John Beck (golfer)

John Beaumont Beck MC (13 August 1899 – 20 June 1980) was an English amateur golfer. He played in the 1928 Walker Cup but is best remembered for being the captain in 1938, when Great Britain and Ireland won the Cup for the first time after nine defeats. He was also the non-playing captain in 1947. Towards the end of the First World War Beck served as a Second Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards. In 1919 he was awarded the Military Cross. Beck was chosen as the non-playing captain of the 1947 Walker Cup team, again played on the Old Course at St Andrews. R. C. Robertson-Glasgow said of Beck that:

John Beck (golfer)

John Beaumont Beck MC (13 August 1899 – 20 June 1980) was an English amateur golfer. He played in the 1928 Walker Cup but is best remembered for being the captain in 1938, when Great Britain and Ireland won the Cup for the first time after nine defeats. He was also the non-playing captain in 1947. Towards the end of the First World War Beck served as a Second Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards. In 1919 he was awarded the Military Cross. Beck was chosen as the non-playing captain of the 1947 Walker Cup team, again played on the Old Course at St Andrews. R. C. Robertson-Glasgow said of Beck that: