PROFESSIONAL WINS
1948 Northern Open
1948 Scottish Professionals Championship
1949 Scottish Professionals Championship
1950 Silver King Tournament
1950 Scottish Professionals Championship
1951 Daks Tournament
1951 Northern Open
1951 Scottish Professionals Championship
1952 North British-Harrogate Tournament
1952 Northern Open
1954 Scottish Professionals Championship
1955 Scottish Professionals Championship
1956 News of the World Match Play
1956 Northern Open
1958 Woodlawn Invitation Open (Germany)
1959 Woodlawn Invitation Open (Germany)
1959 Northern Open
1959 Scottish Professionals Championship
1960 Woodlawn Invitation Open (Germany)
1960 Northern Open
1962 Northern Open
1966 Scottish Professionals Championship (tied with Eric Brown)
1967 World Seniors Championship
1967 PGA Seniors Championship
1969 PGA Seniors Championship
ACHIEVEMENTS
Ryder Cup 1951, 1953, 1961
World Cup 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964,
1965, 1966, 1968
Joy Cup 1954 (winners), 1956 (winners)
Amateurs–Professionals Match 1956 (winners)
R.T.V. International Trophy 1967 (captain)
Glove worn and signed by John Panton
“My Way of Golf” by John Panton (signed)
Close up signature of John Panton
Official Programme from the 1967 World Match Play Championship
“In 1967 he won the World Match Play Championship at Wallasey,
defeating Sam Snead 3 and 2 in the final. Not only did he outplay the
big-hitting American, for whom success was as familiar as shaving, but
he out-psyched him.”
Official Order Of Service from Memorial Service of John Panton
at the Pitlochry Festival Theatre - 4 September 2009
“Ryder Cup hero John Panton to receive memorial service
10 August 2009
Plans have been unveiled for a memorial service to pay tribute to one
of Scotland’s greatest golfing heroes.
A funeral for John Panton MBE was held last week after the 92 year old
former Ryder Cup star passed away at home in Berkshire.
Now it has been revealed a memorial service will be held in John’s home
town of Pitlochry at the at the town’s Festival Theatre – just a few
hundred yards from his cottage – on Friday September 4 at 1.45pm.
Panton – described as a “true gentleman” – represented Great Britain
and Northern Ireland in 1951, 1953 and 1961 Ryder Cups as well as
winning the British Match Play Championship in 1956.And the golfing
legend – who turned professional in 1935 at the age of just 19 – also
played in a remarkable 27 Opens and represented Scotland 12 times in
the World Cup.
In his later years Panton became one of the game’s most distinguished
ambassadors and even served as Honorary Professional to the Royal
and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews from 1988 to 2006.
Peter Dawson, Secretary of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St
Andrews, paid tribute to John.
He said: “John Panton was a magnificent golfer, a model professional
and a true gentleman. Although he lived a very full life, it is sad to see
him go and our thoughts are very much with his family.”
After handing over the post to Jim Farmer in 2006, Panton spent the rest
of his life as an honorary member of the club – in a sport he lived for.
In his later years he moved to Sunningdale, Berkshire, to be near his
daughter Cathy – herself an accomplished professional – and joined
the golf club there.
Sam Torrance, speaking from the Senior Open Championship in
Sunningdale said: “He was a dear friend – I knew him all my golfing life
and my thoughts go to Cathy, his daughter. He was a wonderful man, a
gentleman of the game – he gave a lot of inspiration to Scottish
golfers.”
European Tour board of directors chairman, Neil Coles added: “He was a
tremendous iron player in his time and a very good senior player. He
was a very nice man, a quiet man, but very well respected throughout
the game.
“I played with John in my first Ryder Cup in 1961 so I have a lot of fond
memories of him. He won the British Seniors a few times and would have
loved to have been at the MasterCard Senior Open Championship this
week at Sunningdale. He was the last of that generation – he will be
sadly missed.”