Max Faulkner

Pro golf from the 1930s to the millennium

Skip to content
  • Home
  • Gallery
  • Info

Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

Bobby Locke – US trail blazer

  • by G.F.
  • Posted on 15th Apr 201918th Apr 2019
  • Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

Bobby Locke has always been a hero to me, even though he was a few months younger. His record in the USA does not look as spectacular as Gary Player’s but is remarkable if you […]

Read More

The obsessive Hogan

  • by G.F.
  • Posted on 15th Apr 201918th Apr 2019
  • Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

Ben Hogan and I had only one thing in common: our golf swings were both based on what I call a ‘power fade’ system. I can’t speak for Ben but I had a terror of […]

Read More

Snead loses his cool

  • by G.F.
  • Posted on 15th Apr 201918th Apr 2019
  • Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

I was last match out in the singles at Pinehurst, North Carolina, in the 1951 Ryder Cup match and my opponent was the US Captain Sam Snead. After the morning round I was 4 down […]

Read More

The genius of Christy O’Connor

  • by G.F.
  • Posted on 15th Apr 201916th Apr 2019
  • Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

Christy O’Connor is a genius. I would not wish his swing on anyone as he cocks his wrists so much on the backswing that the club falls down almost onto his neck. “Wristy Christy” I […]

Read More

Narrow escape for Dai Rees

  • by G.F.
  • Posted on 15th Apr 201918th Apr 2019
  • Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

For three years running, Dai Rees and I circumnavigated the globe. This might not sound much now, but in 1950 it took you five days to fly from the UK to Australia in piston-engined planes […]

Read More

Harry Weetman – the fascination of raw power

  • by G.F.
  • Posted on 15th Apr 201916th Apr 2019
  • Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

Harry Weetman is another forgotten Champion, tragically killed in a car crash in 1972. He was as strong as an ox with huge hands and forearms and crunched the ball as if his life depended […]

Read More

The 1951 open

  • Ordeal at Royal Portrush for 1951 Open triumph

    9th Apr 2019
  • The status of being an Open Champion

    9th Apr 2019

Pro golf changes over 70 years

  • Improvement in the lot of the professional golfer

    9th Apr 2019
  • The lost breed of Cockney caddie

    9th Apr 2019
  • In the days of hickory shafts

    9th Apr 2019
  • Take care shaking hands with one of the old pros

    9th Apr 2019
  • The curse of slow play

    9th Apr 2019
  • Golfing press changes over six decades

    9th Apr 2019
  • Need to watch out for the cheats

    9th Apr 2019

Key personalities of 1940s and 1950s

  • Bobby Locke – US trail blazer

    15th Apr 2019
  • The obsessive Hogan

    15th Apr 2019
  • Snead loses his cool

    15th Apr 2019
  • The genius of Christy O’Connor

    15th Apr 2019
  • Narrow escape for Dai Rees

    15th Apr 2019
  • Harry Weetman – the fascination of raw power

    15th Apr 2019

Selected pro golf observations

  • The secret behind the 1957 Ryder Cup victory

    9th Apr 2019
  • Golf can get to us all

    9th Apr 2019
  • ‘Butten Scheme’ attempt to produce British Open winner

    9th Apr 2019
  • Good swingers of the ball

    9th Apr 2019

Unusual moments in a golfing career

  • US club backs amateurs to beat me and Weetman

    15th Apr 2019
  • British courtesy unnerves US pros

    15th Apr 2019
  • Locke and I have brush with US law

    15th Apr 2019
  • John Jacobs gives me a fright

    15th Apr 2019
  • What can happen when you are gripped by nerves

    15th Apr 2019
  • Mickey Rooney impresses me – in more ways than one

    15th Apr 2019
  • Golf with Douglas Bader and Charles Newman VC

    15th Apr 2019
  • Bill Shankland sees the funny side

    15th Apr 2019
  • Scoring by memory

    15th Apr 2019
  • Call of nature in the sugar cane

    15th Apr 2019
  • Miami caddie amuses me

    15th Apr 2019
  • Sprayed drives in the tropics

    15th Apr 2019
  • Play-off with Bob Charles at Ramstein

    15th Apr 2019
  • Trevino the joker

    15th Apr 2019
  • Political unrest in Cairo

    15th Apr 2019
  • Avian golf hazard

    15th Apr 2019
  • Shall we have a split Jim?

    15th Apr 2019

Golf before WWII

  • Intimidating Archie Compston

    15th Apr 2019
  • Abe Mitchell – a long hitter with hickory

    15th Apr 2019
  • Alex Herd gives me a sharp lesson

    15th Apr 2019
  • I play with future Open Champions as 16-year old

    15th Apr 2019
  • First Open Championship

    15th Apr 2019
  • Alf Perry – the forgotten man

    15th Apr 2019
  • Sarazen the first to win all four majors

    15th Apr 2019

Tips for improving your golf

  • Stop that slice!

    15th Apr 2019
  • Simple rules for good putting

    15th Apr 2019
Powered by WordPress.com.
  • Follow Following
    • Max Faulkner
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Max Faulkner
    • Customise
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar