Edit this page; Read in another language; List of people from Texas. James Calvin 'Jimmy' Rollins (born November 27, 1978), nicknamed 'J-Roll', is an American professional baseball shortstop who is a free agent. He has played in Major. Did you know that you can help us produce ebooks by proof-reading just one page a day? Go to: Distributed Proofreaders. North Berwick's Golfing Pioneers. JAMES SHERIDAN Sunningdale Golf Club, UK. In 1. 89. 5 the family moved to Ferrygate farm near North Berwick and Jimmie and his three brothers and two sisters. Dirleton Primary School.
Attending the same school were the famous golfing Watt brothers. Jimmie was a caddie on the West Links. North Berwick and granted a 1st class caddie badge No. July 1. 89. 9. After leaving North Berwick High School he worked as an insurance. West Links gaining his. July 1. 89. 9. Sheridan moved to North Berwick and lodged with Alex Lockhart at 1. Victoria Road. Jimmie Sheridan was the. John Laidlay at Muirfield, and the Autumn Meeting at St Andrews, while Alex Lockhart caddied for Robert Maxwell. Many men and boys over the age of. It was open from 6 to 9. Everybody paid two- pence a week as the membership fee and refreshments were on sale, large cups of coffee for a penny, and. The building in Forth Street comprised of six rooms where they could read, play billiards. Miss Lucy was revered by everyone and affectionately named 'Aunt Lucy'. His. brother Alec Henderson was offered the post of Caddie Master at Sunningdale by Jack White the Club Professional but Alec turned down the. He suggested his friend Jimmie Sheridan and after a six month trail period at Sunningdale, Sheridan was offered the position of. Caddie Master a position he retained for fifty- six years until his retirement in 1. Jimmie and his wife lived at 3 Emanuel Villas. Broomhill, Sunningdale. Their son John Sheridan joined the professional ranks at Denham in 1. They lived with their parents John and Jane Shiells in Ivy Bank, Dirleton. John served an apprenticeship as a club- maker. James Watt also from Dirleton in his workshop at 1 Station Hill, North Berwick. John, Archibald and Robert also worked in their. Market Garden. In 1. John Shiells moved to Maryport Golf Club on the Solway Firth. The following year he was appointed the first. Kendal Golf Club where he remained for 4. Golf clubs stamped with John Shiells are popular. Names such as Robert Maxwell, Freddie Tait, Harold Hilton and. Johnnie Laidlay among the amateurs and Ben Sayers, Jack White and Willie Park among the professionals found the course ideal retreat from. Gullane and the West Links at North Berwick. The Visitors Book compiled by Archie Shiells included the names of golfing. Caledonian G. C., Civil Service G. C, Scottish Equitable G. C., British Linen G. C. Edinburgh & Leith Grocers G. C., Tod. Murray & Jamieson G. C., Dundas & Wilson G. C, Morningside G. C. It was customary to award Archie Shiells a gratuity of 5/- . It was James Law who. Archie Shiells as greenkeeper. WILLIAM AND JAMES SMALL Hay Harbor (NY) and. Beacon Hill (NJ), USA William Small, born November 1. Kay's Wynd, North Berwick, son of James 'Alfred' Small. Elizabeth Millar. Bill Small moved with his parents and brother James to the Harbour Terrace where their. Cyril was born. In 1. Bill joined the General Post Office following a vacancy when postman Fred Mc. Leod left for America. Mc. Leod. won the US Open in 1. By 1. 91. 4, he was playing. Melbourne Place. Following the armistice in 1. Mary Jane 'Jean' Davidson Mc. Culloch from Crieff, Perthshire and that year they visited Jean's brother Tom Mc. Culloch in America. Tom was butler. to Henry P. Bill gained employment for the summer season as golf pro and. Hay Harbor Golf Club on Fishers Island. The following year, Bill and Jean emigrated permanently to America sailing from Southampton. S. S Lapland they arrived in New York on 1. February 1. 92. 0, In April, Bill started the new season at Hay Harbor Golf Club while his wife helped in. Heathulie Avenue, Southold, Fishers Island. Above: Bill and Jean Small in 1. Copyright . Ferguson Museum Collection. Fishers Island in New York State where Bill Small worked throughout his professional career, lies to the east of Long Island Sound and can only. Connecticut. The island is nine miles long, one mile wide and has the most idyllic setting for a golf. The nine hole course at Hay Harbor was operated in connection with the Mansion House Hotel. The 2nd hole, a 3. In 1. 92. 5, a new 1. Seth. Raynor was laid out on the eastern portion of the island for the Fishers Island Club. He. continued in this dual roll until 1. Hay Harbor celebrated his 4. Today the course at Fishers Island. Country Club is rated 2. US, complied by Golf Magazine. The ashes drifted down from a light plane flying over the Fishers Island Country Club. Hay Harbor Golf Club courses. Small, served both island courses as professional'. He emigrated to America in 1. Bill Small and his career is listed above. In 1. 92. 1, Bill returned to North Berwick to visit his family at 4. Forth Street, and in March the. America with his brother James A. November 1. 89. 5) who was appointed pro and manager at the nine- hole. Beacon Hill C. C, Atlantic Highlands (NJ). In 1. 