Sandy Herd

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Sandy Herd (born Alexander Herd in 1868, died 1944 in London) was a Scottish professional golfer from St Andrews.

Herd was the club professional at Huddersfield Golf Club from 1892 to 1911. In 1902 he won The Open Championship at Hoylake. He had a three shot lead after fifty four holes, but nearly let the title slip out of his hands by scoring an 81 in the final round. Harry Vardon and James Braid both had medium length puts at the final hole to force a play off, but they missed and Herd took the Championship. He was the first Open Champion to use the Haskell rubber cored ball. His appearances in The Open Championship spanned fifty years, his last appearance being at St Andrews in 1939, when he was 71.

Herd's brother Fred won the 1898 U.S. Open.

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