Jack Westland

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox officeholder Template:Infobox golfer Alfred John "Jack" Westland (December 14, 1904 – November 3, 1982) was an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1953 to 1965. He represented the Second Congressional District of Washington as a Republican. He was also an accomplished amateur golfer.

Political career

Westland was born in Everett, Washington.<ref name=who>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> He was elected to the House in 1952, taking the seat previously held by Democrat Scoop Jackson who had won election to the United States Senate. Westland was re-elected in 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, and 1962. Westland voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1957,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 1960,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and 1964,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> as well as the 24th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> He was defeated in 1964 by Democrat Lloyd Meeds. Westland subsequently moved to California, where he lived until his death in 1982.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Golf career

Westland was an accomplished amateur golfer for over 25 years. He won the 1929 French Amateur.<ref name=hof/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He finished runner-up to Francis Ouimet in the 1931 U.S. Amateur.<ref>1931 U.S. Amateur</ref> He won the 1933 Western Amateur and played on three Walker Cup teams (1932,<ref>1932 Walker Cup</ref> 1934,<ref>1934 Walker Cup Template:Webarchive</ref> 1953<ref>1953 Walker Cup</ref>). He was also non-playing captain of the 1961 team.<ref name=who/><ref name=hof/> In 1952, at the age of 47, Westland won the U.S. Amateur over Al Mengert.<ref>1952 U.S. Amateur Template:Webarchive</ref> He is the oldest golfer ever to win the Amateur.

Westland also won the Pacific Northwest Amateur four times (1938, 1939, 1940, 1951), the Washington State Amateur three times (1924, 1947, 1948) and the Chicago District Amateur three times (1927, 1929, 1934).<ref name=hof/>

In 1978, Westland was inducted into the Pacific Northwest Golf Association's Hall of Fame.<ref name=hof>PNGA Hall of Fame profile Template:Webarchive</ref>

Tournament wins (13)

• 1924 Washington State Amateur
• 1927 Chicago District Amateur
• 1929 French Amateur, Chicago District Amateur
• 1933 Western Amateur
• 1934 Chicago District Amateur
• 1938 Pacific Northwest Amateur
• 1939 Pacific Northwest Amateur
• 1940 Pacific Northwest Amateur
• 1947 Washington State Amateur
• 1948 Washington State Amateur
• 1951 Pacific Northwest Amateur
• 1952 U.S. Amateur

Amateur majors shown in bold.

Major championships

Amateur wins (1)

Year	Championship	Winning score	Runner-up
1952	U.S. Amateur	3 & 2	Template:Flagicon Al Mengert

Results timeline

Note: As an amateur, Westland could not play in the PGA Championship. He did not play in The Open Championship.

Tournament	1926	1927	1928	1929
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF
U.S. Open	T43
U.S. Amateur	R32		DNQ
The Amateur Championship

Tournament	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939
Masters Tournament	NYF	NYF	NYF	NYF		63
U.S. Open					T41				CUT
U.S. Amateur	DNQ	2	R16	QF	R64	R32		R64
The Amateur Championship					R64

Tournament	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949
Masters Tournament				NT	NT	NT
U.S. Open			NT	NT	NT	NT
U.S. Amateur			NT	NT	NT	NT		R256
The Amateur Championship	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT	NT

Tournament	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament				T53						CUT
U.S. Open
U.S. Amateur			1	R64						R64
The Amateur Championship

Tournament	1960	1961
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
U.S. Amateur		R128
The Amateur Championship

Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend LA = Low Amateur
NYF = Tournament not yet founded
NT = No tournament
"T" indicates a tie for a place
DNQ = Did not qualify for match play portion
R256, R128, R64, R32, R16, QF, SF = Round in which player lost in match play

Sources: U.S. Open and U.S. Amateur,<ref>USGA Championship Database Template:Webarchive</ref> The Masters,<ref>www.masters.com Template:Webarchive</ref> 1934 British Amateur<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

U.S. national team appearances

• Walker Cup: 1932 (winners), 1934 (winners), 1953 (winners), 1961 (winners, non-playing captain)

See also

• Washington state congressional delegates

External links

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