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Willie Macfarlane

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The Resume

    (June 29, 1889-August 15, 1961)
    Born in Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
    U.S. Open champion (1925)

Why he might be annoying:

    It took him 13 years to win a major championship title.
    He struggled more often in the U.S. Open following his 1925 victory.
    He frequently lost in a round in PGA Championship match play.
    He made one Top 10 finish in the Masters Tournament but never won the tournament.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He beat Bobby Jones in the 1925 U.S. Open by one stroke in a stroke play format.
    He was the first Scottish golfer in 15 years since Alex Smith to secure a U.S. Open victory.
    The U.S. Open he won in, was called 'the easily the greatest Open Championship of them all' by a reporter from The New York Times.
    He was among the first golfers to make a Top 10 finish in the Masters Tournament.
    He had 21 PGA Tour wins and a 1922 Westchester Open victory at the time he was done with his professional career.

Credit: Neo NX2004


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying