Background
Lloyd grew up playing at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake.
Lloyd grew up playing at Royal Liverpool Golf Club at Hoylake.
He was an expert at making and repairing clubs. He was the first golf professional in France, being hired in 1883 at the Pau Golf Club in Pau, France, by Englishmen spending their winters there. Fleetwood Sandeman was the first Captain in 1883 at Hayling Golf Club in Hampshire, where the Sandeman family had a summer house, and Macdona arranged for Joseph Lloyd to become the first professional at Hayling where Lloyd helped lay out the first 9-hole course on the seafront.
"The General", as Lloyd was popularly known, left Hayling after two seasons.
From 1895 to 1909 Lloyd spent his summers as the club professional at the Essex Country Club, in Manchester, Massachusetts, and was succeeded by Donald Ross as the club professional there. Lloyd retired from the Pau Golf Club in 1925.
Lloyd played in the 1896 United States. Open, and lead at the halfway point, but finished tied for 8th place 6 strokes behind. 1897 United States. Open
Lloyd was known as a player capable of extremely long drives and was considered to be one of the longest hitters in his day.
In the 1897 tournament, he was trailing entering the final round.
He hit a long drive at the 465-yard 18th hole, following by a wonderful brassie shot to within 8 feet of the pin. Wins (1)
Results timeline
Lloyd played in only the United States. Open and The Open Championship. NYF = Tournament not yet founded
DNP = Did not play
World Development = Withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins.
Yellow background for top-10.
