Four (4) Bobby Locke Photos From Open Championship in 1949 in Sandwich - 1st Open Win
Taken at Bobby Locke's first Open Championship in 1949, here are four original photos depicting the tournament that decided the Champion Golfer of the Year. These are hand-notated on the verso identifying both the pictured champion Bobby Locke and important year of 1949 along with 'Sandwich' on each of the four. Locke won the Open Championship four times (1949, 1950, 1952, and 1957) and was considered a controversial player in golf and was banned by the PGA for a dispute over playing commitments or for being too good, depending on who you ask. With growing resentment towards him from fellow PGA players, he was banned and 1948 Masters winner Claude Harmon once stated, without prompt, that "Locke was simply too good. They had to ban him." Although the ban was lifted in 1951, Locke chose not to return to play in the U.S. other than for a few appearances.
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