Ted Ray (golfer)

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Edward R. G. Ray (March 28, 1877 - 1943) was an English golfer born on the Isle of Jersey.

Best known for losing a play off for the 1913 U.S. Open with Harry Vardon and the winner Francis Ouimet, he in fact won the British Open at Muirfield in 1912, and the U.S. Open at Inverness in 1920. He played several times on the Ryder Cup team for Great Britain, and captained the side in 1927.

He was known for his portly build and prodigious length off the tee, though his ball often landed in awful lies. His recovery powers were said to be phenomenal and cartoonists usually caricatured him with a niblick in hand, festooned with clumps of heather and saplings, with an inseparable pipe clamped between his teeth.

He was professional at Oxhey Golf Club near Watford in Hertfordshire from 1912 to 1941.

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