Harry Vardon International
Tommy Horton - Profile
13.jpgTommy Horton with Ian Woosnam, Tony Jacklin and Nigel Mansell on the occasion of the unveiling of the Harry Vardon Statue on 30th July2001

Tommy was born in St Helens, Lancashire, England, during the 2nd World War and moved to Jersey in 1945.  Tommy has been a prominent European golfer since 1964 playing in the 1975 and 1977 Ryder Cups, was Captain of the PGA in 1978 and been a long serving member of the European Tour Committee from which he has recently retired.

Tommy will be reducing his playing commitments after the 2007 season, and is looking forward, to developing his role as an ambassador for Harry Vardon International, which compliments his lifelong interest and collection of Harry Vardon artefacts.

Tommy started a young professional's golf school in 1978. Coaching young Ian Woosnam who has been a Jersey resident for some 15 years.

Tommy won the John Jacobs Award as leading money winner on the European Seniors Tour five times and four seasons in succession between 1996 and 1999.

In 2000 he was awarded the MBE in the New Years Honours List for his services to Golf, and then went on the win the opening event of the season in Barbados which was notable because the £12,500 prize money took him through £1 million career earning barrier on the European and the European Seniors Tour.

He shares the record for the lowest round in Seniors Tour history, a 62 (-10) during the final round of the 1997 Scottish Seniors Open at Newmachar.

He won seven European Tour Titles and has become the most prolific collector of titles on the European Seniors Tour, winning 23 times in his nine years. Andy Stubbs, Managing Director of the Seniors Circuit in Europe and former European Tour Professional is the first to admit that the success of the Seniors Tour would not have been possible without the enormous contribution made by Tommy Horton.

His tireless dedication to golf has stretched in many directions as a coach, course designer, broadcaster, author, club professional and valued administrator. Tommy stepped down as club professional at Royal Jersey Golf Club in 1999 after 25 years service to concentrate on what turned out to be an extremely successful tournament career.