{{short description|English golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Fred Taggart | image = | imagesize = | caption = | fullname = Joseph Frederick Taggart | nickname = | birth_date = 29 January 1906 | birth_place = Alderley Edge, Cheshire, England | death_date = 6 September 1986 (aged 80) | death_place = Cheshire, England | height = <!-- {{height|ft=6|in=2}} OR {{height|m=|precision=0}} --> | weight = | nationality = {{ENG}} | residence = | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro = <!-- Year turned professional --> | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = <!-- Former tours which a member of --> | prowins = | majorwins = | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = T11: 1928 | pga = DNP | wghofid = | wghofyear = | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Joseph Frederick Taggart''' (29 January 1906 – 6 September 1986)<ref name="familysearch">{{cite web|url=https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ9-4GQQ|website=familysearch.org|title=www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVZ9-4GQQ|accessdate=2017-10-31}}</ref><ref name="service">{{cite web|url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=taggart&yearOfDeath=1986#calendar|title=Find a will|website=GOV.UK|accessdate=2017-10-31}}</ref> was an English professional golfer of the inter-war period. He finished 11th in the 1928 Open Championship.
==Early life== Taggart was born in Alderley Edge, Cheshire in 1906. His father, Joe (1881–1944), was the professional at Wilmslow Golf Club.
==Golf career== Taggart's best finish in the Open Championship was tied for 11th place in 1928. He was tied for 6th place after 36 holes, with rounds of 76 and 74.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iQI-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=YkkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2489%2C1753749 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Open Championship |date=11 May 1928 |page=9}}</ref> Final day rounds of 77 and 67 dropped him to 11th place. In the 1931 Open Championship Taggart started with a 70 to lie in second place behind Henry Cotton.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=56NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=maUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=5905%2C436378 |work=Glasgow Herald |title=Cotton "Open" golf lead|date=28 June 1934 |page=11}}</ref> Rounds of 76, 82 and 77 left him tied for 31st place.
Fred succeeded his father as professional at Wilmslow in 1934.
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1926 !1927 !1928 !1929 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T11 |T32 |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1930 !1931 !1932 !1933 !1934 !1935 !1936 !1937 !1938 !1939 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |56 |T39 |CUT |T31 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |CUT |T26 |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1940 !1941 !1942 !1943 !1944 !1945 !1946 !1947 |- |align="left"|The Open Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |CUT |CUT |} ''Note: Taggart only played in The Open Championship.''<br /> {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taggart, Fred}} Category:English male golfers Category:People from Alderley Edge Category:1906 births Category:1986 deaths Category:20th-century English sportsmen