Fred Daly
1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
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Major Championship Wins
Career Highlights
- 1947 Open Championship — First Irishman from either side of the border to win The Open, holing a 10-yard putt on the final hole at Royal Liverpool to win by one stroke
- 1947 Historic Double — Won both The Open and News of the World Match Play in the same year, just the second player after James Braid (1905) to achieve this feat
- 1946 Irish Open — Became the first Irish winner, finishing four strokes ahead of Bobby Locke
- Three-Time Match Play Champion — Won the prestigious News of the World Match Play in 1947, 1948, and 1952
- Ryder Cup — Represented Great Britain in four Ryder Cups (1947, 1949, 1951, 1953), first Irishman to play in the competition
- 28 Professional Wins — Including 10 British PGA circuit victories and multiple Irish championships
Did You Know?
- Epic Marathon Match: In 1952, Daly won a match in a 12-hole sudden-death playoff (longest recorded in major British tournament at that time), then immediately beat Peter Alliss 6&5 in his next match which started over two hours late.
- 60-Year Irish Drought: Daly remained the only Irishman to win The Open Championship until Pádraig Harrington won it in 2007 — a 60-year gap between Irish winners.
- Blacksmith's Son from Portrush: Born the youngest of six children to a blacksmith in Portrush, Northern Ireland, Daly was awarded the MBE in 1984 for his services to golf.