Lionel Platts

Lionel Platts
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born (1934-10-10) 10 October 1934
Sheffield, Yorkshire, England
Nationality  England
Career
Status Professional
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1966
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T12: 1965
PGA Championship DNP

Lionel Platts (born 10 October 1934[1]) is an English professional golfer. He played in the 1965 Ryder Cup.

Platt won the Assistants golf tournament at Coombe Hill in 1961,[2] quickly followed by the PGA Assistants' Championship at Hartsbourne Country Club.[3] In 1962 he won the Sunningdale foursomes with David Snell.[4] In 1964 he won the seven-club golf tournament at Turnberry,[5] while in 1965 he lost to Neil Coles at the 19th hole in the final of the News of the World Match Play.[6] He scored 68 in the first round of the 1967 Open Championship to lead the field. Platt won the Portuguese Open in 1971 and in 1972 won the Uniroyal £2000 72-hole strokeplay tournament.[7]

Professional wins

Results in major championships

Tournament 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T24 T24 T39 CUT T12 T55 T13 CUT CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT T40 CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT

Note: Platts only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

References

  1. ↑ European Senior Tour - Lionel Platts - Biography
  2. ↑ "Sporting News - Platts never in danger" The Times, 19 May 1961; pg. 3; Issue 55085
  3. ↑ "Assistants' Title for Platts" The Times, 2 June 1961; pg. 5; Issue 55097
  4. ↑ "Spectacular Victory for Platts and Snell" The Times, 30 March 1963; pg. 4; Issue 55663
  5. ↑ "Seven Clubs prove sufficient for Platts" The Times, 5 October 1964; pg. 4; Issue 56134
  6. ↑ "Platts reaches the 19th hole once too often" The Times, 6 September 1965; pg. 4; Issue 56419
  7. ↑ "Platts finds luck running his way" The Times, 6 July 1972; pg. 9; Issue 58523

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