{"id":1774,"date":"2020-04-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2020-06-12T15:16:43","modified_gmt":"2020-06-12T15:16:43","slug":"peter-e-gill-golfer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/personmatters.com\/Remembering_Covid_19_Victims\/?p=1774","title":{"rendered":"Peter E. Gill, golfer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peter E. Gill \u2013an English professional golfer \u2013 died on 23 April 2020, due to coronavirus.\r<\/p>

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In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants’ Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He died in 2020 \r<\/p>

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Gill was an assistant professional in the 1950s, first at Little Aston Golf Club and then at Addington Golf Club. He played regularly in assistants’ tournaments and in 1953, while still at Little Aston, he reached the semi-final of the Gor-Ray Cup, the PGA Assistants’ Championship, before losing to Geoffrey Hunt. \r<\/p>

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He qualified for the Open Championship the same year. In 1959 he won the Coombe Hill Assistants’ Tournament and the Gor-Ray Cup in successive weeks. He won the Coombe Hill Tournament after a six-hole playoff with Billy Bingham and then won the Gor-Ray Cup, a stroke ahead of Peter Shanks.\r<\/p>

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Gill was third in the 1970 John Player Classic, an event that had first prize of \u00a325,000. Christy O’Connor Snr won the event, ahead of Tony Jacklin, with Gill tying with Neil Coles and winning \u00a33,750. Although he over 40 when the tour was formed, Gill played in a few European Tour events in 1972 and 1973.\r<\/p>

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Gill played in the PGA Seniors Championship in the 1980s. In his first appearance in 1981 he finished a stroke behind Christy O’Connor Snr and Fred Boobyer. The following year he was again a shot out of a playoff. In 1983 he was runner-up, nine strokes behind O’Connor who won the event for the sixth time and for third successive year. \r<\/p>

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Gill played in the European Seniors Tour in its early years, although he was over 60 when the tour was founded. He had one top-10 finish, in the 1992 Belfast Telegraph Irish Senior Masters.\r<\/p>

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Gill was the professional at Surbiton Golf Club in Surrey, Gatton Manor in Surrey and Knole Park in Kent. He was an honorary member of the PGA.\r<\/p>

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