Jock Hutchison


Jack Falls "Jock" Hutchison 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. 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 of [the United States|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, 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)

Majors championship wins shown in bold.
Source:

Other wins (4)

Senior wins (2)

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

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U.S. OpenT8T5T23T16WDT82NTNTT3
The Open ChampionshipNTNTNTNTNT
PGA ChampionshipNYFNYFNYFNYFNYFNYF2NTNTQF

Tournament1920192119221923192419251926192719281929
U.S. OpenT2T18T83T31T27CUT23T41CUT
The Open Championship14
PGA Championship1R16QFR32QF

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Masters TournamentNYFNYFNYFNYFT51WDWDWD
U.S. OpenWDT45
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

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Masters TournamentNTNTNT
U.S. OpenT2357NTNTNTNTCUTCUTCUT
The Open ChampionshipNTNTNTNTNTNT
PGA ChampionshipNT

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Masters TournamentWDWDWDWDWDWDWD
U.S. OpenCUTCUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

Tournament196019611962
Masters TournamentWDWDWD
U.S. Open
The Open Championship
PGA Championship

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