Harry Bradshaw
Summary
Near misses
- 1949 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Bobby Locke · 283 · lost playoff
- 1952 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T9 · 298
Ryder Cup
3 Cups, 5 matches: 2 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points. Foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-1-1.
Rivals
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Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
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Results by championship
Best day
1949 The Open
Runner-up to Bobby Locke · 283.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1949.
Career line, 1949–1957
5 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Harry Bradshaw was born in 1913 in Delgany, County Wicklow, Ireland. Bradshaw's best major finish was second, at the 1949 Open. Bradshaw played in 3 Ryder Cups for GB (1953, 1955, 1957), winning 2, losing 2 and halving 1 of 5 matches for 2.5 points.
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The record
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
- 1949 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · runner-up to Bobby Locke · 283 · lost playoff
- 1952 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T9 · 298
Ryder Cup
Bradshaw played 3 Ryder Cups for GB: 5 matches, 2 won, 2 lost, 1 halved, 2.5 points (50.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 1-1-1 (won-lost-halved).
- 1953 Wentworth Club (course not named in sources found) GB · USA won 6.5–5.5 · 2-0-0, 2 points
- 1955 Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club GB · USA won 8–4 · 0-2-0, 0 points · automatic
- 1957 Lindrick Golf Club GB · GB won 7.5–4.5 · 0-0-1, 0.5 points · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Fred Daly (1), Dai Rees (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.