Reid Jack
Best day
1957 The Amateur
Formby Golf Club · won 2 & 1
Reid Jack beat American Harold Ridgley 2 & 1 as Formby hosted the Amateur for the first time.
Chosen by rule: the first championship title. Year page: 1957.
Career line, 1957–1959
2 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Other win
- Top 10
Reid Jack was born on January 17, 1924, in Cumbernauld, Scotland. Jack won the 1957 The Amateur.
See Reid Jack in our rooms: The Open, Every Ground, U.S. Amateur and The Amateur Championship.
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The record
Amateur titles (1)
- 1957 The Amateur Championship Formby Golf Club · 2 & 1
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Profile
Researched for this card in October 2026; each line names the page it comes from.
Full name
- Robert Reid Jack Wikipedia
Status
- amateur Wikipedia
Died in
- North Berwick, Scotland Wikipedia
Beyond our rooms
- 1957 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1959 Walker Cup team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1958 Eisenhower Trophy team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1956 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1957 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1958 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1959 Amateurs–Professionals Match team (the Amateurs)
- 1956 St Andrews Trophy team (Great Britain & Ireland)
- 1959 Commonwealth Tournament team (Great Britain)
- 1955 Scottish Amateur winner
Source: Wikipedia: Reid Jack
Known for
- Robert Reid Jack (17 January 1924 – 25 June 2003) 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.