About Max McCready
Lived 1918 – 1994 (aged 75–76). Max McCready was a golfer.
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.
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. His widow Joan died in 2015 aged 109.
Amateur wins
1947 RAF Championship 1948 Jamaican Amateur Championship 1949 The Amateur Championship
Major championships
Wins (1) YearChampionshipWinning scoreRunner-up 1949 Amateur Championship 2 & 1 Willie Turnesa
Team appearances Walker Cup (representing Great Britain): 1949, 1951
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Who was Max McCready?
golfer (1918-1994)
When was Max McCready born?
Max McCready was born on 8 March 1918 in Belfast.
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Max McCready died in 1994.
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Max McCready was a golfer.
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