Robert Sweeny
Mr. R. Sweeny, Junior, winner of the Silver Tassie in the Gleneagles Hotel Amateur Golf Competition in July 1935. Robert John Vincent Sweeny Jr. (1911 - 1983), American amateur golfer, socialite, businessman and Second World War Royal Air Force bomber pilot. He competed in all four men's major golf championships (which initially included the British Amateur and U.S. Amateur Championships, later replaced by the Masters and PGA Championships), including many Masters and British Opens.In 1937, he won the British Amateur Championship.Robert was the younger brother of Charles Sweeny, who married socialite, Margaret Whigham in 1933
Picture No
14154772
Media ID
48868592
Size
485px x 600px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Sketc'h, 10 July 1935, page 92
Date
1935
