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'''John Panton''', [[Member of the Order of the British Empire|MBE]]''' (9 October 1916 – 24 July 2009) was a Scottish [[professional golfer]], who represented Great Britain three times in the [[Ryder Cup]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/8168391.stm |title=Golf mourns Ryder veteran Panton |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=24 July 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2009}}</ref><ref name=alliss>{{cite book |title=The Who's Who of Golf |first=Peter |last=Alliss |authorlinkauthor-link=Peter Alliss |publisher=[[Orbis Publishing]] |year=1983 |isbn=0-85613-520-8 |page=281}}</ref>

Panton was born in [[Pitlochry]]. He turned professional in 1935 and took up a job in the local [[pro shop|golf club shop]]. After serving in the [[British Army|army]] during [[World War II]], he went on to win many prestigious tournaments including the 1956 [[PGA Match Play Championship]], the 1950 Silver King Tournament, the 1951 [[Daks Tournament]] and the 1952 North British-Harrogate Tournament. He also won the [[Woodlawn Invitation Open]] in Germany for three consecutive years from 1958. In Scotland, he dominated, with eight victories in the Scottish Professionals Championship and seven in the Northern Open between 1948 and 19621966.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/golf/Panton-hid-the-sword-with.5494332.jp |title=Panton hid the sword with a smile |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=26 July 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.randa.org/node/12773 |title=John Panton MBE has died at the age of 92 |publisher=[[The R&A]] |date=24 July 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2009 }}{{dead link|deadurldate=yesMay 2020|archiveurlbot=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003164251/http://www.randa.org/node/12773 medic}}{{cbignore|archivedatebot=3 October 2009 medic}}</ref>

In addition to tournament golf, Panton also served as a [[professional golfer|club professional]] at Glenbervie Golf Club until 1984.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theherald.co.uk/features/obituaries/display.var.2522419.0.John_Panton.php |title=John Panton |newspaper=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2009}}{{dead link |date=January 2016}}</ref> Later in his career, he won the [[PGA Seniors Championship]] twice, in 1967 and 1969, and the [[World SeniorsSenior Championship]] in 1967, defeating [[Sam Snead]] 3 and 2 in the final.

Panton was appointed honorary professional to [[The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews]] in 1988, a position he held until his retirement in 2006.<ref name=scotsmanobit>{{cite news |url=http://news.scotsman.com/obituaries/John-Panton.5497934.jp |title=John Panton |newspaper=[[The Scotsman]] |date=28 July 2009 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2009 |location=Edinburgh |first=Mike |last=Aitken}}</ref> In 2005, he was made an honorary life member of the European Tour.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/golf/4226575.stm |title=O'Connor and Panton are honoured |work=[[BBC Sport]] |date=1 February 2005 |accessdateaccess-date=28 July 2009}}</ref>

*1958 [[Woodlawn Invitation Open (Germany)]]

*1959 [[Woodlawn Invitation Open (Germany)]], [[Northern Open]], [[Scottish PGA Championship|Scottish Professional Championship]]

*1960 [[Woodlawn Invitation Open (Germany)]], [[Northern Open]]

*1967 World[[PGA Seniors Championship]], [[PGAWorld SeniorsSenior Championship]], [[Cutty Sark Tournament]]

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*[[World Cup (men's golf)|World Cup]] (representing Scotland): [[1955 Canada Cup|1955]], [[1956 Canada Cup|1956]], [[1957 Canada Cup|1957]], [[1958 Canada Cup|1958]], [[1959 Canada Cup|1959]], [[1960 Canada Cup|1960]], [[1961 Canada Cup|1961]], [[1962 Canada Cup|1962]], [[1963 Canada Cup|1963]], [[1964 Canada Cup|1964]], [[1965 Canada Cup|1965]], [[1966 Canada Cup|1966]], [[1968 World Cup (men's golf)|1968]]

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