Gilbert Nicholls
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Gilbert Ernest Nicholls was an English-American professional golfer, prominent in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He had eight top-10 finishes in the U.S. Open.
Nicholls, c. 1937
Harry Vardon
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Henry William Vardon was a professional golfer from Jersey. He was a member of the Great Triumvirate with John Henry Taylor and James Braid. Vardon won The Open Championship a record six times, and al
Gilbert Nicholls
…eventually compiled the better record of the two. Bernard Nicholls, then playing out of the Boston area, earned the distinction of twice defeating Harry Vardon, then the top player in the world, head-to-head, on Vardon's 1900 tour of the United States and Canada; those were the only head-to-head matches Vardon…
Vardon, circa 1908–1914
Fred McLeod and Vardon at the 1913 U.S. Open
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Statue of Vardon at the Royal Jersey Golf Club on the Island of Jersey