Syd Scott
Summary
Near misses
- 1952 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T9 · 298
- 1954 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · runner-up to Peter Thomson · 284
- 1959 The Open Muirfield · finished 4 · 287
- 1960 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T9 · 286
- 1961 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T10 · 293
- 1962 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished 10 · 294
Ryder Cup
1 Cups, 2 matches: 0 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 0 points. Foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0.
- 1955 Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club GB · USA won 8–4 · 0-2-0, 0 points · automatic
Rivals
Beat him
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Peter Thomson's rivals →
Results by championship
Best day
1954 The Open
Runner-up to Peter Thomson · 284.
Chosen by rule: the most recent of the best major finishes. Year page: 1954.
Career line, 1952–1962
7 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Runner-up
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Syd Scott was born in 1913 in Brampton (Carlisle area), England. Scott's best major finish was second, at the 1954 Open. Scott played in 1 Ryder Cup for GB (1955), winning 0, losing 2 and halving 0 of 2 matches for 0 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.
- 1952 The Open Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club · finished T9 · 298
- 1954 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · runner-up to Peter Thomson · 284
- 1959 The Open Muirfield · finished 4 · 287
- 1960 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T9 · 286
- 1961 The Open Royal Birkdale Golf Club · finished T10 · 293
- 1962 The Open Troon Golf Club (Old Course) · finished 10 · 294
Ryder Cup
Scott played 1 Ryder Cups for GB: 2 matches, 0 won, 2 lost, 0 halved, 0 points (0.0% of those available). By format: foursomes 0-1-0, four-ball 0-0-0, singles 0-1-0 (won-lost-halved).
- 1955 Thunderbird Ranch & Country Club GB · USA won 8–4 · 0-2-0, 0 points · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Eric Brown (1).
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.