Background
Foulis was born at the "Home of Golf", Street Andrews in Scotland, on 22 August 1871. His father was foreman at Old Tom Morris"s golf shop and clubmaking business, and Foulis spent some time working at the shop.
Foulis was born at the "Home of Golf", Street Andrews in Scotland, on 22 August 1871. His father was foreman at Old Tom Morris"s golf shop and clubmaking business, and Foulis spent some time working at the shop.
He also finished tied for third in the inaugural 1895 United States. Open held at Newport Golf Club in Newport, Rhode Island.
In 1895 he travelled to the United States to take up a job as golf professional at Chicago Golf Club, which was the first club in the United States to have an 18-hole course. He was the first golf professional in the western States. 1895 United States. Open Foulis was one of the eleven players who took part in the first United States. Open in 1895, and he came third.
The following year the Open was played at Foulis"s home club, and he finished tied for third with Willie Dunn, Junior.
The most notable aspect of his game was his driving. lieutenant is said that he often drove over three hundred yards using the relatively primitive clubs of his day.
Golf inventions They invented the bramble patterning for Coburn Haskell"s new rubber-cored ball. In response to the demands of the new ball they developed the "mashie-niblick", the modern 7-iron, which fell between the traditional mashie (5-iron) and niblick (9-iron), and patented the design.
Jim Foulis also worked as a golf course designer from 1896 until his death, designing the first golf courses in many communities across the American midwest.
Foulis had four brothers, all of whom also moved to the United States. Robert and Dave were also golf professionals, Simpson was a fine amateur golfer, and John was an expert ballmaker who also worked as a bookkeeper at Chicago Golf Club from 1901 to his untimely death in 1907. All five brothers are buried in Wheaton Cemetery, adjacent to Chicago Golf Club.
Foulis died on 3 March 1928.
He finished third in the 1895 United States. Open and was an inventor of golf equipment. Wins (1) Results timeline Foulis played only in the United States. DNP = Did not play World Development = Withdrew "T" indicates a tie for a place Green background for wins.
Yellow background for top-10.