- For other people of this name see the David Brown disambiguation page.
David Brown (18?? - 1930), who was often known as Deacon Brown, was a Scottish
golfer. He was a roofing slater by trade and a keen golfer. In 1886 he was working in
Musselburgh when The Open Championship was
about to be played. John Anderson, who was secretary of the Musselburgh Club at the time, invited him to play and provided him
with a pair of striped trousers, a frock coat and a lum hat to wear. He shocked the professionals by winning the event and then
turned professional himself.
Brown moved to England to become club professional at Newbiggin By The Sea Golf Club in about 1888 (and then later at Malvern
Club). He played in the Open Championship regularly and featured prominently. At the turn of the century he moved to
Boston in the United States. In 1903 he tied with
Willie Anderson for first place in the U.S.
Open after 72 holes, but he lost the playoff. Brown enjoyed playing the stock market but lost most of his wealth during
the Wall Street slump in 1929 and returned to Musselburgh, where he died the following year.
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The Open champions |
1860 Willie Park, Snr. · 1861 Tom Morris, Sr. · 1862
Tom Morris, Sr. · 1863 Willie Park, Snr. · 1864 Tom
Morris, Sr. · 1865 Andrew Strath ·
1866 Willie Park, Snr. · 1867 Tom Morris, Sr. · 1868
Tom Morris, Jr. · 1869 Tom Morris, Jr. · 1870 Tom
Morris, Jr. · 1871 No championship · 1872
Tom Morris, Jr. · 1873 Tom Kidd · 1874 Mungo
Park · 1875 Willie Park, Snr. ·
1876 Bob Martin · 1877 Jamie Anderson · 1878 Jamie Anderson · 1879 Jamie Anderson · 1880 Bob Ferguson · 1881 Bob Ferguson · 1882 Bob Ferguson · 1883 Willie Fernie · 1884 Jack Simpson · 1885
Bob Martin · 1886 David Brown · 1887 Willie Park,
Jnr. · 1888 Jack Burns ·
1889 Willie Park, Jnr. · 1890 John Ball · 1891
Hugh Kirkaldy · 1892 Harold Hilton · 1893 William Auchterlonie · 1894 John Henry Taylor · 1895 John Henry Taylor · 1896 Harry
Vardon · 1897 Harold Hilton ·
1898 Harry Vardon · 1899 Harry Vardon · 1900
John Henry Taylor · 1901 James Braid · 1902 Sandy
Herd · 1903 Harry Vardon ·
1904 Jack White · 1905 James Braid · 1906 James Braid · 1907 Arnaud Massy · 1908
James Braid · 1909 John Henry Taylor · 1910 James Braid · 1911 Harry
Vardon · 1912 Edward Ray ·
1913 John Henry Taylor · 1914 Harry Vardon · 1915-19 No
Championships due to World War I · 1920
George Duncan · 1921 Jock Hutchison · 1922 Walter
Hagen · 1923 Arthur Havers ·
1924 Walter Hagen · 1925 Jim Barnes · 1926
Bobby Jones · 1927 Bobby Jones · 1928 Walter
Hagen · 1929 Walter Hagen ·
1930 Bobby Jones· 1931 Tommy Armour · 1932
Gene Sarazen · 1933 Denny Shute · 1934 Henry
Cotton · 1935 Alf Perry · 1936 Alf Padgham · 1937
Henry Cotton · 1939 Richard Burton · 1940-45 No Championships due to
World War II · 1946 Sam
Snead · 1947 Fred Daly ·
1948 Henry Cotton · 1949 Bobby Locke · 1950
Bobby Locke · 1951 Max Faulkner · 1952 Bobby
Locke · 1953 Ben Hogan · 1954 Peter Thomson · 1955 Peter Thomson · 1956 Peter Thomson · 1957 Bobby Locke · 1958
Peter Thomson · 1959
Gary Player · 1960 Kel
Nagle · 1961 Arnold Palmer ·
1962 Arnold Palmer · 1963 Bob Charles · 1964 Tony Lema · 1965
Peter Thomson · 1966
Jack Nicklaus · 1967 Roberto DeVicenzo · 1968 Gary
Player · 1969 Tony Jacklin ·
1970 Jack Nicklaus · 1971 Lee Trevino · 1972
Lee Trevino · 1973 Tom Weiskopf · 1974 Gary
Player · 1975 Tom Watson ·
1976 Johnny Miller · 1977 Tom Watson · 1978
Jack Nicklaus · 1979 Severiano Ballesteros · 1980 Tom Watson · 1981 Bill Rogers · 1982 Tom Watson · 1983 Tom
Watson · 1984 Severiano Ballesteros
· 1985 Sandy Lyle · 1986 Greg Norman · 1987
Nick Faldo · 1988 Severiano Ballesteros · 1989 Mark Calcavecchia · 1990 Nick
Faldo · 1991 Ian Baker-Finch ·
1992 Nick Faldo · 1993 Greg Norman · 1994
Nick Price · 1995 John Daly · 1996 Tom
Lehman · 1997 Justin Leonard ·
1998 Mark O'Meara · 1999 Paul Lawrie · 2000
Tiger Woods · 2001 David Duval · 2002 Ernie Els
· 2003 Ben Curtis · 2004 Todd Hamilton · 2005
Tiger Woods · 2006 Tiger Woods · 2007 Pádraig
Harrington
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