| Birth: | Aug. 22, 1871
Saint Andrews
Fife, Scotland | | Death: | Mar. 3, 1928 | 
Professional Golfer. He won the second United States Open tournament in 1896. He and his brother David invented the bramble patterning for the new rubber-cored golf ball and developed a club called the "Mashie-Niblick", known today as the seven iron. In addition he designed many of the first golf courses in the midwestern United States. (bio by: Douglas Kirk Sorensen)
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Parents:
James Foulis (1841 - 1925)
Helen Ann Jamieson Foulis (1847 - 1928)
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Inscription:
U.S. Open Golf Champion 1896
Professional at Chicago Golf Club Wheaton, Il.
Won at Shinnecock Hills G.C.
Southampton, New York
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Wheaton Cemetery
Wheaton
DuPage County
Illinois, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Douglas Kirk Sorensen
Record added: Aug 12, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 40613863 |
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