William Auchterlonie

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates William "Willie" Auchterlonie (7 August 1872 – 27 February 1963) was a Scottish professional golfer.

Early life

Auchterlonie was a native of St Andrews.

Professional career

He won the 1893 Open Championship at the age of Template:Age in years and days and he remains the second youngest Open Champion after Tom Morris, Jnr, but it was to prove to be his only Open. His brother, Laurie Auchterlonie, won the 1902 U.S. Open.

Auchterlonie was honorary professional to The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews for nearly a quarter of a century. He had begun his working life as an apprentice to the club makers R. Forgan & Son and he ran club making businesses for most of his adult life. There is still a golf shop called Auchterlonie's in St Andrews. He was involved in golf course design.

Major championships

Wins (1)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
1893	The Open Championship	1 shot lead	78-81-81-82=322	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Johnny Laidlay (a)

Results timeline

Tournament	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899
The Open Championship	T18			T8		1	T23	T31	T12	T18	CUT

Tournament	1900	1901	1902	1903	1904	1905	1906	1907	1908	1909	1910
The Open Championship	5	T29	T38	T45		CUT	CUT				T28

Note: Auchterlonie only played in The Open Championship.

  Win

  Top 10

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place