Dick Burton
Summary
- First major 1939 The Open
- Ryder Cup 3 Cups · 2-3-0 · 2 points (40.0%)
Wins
- 1939 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · 290 · by 2 strokes from Johnny Bulla
Near misses
Ryder Cup
3 Cups, 5 matches: 2 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 2 points. Foursomes 2-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-3-0.
Rivals
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Percy Alliss' rivals →
Moments
Results by championship
Best day
1939 The Open
Old Course, St Andrews · 290 · by 2 strokes from Johnny Bulla
Burton holed a 15-foot birdie putt on the 72nd green to win by two.
Martin Pose took 8 at the Road Hole after a two-stroke penalty for grounding his club in a hazard.
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1939.
Career line, 1935–1949
6 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Major win
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Dick Burton was born on October 11, 1907, in Darwen, England. Burton won one major championship: the 1939 Open. Burton played in 3 Ryder Cups for GB (1935, 1937, 1949), winning 2, losing 3 and halving 0 of 5 matches for 2 points.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1939 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · 290 · by 2 strokes from Johnny Bulla
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Burton played 3 Ryder Cups for GB: 5 matches, 2 won, 3 lost, 0 halved, 2 points (40.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 2-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-3-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1935 Ridgewood Country Club GB · USA won 9–3 · 0-1-0, 0 points
- 1937 Southport and Ainsdale Golf Club GB · USA won 8–4 · 1-1-0, 1 point
- 1949 Ganton Golf Club GB · USA won 7–5 · 1-1-0, 1 point
Partners, with matches played together: Percy Alliss (1), Arthur Lees (1).
Sources
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.