User talk:Bill the Brit

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Happy Squirrel (talk) 01:06, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Subject: Harry Vardon (Golfer)

I am a new user to Wiki and do not fully understand some of the protocols or procedures.

On the Harry Vardon page there are a number of inaccuracies.

For example on the tournament wins section it starts with Vardon winning at Kilmacolm in 1893. This is not correct. He did compete at this tournament, his first professional event actually, where he tied second with Hugh Kirkaldy. The winner was Willie Fernie. Source:

Since I am carrying out extensive research on the life and career of Harry Vardon I would be interested to know who the original author of his Biography is.

Assistance in this matter would be much appreciated.

Harry Vardon

Thanks for the Harry Vardon changes. Honestly it was something of an embarrassment before. I'd made odd changes but did have the info to make wholesale changes. Two points I have noticed so far:

We normally include foursomes/fourball tournament wins, hence 1913 Sphere and Tatler Foursomes Tournament win would be included

1906 Tooting Bec Cup is confusing for me, since the Tooting Bec Cup page doesn't mention him. Perhaps it's a name issue. Can you give me a date for the event?

Nigej (talk) 09:49, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Nigej, the Sphere & Tatler was indeed a team event. If you would like to start a new section, e.g. Team Events, and enter the win with Tom Williamson, I will edit the page to include all Vardon's team victories, including his matches for Great Britain against Scotland and the USA. We can discuss, but I am not a proponent of including team victories in the resume of golfers, e.g. Snead & Nelson.

As for the Tooting Bec Cup, this was for a number of years a sectional qualifier for the News of the World Match Play played later in the year. The Leeds Cup was also a qualifier for the Northern PGA section and the Tooting Bec Cup for the southern. In 1906 4th July the Tooting Bec Cup was played at Stanmore Golf Club and there were 97 entrants, of which 16 qualified for the News of the World. This was reported on in the Edinburgh Evening News 3rd July, Nottingham Evening Posts 4th July and Dundee Courier Thursday 5th July. It is possible that this was indeed the PGA Southern Sectional and that the Tooting Bec Cup was not used for that purpose that particular year. Let me know what you find please?

The fourball tournament is a difficult one. The view currently taken is that a pairs event is not a team event, but just like the men's doubles at Wimbledon, a personal win albeit with someone else

What you say about the cups is true but from what I wrote on the tooting bec cup article it was not a qualifier in 1906, only in 1910. Mind you I might be wrong. Away this weekend so will check next week. A quick look this morning gave Vardon as joint winner I think, normally joint winners are noted. Nigej (talk) 19:07, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

On re-checking you are correct about the Tooting Bec Cup and its status as a PGA Southern Sectional. I have modified the list of wins accordingly and re-named it as the Stanmore Open, which was the Southern Sectional in 1906.

As I mentioned, if you can create a new section named Team Event Wins I will list all the four-balls and the international tournaments, 21 wins in total. Whether those four-balls are legitamte wins is a mute point, as I think you agree. By creating a seperate section as I suggest it allows the reader to determine the correctness or otherwise.

User:Bill the Brit 13 November 2015 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.254.140.189 (talk) 19:18, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Brooklawn Country Club (April 1)

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SwisterTwister talk 05:29, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Brooklawn Country Club (April 24)

Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Happysquirrel was:  The comment the reviewer left was: Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.

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Happy Squirrel (talk) 01:05, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Hello! Bill the Brit, I noticed your article was declined at Articles for Creation, and that can be disappointing. If you are wondering why your article submission was declined, please post a question at the Articles for creation help desk. If you have any other questions about your editing experience, we'd love to help you at the Teahouse, a friendly space on Wikipedia where experienced editors lend a hand to help new editors like yourself! See you there! Happy Squirrel (talk) 01:05, 24 April 2016 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Brooklawn Country Club has been accepted

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