fullname open pga usopen death_date extour birth_place prowins birth_date yearpro masters article_title name
kenneth bousfield dnp dnp dnp 25 may 2000 european tour marston moor , yorkshire 17 2 october 1919 1938 dnp ken bousfield
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ken bousfield

ken bousfield -lrb- 2 october 1919 -- 25 may 2000 -rrb- was one of the leading british golfers of the immediate post-world war ii period .
bousfield won a number of tournaments on the european circuit in the 1950s and 1960s , including the british pga championship , which is the second most prestigious tournament in the united kingdom after the open championship .
he had two top ten finishes at the open championship , finishing in a tie for fifth in 1955 and a tie for eighth in 1961 .
he was past his peak by the time the formal european tour was formed in 1972 , but he played on it until 1976 .
he played for great britain in the ryder cup six times -lrb- 1949 , 1951 , 1955 , 1957 , 1959 , 1961 -rrb- and had a 5-5-0 win-loss-draw record .
