| Harry Weetman | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Harry Weetman | ||
| Born | 25 October 1920 | ||
| Died | 19 July 1972 (aged 51) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||
| Career | |||
| Status | Professional | ||
| Professional wins | 20 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | T34: 1960 | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | T5: 1955 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Harry Weetman (25 October 1920 – 19 July 1972) was an English professional golfer.
Weetman won many tournaments on the British PGA circuit in the pre-European Tour era and won the Harry Vardon Trophy for lowest stroke average in 1952 and 1956. He finished in the top-10 at The Open Championship six times.
Weetman played in the Ryder Cup in 1951, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1963 and had a 2-11-2 win–loss–tie record, with both of his wins coming in singles matches. He captained the team in 1965.
Weetman died in Redhill hospital on 19 July 1972 after being involved in a car accident on the Caterham bypass on 14 July.
| Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 7 Apr 1949 | PGA Assistants' Championship | 71-75-76-73=295 | 5 strokes | Peter Alliss,  Harry Gould |
| 2. | 6 Apr 1950 | PGA Assistants' Championship | 76-70-70-71=287 | 7 strokes | Dennis Smalldon |
| 3. | 22 Sep 1951 | News of the World Match Play | 5&4 in final |  Jimmy Adams | |
| 4. | 13 Jun 1952 | Spalding Tournament | 66-67-68-70=271 | Tie |  Antonio Cerdá |
| 5. | 9 Oct 1952 | Dunlop Masters | 71-72-66-72=281 | 4 strokes | Arthur Lees |
| 6. | 20 Apr 1956 | Spalding Tournament | 68-69-68-71=276 | Tie |  Christy O'Connor Snr |
| 7. | 18 May 1957 | Swallow-Penfold Tournament | 73-65-65-67=270 | 3 strokes | Peter Alliss,  Alfonso Angelini, Harold Henning,  Flory Van Donck |
| 8. | 25 May 1958 | Swallow-Penfold Tournament | 75-69-77-68=289 | Playoff | Harry Bradshaw |
| 9. | 13 Sep 1958 | News of the World Match Play | 1 up in final | Bernard Hunt | |
| 10. | 20 Sep 1958 | Dunlop Masters | 67-68-70-71=276 | 4 strokes | Bobby Locke |
| 11. | 22 Apr 1960 | Spalding Tournament | 70-66-68-69=273 | 5 strokes | Dai Rees |
| 12. | 4 Jun 1960 | Swallow-Penfold Tournament | 64-70-69-68=271 | 2 strokes | Christy O'Connor Snr,  Peter Thomson |
| 13. | 13 Apr 1961 | Northern Open | 70-73-70-69=282 | 2 strokes | Harold Henning |
| 14. | 26 May 1962 | Swallow-Penfold Tournament | 69-69-72-70=280 | 3 strokes | Eric Brown |
| 15. | 16 Jul 1963 | Blaxnit (Ulster) Tournament | 69-66-67-67=269 | 7 strokes | Christy O'Connor Snr |
| 16. | 29 May 1964 | Hennessy Round-robin Tournament | 19 points | 4 points | Peter Alliss |
| Tournament | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 |
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| Masters Tournament | CUT | ||||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T6 | T15 | T14 | CUT | T5 | T10 | T12 | T8 | T16 |
| Tournament | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T34 | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | T9 | CUT | T12 | CUT | T6 | T29 | WD | T31 | T45 |
Note: Weetman only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.
NT = No tournament
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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