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{{Short description|English golfer (1898–1980)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox golfer
| name              = Arthur Gladstone Havers
| image             = File:Arthur Havers 1923.png
| imagesize         = 250px
| caption           = Havers after winning the 1923 Open at Royal Troon
| fullname          = Arthur Gladstone Havers
| nickname          = 
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|df=yes|1898|6|10}}
| birth_place       = [[Norwich]], [[Norfolk]], England
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1980|12|27|1898|6|10}}
| death_place       = [[Haslemere]], [[Surrey]], England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=havers&yearOfDeath=1981&page=1#calendar|title=Find a will &#124; GOV.UK}}</ref>
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| nationality       = {{ENG}}
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| status            = Professional
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| prowins           = 5
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| majorwins         = 1
| masters           = DNP
| usopen            = T15: 1927
| open              = '''Won''': [[1923 Open Championship|1923]]
| pga               = DNP
| wghofid           = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID -->
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'''Arthur Gladstone Havers''' (10 June 1898 – 27 December 1980)<ref name=times29dec1980>"Mr A.G. Havers. ''The Times'', 29 December 1980; p. 12; Issue 60812.</ref><ref name=times31dec1980>"Deaths – Havers. ''The Times'', 31 December 1980; p. 22; Issue 60814.</ref> was an English [[professional golfer]]. Havers won the 1923 [[Open Championship]] at [[Royal Troon]] and the [[Glasgow Herald Tournament]] the following week at [[Gleneagles Hotel|Gleneagles]], the two big successes of his career. He played in the [[Ryder Cup]] in 1927, 1931 and 1933.

Havers was born in [[Norwich]], England. He had first qualified for the Open in 1914 at the age of sixteen.<ref name=times29dec1980/> Havers was professional at [[Moor Park Golf Club|Moor Park]], West Lancashire, Coombe Hill, Sandy Lodge and [[Frinton Golf Club|Frinton]].<ref name=times29dec1980/>

==Tournament wins==
*1921 [[Northern Professional Championship]]
*1922 [[Northern Professional Championship]]
*1923 [[1923 Open Championship|Open Championship]], [[Glasgow Herald Tournament]], [[Samuel Ryder#Heath and Heather Tournament|Heath and Heather Tournament]]

==Major championships==

===Wins (1)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Year!!Championship!!54 holes!!Winning score!!Margin!!Runner-up
|-style="background:#ABCDEF;"
| [[1923 Open Championship|1923]] || [[The Open Championship]] || 1 shot lead || 73-73-73-76=295 || 1 stroke || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Walter Hagen]]
|}

===Results timeline===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1914
!1915
!1916
!1917
!1918
!1919
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|69
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1920
!1921
!1922
!1923
!1924
!1925
!1926
!1927
!1928
!1929
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T15
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|style="background:yellow;"|4
|T12
|style="background:lime;"|'''1'''
|T29
|T20
|T28
|style="background:yellow;"|T7
|CUT
|11
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1930
!1931
!1932
!1933
!1934
!1935
!1936
!1937
!1938
!1939
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:yellow;"|T10
|style="background:yellow;"|3
|T14
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|T41
|60
|T17
|CUT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;"
!Tournament
!1940
!1941
!1942
!1943
!1944
!1945
!1946
!1947
!1948
!1949
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|-
|align=left|[[The Open Championship]]
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT
|CUT
|T27
|style="background:#eeeeee;"|
|CUT
|}
''Note: Havers only played in [[The Open Championship]] and the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]].''<br>
{{legend|lime|Win}}
{{legend|yellow|Top 10}}
{{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}}
NT = No tournament<br>
CUT = missed the half-way cut<br>
"T" indicates a tie for a place

==Team appearances==
*[[Ryder Cup|Great Britain vs USA]] (representing Great Britain): 1921 (winners), 1926 (winners)
*[[Ryder Cup]] (representing Great Britain): [[1927 Ryder Cup|1927]], [[1931 Ryder Cup|1931]], [[1933 Ryder Cup|1933]] (winners)
*France–Great Britain Professional Match (representing Great Britain): 1929 (winners)
*[[England–Scotland Professional Match]] (representing England): 1932 (winners), 1933 (winners), 1934 (winners)
*[[England–Ireland Professional Match]] (representing England): 1932 (winners), 1933 (winners)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{The Open champions}}
{{navboxes|title=Arthur Havers in the [[Ryder Cup]]
|list1=
{{1927 Great Britain Ryder Cup team}}
{{1931 Great Britain Ryder Cup team}}
{{1933 Great Britain Ryder Cup team}}
}}

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[[Category:English male golfers]]
[[Category:Winners of men's major golf championships]]
[[Category:Ryder Cup competitors for Europe]]
[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1980 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]


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