Bernard Hunt

February 2, 1930 (age 83)

Atherstone, Warwickshire

He turned professional in 1946 and was a leading player on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. He played on the European Seniors Tour in for its first seven seasons (1992–1998) but his opportunity to make an impact at this level was limited as he was sixty-two by the time the tour was founded. Between 1953 and 1969 Hunt represented Great Britain in the Ryder Cup eight times out of nine. He was the non-playing captain of the Great Britain & Ireland teams of 1973 and 1975, both of which were defeated by the United States. One of the courses at Foxhills Golf Club located in Ottershaw, Surrey, is named after Hunt, where he served as head professional for 25 years in the 1980s and 1990s. Hunt died in June 2013 at the age of 83.

Bernard Hunt

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Background

Hunt was born in Atherstone, Warwickshire.

Education

He was past his peak by the time the formal European Tour was introduced in 1972, but finished in the top twenty on the money list in 1973.

Career

He turned professional in 1946 and was a leading player on the European circuit in the 1950s and 1960s. He played on the European Seniors Tour in for its first seven seasons (1992–1998) but his opportunity to make an impact at this level was limited as he was sixty-two by the time the tour was founded. Between 1953 and 1969 Hunt represented Great Britain in the Ryder Cup eight times out of nine.

He was the non-playing captain of the Great Britain & Ireland teams of 1973 and 1975, both of which were defeated by the United States.

One of the courses at Foxhills Golf Club located in Ottershaw, Surrey, is named after Hunt, where he served as head professional for 25 years in the 1980s and 1990s. Hunt died in June 2013 at the age of 83.

Achievements

This list may be incomplete 1952 Coombe Hill Assistants" Tournament 1953 Gor-Ray Cup, Spalding Tournament, Coombe Hill Assistants" Tournament, Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament (with Jack Hargreaves), Gleneagles-Saxone Foursomes Tournament (with Stewart Ross) 1954 Goodwin (Sheffield) Foursomes Tournament (with Sidney Collins, Junior) 1956 Egyptian Open 1957 Spalding Tournament, Belgian Open 1958 Irish Hospitals Tournament (tied with Frank Jowle), Bowmaker Tournament (tied with Peter Mills), Professional Short Course Championship 1959 Southern Professional Championship 1960 Pickering Tournament (with Geoffrey Hunt), Southern Professional Championship 1961 German Open, Daks Tournament, Martini International, Woodlawn Tournament (Germany) 1962 Brazil Open 1963 British Masters, Smart Weston, Swallow-Penfold Tournament, Gevacolour Tournament, Carroll Sweet Afton Tournament 1964 Rediffusion Tournament 1965 Gallaher Ulster Open, British Masters 1966 Piccadilly Tournament 1967 French Open, Gallaher Ulster Open 1968 Basildon Tournament 1969 Algarve Open 1970 Agfa-Gevaert Tournament, Sumrie Clothes Better-Ball (with Neil Coles), Penfold Tournament 1971 W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament 1973 Sumrie Clothes Better-Ball (with Neil Coles).

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Member of the Order of the British Empire Order of Merit