Roger Wethered

He joined the Oxford golf team with Cyril Tolley, a good friend of his, and both were successful young golfers.

Wethered narrowly lost The Open Championship to Jock Hutchison in the 1921 edition of the tournament.

He followed this achievement with further successes: his driving began to improve and he won his first Amateur Championship in 1923 at Deal, Kent.

Furthermore, he was capped by England numerous times in competition against Scotland and in the Walker Cup against the United States, emerging victorious with regularity.

In singles competition he beat all-comers, losing only to American golfer Bobby Jones.

He was successful as an investor and upon his retirement he returned to the golf courses to play out his remaining days.

[1] Wethered's golfing abilities had begun to wane by the 1930s and his focus turned to his career as a stockbroker in London.

His first wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Charles Cavendish-Bentinck (1868–1956), marriage dissolved in 1954.

DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion LA = Low amateur WD = withdrew CUT = missed the half-way cut R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play "T" indicates a tie for a place Source for British Open: www.opengolf.com Source for 1920 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 9 June 1920, pg.

[permanent dead link‍] Source for 1925 British Amateur: Golf Illustrated, July, 1925, pg.

Archived 6 August 2010 at the Wayback Machine Source for 1929 British Amateur: The Glasgow Herald, 13 June 1929, pg.