92. 9 James and his wife Margaret moved to Middletown (NJ) where he was appointed. Vanderbilt Golf Course. A set of golf clubs stamped 'Hand Forged - Made In Scotland - Jim Small Special', was recently auctioned. Bay. The club head also carried the cleek mark of a 'pipe' which identifies the maker as Thomas Stewart of St Andrews. Jim Small died 1. April. 1. 98. 3 aged 8. Winter Haven, Polk County, Florida, USA. The Small family continue to reside in North Berwick. James Souter was a journeyman joiner and Bass Rock. Golf Club champion in 1. He was a licensed professional on the West Links, and in 1. Open Championship at Royal Cinque. Ports G. C. He was appointed pro at West Hill G. C. Brookwood in Surrey (1. The building remains and is currently occupied by the Artisans' Clubhouse. In 1. 91. 4. Souter entered the Open Championship at Prestwick from West Hill. Private No. 1. 24. Jim Souter enlisted. Battalion Royal Scots on 2. September 1. 91. 4 and was transferred to the 2/5 Gordon Highlanders in December 1. Alex Herd was employed by. Hailes Estate to layout the Kingsknowe course in 1. Adjacent was Hailes Quarry which produced stone for the building of Edinburgh in the. Cameronia, and arrived in New York on 3rd April 1. He stayed with Wilfred. Thomson in Richmond until he found work as assistant pro to Irishman Herb Jewson at Roxborough Country Club, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania. In. August he was joined by his wife Mary Muir and their fourteen year old daughter also called Mary and they resided at 5. East Martin Avenue. Roxborough. Click photo to enlarge. In November 1. 92. Souter played in the first Philadelphia Section PGA Championship at Tredyffrin Country Club in Paoli. The PGA section was. James R. Thomson from North Berwick on the organising committee. During the first year of the PGA of America. Thomson was vice- president of the Southeastern Section and served on the PGA Executive committee. In 1. 92. 4 he replaced John Golden, the homebred professional at Tuxedo Country Club (NY), and resided in the Village of Tuxedo Park. Orange County, New Jersey. In 1. 92. 6- 2. 7 he moved to Claremont C. C (NH) and he played in the Metropolitan Open Championship, 1. PGA Championship in 1. Long Island Open Championship in 1. North and South Tournament in 1. Pinehurst, NC. In 1. Tuxedo Park where he was joined by John M. Mc. Laren a clubmaker from North Berwick. Souter became an American citizen in 1. Newburgh. Supreme Court (NY) and remained at Tuxedo until his retirement in 1. They moved to Clifton, Passaic County New Jersey where Mary Souter died in May. DAVID STEPHENSON. San Francisco Golf Club, California, USA David Stephenson, born 4th. November 1. 87. 8 at 1. Lorne Lane, North Berwick, son of David Stephenson, a shoemaker and his wife Elizabeth (Jane) Walker. David was granted a licensed. West Links on 2. 9th April 1. His elder brother Isaac Stephenson was also a. In 1. 89. 8, Stephenson briefly worked as a ball and club maker for J & D Clark. Dunbar Golf Club and as golf instructor at King James VI Golf Club, Perth, Scotland, before emigrating to America. He sailed from Liverpool. White Star liner Cymric, and arrived in New York on 1. May 1. 89. 9. Alexander Smith Baillie was also employed. Balfour Guthrie. Baillie known as the 'father of golf in the west' was born in Brechin, Scotland and emigrated to America in 1. He. was one of the founders of the Tacoma Golf and Country Club and the driving force in the construction of the first golf course in. Washington state in 1. Lawson returned to Scotland to visit his brother and telegraphed to say . San Francisco Golf Club leased the ground inside the Presidio. October 1. 89. 9, Stephenson introduced distance pins and direction posts and put the teeing grounds in the best positions. In 1. 91. 2 the club adopted the name San Jose Golf and Country Club. The six contestants were drawn in pairs as follows David Stephenson, San Francisco Golf Club, T. W. Tetley, San Rafael Golf Club, Jim. Melville of Del Monte, Alexander Smith of Coronado, Willie Anderson and Horace Rawlins both instructors at Oakland. Horace Rawlins won the. Stephenson was third equal with Jim Melville followed by Willie Anderson. According to the New York Times an exhibition match was arranged between Willie Anderson and Dave Stephenson at San. Francisco Golf Club. Anderson was a school- mate of Stephenson at North Berwick Public School and they both apprenticed as club makers. This is the first documented evidence that Willie. Anderson learned to play the game on the West Links at North Berwick. Willie Anderson was an inaugural inductee into. Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2. James F. Melville. Jim Melville from Earlsferry in Scotland was pro at Burlingame in 1. Dave Stephenson at Presidio and would play Oakland. Melville was instructor in 1. Jim Melville moved to Monterey in 1. Hotel del Monte. In 1. Sacramento Golf Club where he died of pneumonia in 1. The 2. 1 year- old was employed at. Del Monte as a caddie and assistant club maker to Jim Melville who trained him. Peanuts Espinosa was of Spanish and Mexican decent and was.
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