Golf

Sport: Golf

An early photograph of golfers on Grouville links

A lady golfer in the 1930s

Jersey, and in particular the Grouville links, have produced a number of truly great golfers. Ted Ray won the British and US Opens and was the first Ryder Cup Captain in 1927. He was born in Grouville and are commemorated on the Royal Jersey course, but even his achievements are eclipsed by fellow Grouville native Harry Vardon, who won the British Open six times, a total which still stands as the all-time record.

Together with Vardon's elder brother Tom, Phillippe Gaudin and his brothers, the Boomer brothers (winners of many Open titles in continental Europe), the Renoufs and many others who turned professional, were collectively known from the 1890s to the 1920s as the Jersey School.

Harry Vardon, Jersey and Britain's most successful golfer of all time, won the Open Championship on a record six occasions, and also the US Open. He had a long career, first winning the Open in 1896, and again in 1898, 1899, 1903, 1911 and 1914. His US Open win came in 1900, and he was still considered good enough to represent the United Kingdom against the USA in 1921. This picture is believed to show him teeing off in the Open Championship in 1903

Jersey golfers

• Harry Vardon
• Ted Ray
• Boomer family
• Percy Adams
• Tommy Horton
• Carol Le Feuvre

Island residents

• Ian Woosnam
• Tony Jacklin

The two main courses

• Royal Jersey Golf Club
• La Moye Golf Club

1900 ladies' tournament

• 1900 ladies golf

Championship

• Jersey Amateur Golf Championship

Gallery

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  Ladies on the green at Grouville in 1895
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  Golf at Grouville in 1906
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  Harry Vardon in action at Grouville links
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  Royal Jersey Ladies Section 1895
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  Royal Jersey Ladies Section 1932
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  Royal Jersey Ladies Section 1935
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  Les Quennevais 3rd green
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  Les Quennevais 15th green
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  Celebrity golf tournament programme
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  Grouville links
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  Grouville links
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  7th tee at Grouville
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  La Moye course
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  Golf restarts at La Moye in 1946 after the course, damaged by the Germans, is repaired
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  Grouville links
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  Grouville links
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  Les Quennevais Golf Club
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  Grouville links
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  Vardon Match in 1984
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  Jack Nicklaus in the Vardon Match in 1984
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  A top Jersey golfer from the early 20th century, Tommy Renouf
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  Golf on the beach at St Brelade in 1917
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  Carol Le Feuvre
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  Open champion Tony Jacklin lived in Jersey for a short time in the 1970s. He is pictured at the airport in 1976 with his sons Bradley and Warren, about to depart
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  Ted Ray and Harry Vardon