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Sandy Herd, a native of St Andrews, won The Open at Hoylake in 1902, the year The New Golf Club was founded at St Andrews. His appearances in The Open Championship spanned 54 years, his last appearance being at St Andrews in 1939, when he was 71. He accepted the invitation to become an Honorary Member of the R. and A. in 1938. He died in London in 1944 at the age of 76.