Jock Hutchison

Jack Falls "Jock" Hutchison (June 6, 1884 – September 27, 1977) was a Scottish-born professional golfer who was based in the United States.

Early life Hutchison was born in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, the son of William and Helen (née Falls). His name was registered as John Waters Hutchison, Waters being the maiden name of William's mother. He appears in the 1901 census as John Hutchison, golf caddie. He had an older brother who was also a golf player, Tom Hutchison.

Golf career Hutchison later moved to the United States and became a naturalized citizen in 1920. He was known there as Jack Falls Hutchison or John Falls Hutchison. He won two major championships, the PGA Championship in 1920 and the Open Championship at St Andrews in 1921. His 1921 victory was the first by a U.S.-based player; the following year Walter Hagen became the first U.S.-born winner.

In 1937, Hutchison won the inaugural PGA Seniors' Championship at Augusta National Golf Club and in 1947 he won the event for a second time.

Beginning in 1963, Hutchison was one of the two men who served as honorary starters for The Masters (along with 1908 U.S. Open champion Fred McLeod), until ailments prevented him from hitting one of the honorary tee shots in 1973.

Death Hutchinson died on September 27, 1977. It came just two days before Masters co-founder Clifford Roberts' own death. He was 93 years old. He died in Evanston, Illinois.

Awards and honors In 2011, Hutchinson was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.

Professional wins (20)

PGA Tour wins (14) 1918 (1) Florida West Coast Open 1920 (4) West Baden Springs Hotel, Illinois Open, Western Open, PGA Championship 1921 (3) White Sulphur Springs Open, The Open Championship, North and South Open 1922 (2) Columbia Country Club Open, Northern California Open 1923 (1) Western Open 1925 (1) Illinois PGA Championship 1926 (1) Illinois PGA Championship 1928 (1) Florida West Coast Open

Majors championship wins shown in bold.

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Other wins (4) 1916 Pennsylvania Open Championship 1917 National Patriotic Tournament 1921 Kinghorn Tournament 1923 Illinois PGA Championship

Senior wins (2) 1937 PGA Seniors' Championship 1947 PGA Seniors' Championship

Major championships Wins (2) 1 Hutchison defeated Wethered in a 36-hole playoff by nine strokes: Hutchison 74-76=150; Wethered 77-82=159. Note: The PGA Championship was match play until 1958

Results timeline

NYF = Tournament not yet founded NT = No tournament WD = Withdrew CUT = missed the half-way cut R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in PGA Championship match play "T" indicates a tie for a place