Bill Ackland-Horman

William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman (4 January 1914 – 19 November 1979) was an Australian amateur golfer. He won the 1949 Australian Amateur, becoming the first South Australian-born player to win the title.

Bill Ackland-Horman
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman
Born(1914-01-04)4 January 1914
Adelaide, South Australia
Died19 November 1979(1979-11-19) (aged 65)
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
StatusAmateur

Early life

Ackland-Horman was born in Adelaide on 4 January 1914. He was the son of William Dinwoodie Ackland-Horman, who was born in Scotland and was an engineer and surveyor for Lloyd's Register of Shipping.[1][2] Ackland-Horman was medical doctor.[2]

Golf career

Ackland-Horman first came to notice in 1933 when he lost to Fergus McMahon in a playoff for the South Australian Close Championship and then won the South Australian Amateur Championship, beating Bill Rymill 4&3 in the final.[3][4] He won the Australian Universities championship four times in succession, from 1936 to 1939.[5]

After World War II, Ackland-Horman won the South Australian Close Championship three times, in 1946, 1947 and 1949.[6][7][8] His biggest success came later in 1949, at Royal Sydney, when he beat Bill Edgar at the 38th hole to win the Australian Amateur, becoming the first South Australian-born player to win the title.[9] He had beaten fellow South Australian Bob Stevens in the semi-final.[10]

At the end of 1952 Ackland-Horman was in the Australian team to tour New Zealand, playing in a number of events including the Sloan Morpeth Trophy.[11] He won the South Australian Amateur Championship again, in 1952 and 1955.[12]

Later life

In 1945 Ackland-Horman was sentenced to three months in prison, after he was convicted of causing death by dangerous driver. He was involved in an accident in which a 16-year-old cyclist died.[13] His only son and his son's wife died in a road-traffic accident in 1968, when their car was in a collision with a semi-trailer as they were returning to Adelaide from their honeymoon.[14] Ackland-Horman died suddenly on 19 November 1979, in Melbourne where he had been attending the Australian Open.[15]

Tournament wins

Team appearances

References
  1. "Death of Mr. W. D. Ackland-Horman". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 87, no. 27054. South Australia. 19 June 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Ackland-Horman, William Dinwoodie". Virtual War Memorial Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. "McMahon wins golf title on play off". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 3 July 1933. p. 17. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "New amateur golf champion". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 21 August 1933. p. 16. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Universities golf championship". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 2 June 1939. p. 17. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Ackland-Horman Wins Close Golf Title". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 16 September 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 13 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Close Golf Title To Ackland-Horman". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 8 September 1947. p. 8. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Ackland-Horman Wins Third Close Golf Championship". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 5 September 1949. p. 5. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ""Backdoor" Putt Ended Tense Golf Final". The Sunday Herald (Sydney). No. 36. New South Wales, Australia. 25 September 1949. p. 9 (Sporting Section). Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Edgar in Golf Final". The Age. No. 29457. Victoria, Australia. 24 September 1949. p. 16. Retrieved 11 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. "Stevens (SA) In Golf Team For NZ". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 95, no. 29313. South Australia. 23 September 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. "South Australian Men's & Women's Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  13. "Well-known doctor guilty". The Chronicle (Adelaide). Vol. 88, no. 5009. South Australia. 20 December 1945. p. 27. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. "Honeymooners died in smash". The Age. 6 May 1968. p. 39. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via Google News Archive.
  15. "Quiet farewell from the man who closed the British Open". The Age. 20 November 1979. p. 39. Retrieved 14 February 2021 – via Google News Archive.
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