Charles McIlvenny

Charles McIlvenny
— Golfer —
Personal information
Born	1897 Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
Nationality	England
Career
Status	Professional
Professional wins	5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T44: 1930
PGA Championship	DNP

Charles McIlvenny (born 1897) was an English-born professional golfer. McIlvenny was a professional at West Middlesex and Sudbury in the early 1920s. He reached the third round of the News of the World Match Play in 1924, losing to Ernest Whitcombe, and emigrated to South Africa soon afterwards to become the professional at Port Elizabeth. He won the 1932 South African Open Championship and the South African PGA Championship four times between 1927 and 1932. He returned to England in 1930 and played in the Open Championship. In 1934 he was married in Port Elizabeth to Barbara Kingsmill Hopkins (nee Christian).^[1]

Professional wins

• 1927 South African PGA Championship
• 1929 South African PGA Championship
• 1931 South African PGA Championship
• 1932 South African Open Championship, South African PGA Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1922	1923	1924	1925	1926	1927	1928	1929	1930
The Open Championship	T50	T53	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T44

Note: McIlvenny only played in The Open Championship.

DNP = Did not play
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

1. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q23Q-2N43