Fred Bullock Passes Away

The well-loved Fred Bullock, who led the 1959 Open Championship at Muirfield, has passed away at the age of 88.

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The well-loved Fred Bullock, who led the 1959 Open Championship at Muirfield, has passed away at the age of 88, after a long battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Bullock took the Scottish links by storm that year, firing a superb 68 in the first round before finishing runner-up to South Africa?s Gary Player. Golf Monthly catalogued the Englishman?s achievement in the August 1959 issue, with the following;

?Bullock?s emergence as the pace-setter, and eventual finish as joint runner-up, surprised many. It should not have done so. He has long been one of the best professionals in Britain.?

Paul O'Hagan
Paul joined Golf Monthly in 2006 in a junior role and has since worked as senior staff writer and now as technical editor. He writes equipment and instruction content and tests the vast majority of golf clubs that are introduced every year.