Andrew_Shaw_(golfer)

Andrew Shaw (golfer)

Andrew Shaw (golfer)

New Zealand golfer

Andrew Jenkins Shaw (born 19 December 1898 in Scotland, died 1983 in New Zealand)[1] was a professional golfer from New Zealand.[2] He was a seven-time winner of the New Zealand PGA Championship (1928, 1929, 1931–1934, 1946)[3] and a seven-time winner of the New Zealand Open (1926, 1929–1932, 1934, 1936).

Shaw learnt his golf at Troon in Scotland. He arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand in 1920 and was a member of Avondale Golf Club.[4] He left in 1921 to take up a professional coaching position at Hamilton Golf Club.[4] However, he was only briefly at Hamilton, returning to Christchurch in 1922 as professional at Hagley Golf Club before taking a position at a golf school in Wellington in 1924.[5][6]

References

  1. [1]
    "Home". bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz.
  2. [2]
    "Golf Champion". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 489. New South Wales, Australia. 9 July 1932. p. 12. Retrieved 7 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. [3]
    New Zealand PGA Championship - Past Winners
  4. [4]
    "Personal items". The Press. Vol. LVII, no. 17167. 9 June 1921. p. 6. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Hagley Club". The Press. Vol. LVIII, no. 17415. 28 March 1922. p. 9. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
  6. [6]
    "Karori". The Evening Post. Vol. CVII, no. 111. 12 May 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 22 February 2020.


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