Reg Whitcombe
Summary
- First major 1938 The Open
- Ryder Cup 1 Cups · 0-1-0 · 0 points (0.0%)
- Runner-up in majors 1 time
Wins
- 1938 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · 295 · by 2 strokes from Jimmy Adams
Near misses
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 1 matches: 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points. Foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0.
- 1935 Ridgewood Country Club GB · USA won 9–3 · 0-1-0, 0 points
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Henry Cotton's rivals →
Moments
Results by championship
Best day
1938 The Open
Royal St George's Golf Club · 295 · by 2 strokes from Jimmy Adams
The final-day gale ripped apart the huge Exhibition Tent, the largest ever seen at The Open.
Alf Padgham drove the 384-yard 11th green and holed the putt for a 2.
Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1938.
Career line, 1933–1939
6 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Major win
- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Reg Whitcombe was born on April 10, 1898, in Burnham-on-Sea, England. Whitcombe won one major championship: the 1938 Open. Whitcombe played in 1 Ryder Cup for GB (1935), winning 0, losing 1 and halving 0 of 1 match for 0 points.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1938 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · 295 · by 2 strokes from Jimmy Adams
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Whitcombe played 1 Ryder Cups for GB: 1 matches, 0 won, 1 lost, 0 halved, 0 points (0.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-0-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1935 Ridgewood Country Club GB · USA won 9–3 · 0-1-0, 0 points
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
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.