Harry Vardon

Harry Vardon was a professional golfer from Jersey, born in 1870 and died in 1937, who became golf's first international star. He won The Open Championship a record six times and also took the 1900 U.S. Open, giving him seven majors, the most of any golfer from the British and Irish Isles. Together with John Henry Taylor and James Braid he formed the Great Triumvirate that dominated golf from the mid 1890s to the mid 1910s. Known as the Stylist, he raised the prestige of the professional golfer through his success and through his contributions to technique and the fashion of the sport.