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Dominating golf by the beginning of the Twentieth Century with six Open Championships,
and possibly the purest striker of a golf ball ever, he was a leading member of the Great Triumvirate.

Following in his brothers footsteps he left Jersey to try his luck as a professional golfer,
despite his lack of practice having played no more than a few dozen games in his life.

Finding his way eventually to Ganton in Yorkshire and from there to his fame as
the greatest player of all time and the leading populiser of the game.

At his best between 1896 and 1903 he was well known for his upright swing -which was uncommon at that time
- together with a slightly bent left arm and a flying right elbow. His uncanny accuracy and purity of stroke when
coupled with elegance made his style of play an inspiration for other golfers of not only his era but of today's golfers.

He made popular the overlapping grip - whereby the little finger of the right hand overlaps the index finger of the left
in the right-handed game - to such an extent that it became known as the Vardon Grip
despite the fact that he did not invent it.

His play was so accurate that he was capable of sweeping the ball cleanly off the turf
with any club without the need to take a divot.

His record of wins within the game of golf speaks for itself
and his name is remembered each year as a trophy in his name
- The Vardon Trophy - is awarded to the PGA member heading the Order of Merit at the end of the season.