Max Faulkner
1 Major Championship • 90th All-Time
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Major Championship Wins
Career Highlights
- 1951 Open Championship — Won The Open at Royal Portrush, the only time the tournament was played in Northern Ireland until 2019
- Professional at 14 — Became assistant to his father at Bramley Golf Club in 1930, starting career remarkably young
- 19 Professional Wins — Successful career despite limited opportunities compared to modern era
- 1936 Daily Mirror Tournament — Tied for 3rd with final-round course-record 66 at age 20
- Golfing Family — Father Gus Faulkner was professional golfer and assistant to James Braid before WWI
- 2001 OBE — Named Officer of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his contributions to golf
Did You Know?
- Colorful Character: Max Faulkner was known for his flamboyant personality and colorful attire, making him one of golf's most distinctive characters in the 1950s
- Last English Open Champion: His 1951 victory at Royal Portrush made him the last English winner of The Open Championship until Nick Faldo in 1987 — a 36-year drought
- Family Tragedy: His younger brother Frank, also a golf assistant, was killed in a road traffic accident while serving as a corporal in the Army in 1941, aged just 21