He was born 22 October 1836 to James Park (1797–1873) and his wife Euphemia Park née Kerr (1806–1860) at Quarry Houses in Musselburgh, which was to become one of the three towns that shared hosting responsibilities for The Open Championship through the 1870s and 1880s.
He learned golf as a boy, but then spent 20 years as a seaman. His winning score was 159 for 36 holes. He spent his later life working as a teacher, golf course designer and clubmaker.
Park would go on to post four more top-10 finishes in The Open Championship between 1875 and 1881.
He traveled to the United States in the late 1890s and worked at Dyker Meadow Golf Club in Brooklyn, New York, circa 1898. Park was replaced at Dyker Meadow by Samuel Tucker and at some time thereafter returned to Scotland.
Park was the first club professional at Alnmouth Golf Club and it is believed by those associated with the club that he was also responsible for the design of the course. Park died of pernicious anemia in the Inveresk poorhouse.
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