fullname open pga usopen death_date death_place birth_place prowins birth_date yearpro masters article_title name
james ockenden dnp dnp dnp 30 november 1949 -lrb- aged 64 -rrb- finchley , london , england epsom , surrey , england 2 july 1885 1905 dnp james ockenden
 james ockenden
james ockenden

james ockenden -lrb- july 1885 -- 30 november 1949 -rrb- was an english professional golfer .
he was first employed at epsom golf club near his home , before moving to wembley golf club .
in 1914 he moved to west drayton golf club but in 1916 he joined up and served in france during world war one .
after the war west drayton was redeveloped and ockenden moved again to raynes park golf club .
prior to the war his best performance was to finish seventh in the 1914 open championship .
he had some success in the 1920 news of the world match play tournament and the following year he was selected for the british team in the international match at gleneagles .
he won the 1922 roehampton tournament and the 1923 open de france .
following this success he toured america with arthur havers from december 1923 to april 1924 during which he was runner-up in the 1924 texas open .
in 1925 raynes park was also sold for housing and he moved to hanger hill golf club and then to his final club , north middlesex golf club in 1928 .
at north middlesex he was assisted by his two sons , james and frederick .
his first wife beatrice died in 1930 and he remarried to annie in 1933 .
his son james moved to south africa in 1934 and was the runner-up at the south african pga championship in 1947 and 1948 .
in december james travelled to south africa to join his son but while there had his leg amputated .
he returned to england in november 1949 but died three weeks later .
on 3 september 1949 a fourball match was played at north middlesex to raise money for ockenden .
bobby locke went round in 60 , 9-under-par .
the match raised about # 450 .
