Hedley Muscroft


Hedley W. Muscroft is an English professional golfer. He played regularly on the European circuit and later on the European Tour when it started in 1972. He won the 1970 Classic International and played in The Open Championship 16 times with a best finish of 18th place in 1967.

Golf career

Muscroft only won one important tournament, the 1970 Classic International, where he beat Christy O'Connor Snr at the fourth hole of a sudden-death playoff and took the first prize of £1,000. In 1964, he was a runner-up in the Swallow-Penfold Tournament behind Peter Alliss. He was runner-up in the Bowmaker Tournament in 1965 and 1966 and in the 1966 Agfa-Gevaert Tournament. Playing with Lionel Platts, he was runner-up in the inaugural Sumrie Better-Ball in 1969.
Muscroft played on the European Tour from its start in 1972. His best season was 1973 when he finished 13th on the Order of Merit. He was a joint runner-up in the Scandinavian Enterprise Open behind Bob Charles and was third in the Benson & Hedges Match Play Championship and the Dunlop Masters. Muscroft also finished 13th in the 1973 Ryder Cup points table. The leading 8 qualified automatically with 4 places chosen by a selection committee. The committee chose the players placed 9th to 12th in the table, selecting John Garner who had had a poor 1973 but had gained a lot of points in 1972. Garner was in the 1973 Ryder Cup team but was not chosen to play any matches.

Professional wins (2)

Note: Muscroft only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place