Peter_Gill_(golfer)
Peter Gill (golfer)
English professional golfer (1930–2020)
Peter E. Gill (23 July 1930 – 23 April 2020) was an English professional golfer.[1] In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He died in 2020 from COVID-19 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in England.
| Peter Gill | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Peter E. Gill |
| Born | (1930-07-23)23 July 1930 Aldridge, Walsall, England |
| Died | 23 April 2020(2020-04-23) (aged 89) Maidstone, Kent, England |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Status | Professional |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour European Seniors Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1967 |
Gill was an assistant professional in the 1950s, first at Little Aston Golf Club and then at Addington Golf Club.[1] He played regularly in assistants' tournaments and in 1953, while still at Little Aston, he reached the semi-final of the Gor-Ray Cup, the PGA Assistants' Championship, before losing to Geoffrey Hunt.[2] He qualified for the Open Championship the same year. In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He won the Coombe Hill Tournament after a six-hole playoff with Billy Bingham and then won the Gor-Ray Cup, a stroke ahead of Peter Shanks.[3][4]
Gill was third in the 1970 John Player Classic, an event that had first prize of £25,000. Christy O'Connor Snr won the event, ahead of Tony Jacklin, with Gill tying with Neil Coles and winning £3,750.[5] Although he over 40 when the tour was formed, Gill played in a few European Tour events in 1972 and 1973.
Gill played in the PGA Seniors Championship in the 1980s. In his first appearance in 1981 he finished a stroke behind Christy O'Connor Snr and Fred Boobyer.[6] The following year he was again a shot out of a playoff.[7] In 1983 he was runner-up, nine strokes behind O'Connor who won the event for the sixth time and for third successive year.[8] Gill played in the European Seniors Tour in its early years, although he was over 60 when the tour was founded. He had one top-10 finish, in the 1992 Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters.
Gill was the professional at Surbiton Golf Club in Surrey, Gatton Manor in Surrey and Knole Park in Kent.[1] He was an honorary member of the PGA.[1]
| Tournament | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | WD | CUT |
Note: Gill only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
Source:[9]
- "Peter Gill (1930 – 2020)". PGA. 23 April 2020.
- "Brothers Meet in Final". The Glasgow Herald. 14 May 1953. p. 5.
- "Assistants' win for P E Gill". The Glasgow Herald. 29 May 1959. p. 11.
- "New Assistants' Champion". The Glasgow Herald. 5 June 1959. p. 11.
- "O'Connor holds off Jacklin and wins £25,000". The Glasgow Herald. 7 September 1970. p. 4.
- "Christy has Irish luck". The Glasgow Herald. 25 July 1981. p. 14.
- "O'Connor again after play-off". The Glasgow Herald. 28 May 1982. p. 23.
- "O'Connor retains his seniors crown". The Glasgow Herald. 27 May 1983. p. 25.
- Brenner, Morgan G. (2009). The Majors of Golf: Complete Results of the Open, the U.S. Open, the PGA Championship and the Masters, 1860-2008. Vol. 1. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-3360-5.
- Peter Gill at the European Tour official site