Michael Bonallack

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Sir Michael Bonallack OBE
Personal information
Full name	Michael Francis Bonallack
Born	(1934-12-31)31 December 1934 Chigwell, Essex, England
Died	26 September 2023(2023-09-26) (aged 88) St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
Sporting nationality	England
Career
Status	Amateur
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1966, 1969, 1970
The Open Championship	T11: 1959
U.S. Amateur	R64: 1961
British Amateur	Won: 1961, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2000 (member page) Knight Bachelor 1998 Bob Jones Award 1972
(For a full list of awards, see here)

Sir Michael Francis Bonallack, OBE (31 December 1934 – 26 September 2023) was an English amateur golfer who was one of the leading administrators in world golf in the late 20th century.^[1][2]

Bonallack was born in Chigwell, Essex. He learned the game of golf under the tutelage of head professional Bert Hodson at Chigwell^[3] and soon won the Boys Amateur Championship in 1952. A rare example of an outstanding golfer who remained an amateur in the era when professional domination of the sport became firmly entrenched, he went on to win the Amateur Championship and the English Amateur five times each and the Brabazon Trophy four times. He was a member of nine Walker Cup teams and played in the Eisenhower Trophy seven times. His best finish at the Open Championship was eleventh in 1959. He was the leading amateur at the Open in 1968 and 1971.