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Alex Kyle

Scotland · born , Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland · died

1championship win

Summary

  • Titles 1939 The Amateur

Wins

  1. 1939 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 2 & 1

Results by championship

    Best day

    1939 The Amateur

    Royal Liverpool Golf Club · won 2 & 1

    Alex Kyle beat Welshman Tony Duncan 2 & 1 at Hoylake in the last championship before the Second World War.

    Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1939.

    Career line, 1939–1939

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    • Other win

    Alex Kyle was born on April 16, 1907, in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. Kyle won the 1939 The Amateur.

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    The record

    Amateur titles (1)

    1. 1939 The Amateur Championship Royal Liverpool Golf Club · 2 & 1

    Profile

    Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.

    Full name

    Status

    Died in

    • Harrogate, North Yorkshire, England Wikipedia

    Beyond our rooms

    • 1938 Walker Cup team (Great Britain)
    • 1947 Walker Cup team (Great Britain)
    • 1951 Walker Cup team (Great Britain)

    Source: Wikipedia: Alex Kyle

    Known for

    • Alexander Thompson Kyle (16 April 1907 – 7 April 1990) was a Scottish amateur golfer. Wikipedia

    Sources

    Elsewhere: Wikipedia · Wikidata.

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. Wikipedia: Alex Kyle
    2. Wikidata: Q30085871
    3. Wikipedia: The Amateur Championship
    4. golfbible.co.uk: amateur championship
    5. golfcompendium.com: british amateur championship winners