Ted Ray (golfer)

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Edward R. G. Ray (March 28, 1877 - 1943) was an English golfer born on the Isle of Jersey.

Best known for participating in a playoff for the 1913 U.S. Open Championship with Harry Vardon and the winner Francis Ouimet, which was the subject of a Disney movie entitled, "The Greatest Game Ever Played". However, Ray had many professional successes, including winning the British Open at Muirfield in 1912, and the U.S. Open at Inverness in 1920. He played several times on the Ryder Cup team for Great Britain, and captained their side during the "unofficial source event" for Ryder Cup competition at the East Course, Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, Surrey, Great Britain in 1926.

He was known for his portly build and prodigious length off the tee, though his ball often landed in awful lies. His recovery powers were said to be phenomenal and cartoonists usually caricatured him with a niblick in hand, festooned with clumps of heather and saplings, with an inseparable pipe clamped between his teeth.

He was the head professional at Oxhey Golf Club near Watford in Hertfordshire from 1912 until 1941, when he retired due to illness.