Norman Sutton | |
Birth Date: | 11 January 1908 |
Birth Place: | Birkenhead, Cheshire, England |
Death Place: | Exeter, Devon, England |
Status: | Professional |
Yearpro: | 1929 |
Prowins: | 7 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T6: 1951 |
Pga: | DNP |
Norman Sutton (11 January 1908[1] – 15 March 1999[2]) was an English professional golfer. He tied for 6th place in the 1951 Open Championship and won the World Senior Championship in 1958.
Sutton was an amateur with the West Cheshire Artisans and played in the 1927 Amateur Championship at Hoylake, aged 19. He beat Harold Hilton in the first round,[3] William Breck Torrance in the second round [4] and Samuel Robinson in the third round.[5] He lost in the fourth round, the last-32 stage, at the 19th hole to Captain Pearson, having been 2 up with 3 to play.[6]
Sutton turned professional in early 1929, becoming an assistant at the Wentworth Club. He moved to Leigh Golf Club near Culcheth in 1932 where he stayed until moving to Exeter Golf and Country Club in 1952.