Charles Hezlet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Hezlet

golfer (1891-1965)

Date of Birth: 16-May-1891

Place of Birth: Sheerness, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 22-Nov-1965

Profession: golfer

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Charles Owen Hezlet (16 May 1891 – 22 November 1965) was an Irish amateur golfer.
He was runner-up in the 1914 Amateur Championship and was in the British Walker Cup team in 1924, 1926 and 1928. Hezlet served during World War I.
He was three times mentioned in dispatches and awarded a Distinguished Service Order.
He rejoined the army from 1939–1943 in the Royal Artillery.In 1914 he was runner-up in the Amateur Championship, losing 3&2 to James Jenkins.
He was also runner-up in the 1923 and 1925 Irish Amateur Open Championship and the 1923 Welsh Open Amateur Championship.
He won the Irish Amateur Open Championship in 1926 and 1929 and was in the Walker Cup team in 1924, 1926 and 1928.
He was also a member of a team of four amateurs that played in South Africa in 1927/28.Hezlet had three sisters who were also well-known amateur golfers: May, Violet and Florence.
Hezlet married Annie Maitland Stuart in 1920.
She died of pneumonia in Cannes, France in 1931 aged 30.