Alfred Toogood

Alfred Henry Toogood, Sr. (1872 – July 1928) was an English professional golfer who played during the late 19th and early 20th century.

[1] Toogood lived at Eddington Road in the village of St Helens, located on the eastern side of the Isle of Wight.

The 1894 Open Championship was held 11–12 June at Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, England.

Toogood played superb golf—mastering the high winds that blew during the tournament, particularly on day one—and finished in fourth place and took home £7 in prize money.

[1] Toogood didn't fare as well as he did in the previous year's Open but he still managed a top-10, finishing in a tie for ninth place with the brother duo of Harry and Tom Vardon and Ben Sayers.

Taylor in the 1904 News of the World PGA Match Play Championship which was contested at Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club.

[2] In the 1905 News of the World PGA Match Play Championship, Toogood defeated Tom Simpson at the last-16 stage.

[4] The Tooting Bec Cup is currently awarded each year by the Professional Golfers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland to the association member born in, or with a parent or parents born in, the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland who returns the lowest single-round score in The Open Championship.

His grandson, Peter Toogood, was a leading amateur golfer in the late 1940s and 1950s who won the Tasmanian Open eight times, including six consecutive: 1949, 1951, 1954–59.