{{short description|Scottish golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Tom Fernie | image = | image_size = | caption = | fullname = Thomas Robert Fernie | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1890|2|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Troon, Ayrshire, Scotland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|12|13|1890|2|1|df=y}} | death_place = Blackpool, Lancashire, England | height = <!-- {{height|ft=|in=}} OR {{height|m=|precision=0}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert| |lb|kg st|abbr=on}} OR {{convert| |kg|lb st|abbr=on}} --> | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | status = Professional | yearpro = | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | extour = <!-- Former tours which a member of --> | prowins = 4 | otherwins = <!-- Number of Other wins --> | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = 5th: 1923 | pga = DNP | usamateur = | britamateur = | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }} '''Thomas Robert Fernie''' (1 February 1890 – 13 December 1952) was a Scottish professional golfer. He won the Scottish Professional Championship four times and finished in 5th place in the 1923 Open Championship. He was the son of Willie Fernie who won the 1883 Open Championship.
==Golf career== Fernie won the Scottish Professional Championship four times, in 1909, 1910, 1919 and 1920 and was runner-up in 1922 and 1925. He was also runner-up in the 1910 Dunlop Cup. In 1911 Fernie became professional at Turnberry.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5wc-AAAAIBAJ&sjid=r0kMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6546%2C3651453 |title=New professional for Turnberry |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=2 February 1911 |page=12}}</ref> He finished in 5th place in the 1923 Open Championship. The following year he withdrew from the Open qualifying because of the death of his father. He was tied for 4th after the first day of the 1925 Open Championship but had a poor final day and finished tied for 14h place. In 1926 he left Turnberry and became the professional at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PZ1AAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SqUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1933%2C7083650 |title=Important professional appointment |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=25 October 1926 |page=13}}</ref> In the 1933 Open Championship on the Old Course at St Andrews he started with a 70 and was tied for second place. He scored 78 in the second round and failed to return his card on the final day.
==Death== Fernie died in the Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Lancashire on 13 December 1952 aged 62. His estate was valued at over £13,000.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://probatesearch.service.gov.uk/Calendar?surname=fernie&yearOfDeath=1953&page=2#calendar | title=Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales) }}</ref> After retiring from Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, Fernie had become a sports outfitter in Lytham St Annes.<ref name=ghobit>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=m0FAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6765%2C4182604 |title=Death of Tom Fernie |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |date=15 December 1952 |page=2}}</ref>
==Tournament wins== *1909 Scottish Professional Championship *1910 Scottish Professional Championship *1919 Scottish Professional Championship *1920 Scottish Professional Championship
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1909 !1910 !1911 !1912 !1913 !1914 !1915 !1916 !1917 !1918 !1919 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |WD |? |T29 |47 |52 |T56 |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |style="background:#eeeeee;"|NT |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1920 !1921 !1922 !1923 !1924 !1925 !1926 !1927 !1928 !1929 !1930 !1931 !1932 !1933 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T53 |style="background:yellow;"|5 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T14 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T46 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T43 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |WD |} ''Note: Fernie only played in The Open Championship.''<br /> {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} NT = No tournament<br /> WD = withdrew<br /> ? = finish unknown<br /> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place
==Team appearances== *England–Scotland Professional Match (representing Scotland): 1910, 1912 (tie), 1913, 1933
==References== {{reflist}}
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