Garner and Bannerman". The Glasgow Herald. 24 March 1969. p. 6.
  15. ↑ "Huggett and Coles in tie". The Glasgow Herald. 7 June 1971. p. 10.
  16. ↑ "Horton too hot for Coles". The Glasgow Herald. 28 June 1971. p. 5.
  17. ↑ "Final 66 gives Lu French open". The Glasgow Herald. 19 July 1971. p. 5.
  18. ↑ "Swiss title for Townsend". The Glasgow Herald. 2 August 1971. p. 5.
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