title: Alfred Ricketts
text: # Alfred Ricketts
  
  Alfred H. Ricketts (born February 1870) was an English professional golfer who played in the late 19th and early 20th century.
  
  ## Early life
  
  In 1888, Ricketts emigrated from England to the United States and took a job as a golf instructor at the Country Club of Rochester in Rochester, New York, where he instructed Rochester-born Walter Hagen and others on the finer points of golf. In 1900 he married Nettie Brooks and born to them was a son, Albert G. Ricketts, circa 1902.
  
  ## Golf career
  
  Ricketts tied for sixth place, with Bernard Nicholls, in the 1897 U.S. Open, held at Chicago Golf Club in Wheaton, Illinois. He got off to a poor start with an opening round 91 but with a full 10-shot improvement in round two at 81 he finished high on the leaderboard. He didn't win any prize money; only the top-5 finishers received a prize. Ricketts also had a tenth place finish in the 1896 U.S. Open by carding rounds of 80-83=163.
  
  ## Later life
  
  By 1910, his wife had died and he was a widower. In 1930, likely as a result of the Great Depression, he was no longer in the golf business but rather was working as a packer and stamper in a metal fabrication factory.
  
  ## Death
  
  Ricketts' date of death is unknown.
  
  ## Results in major championships
  
  | Tournament | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | U.S. Open | 10 | T6 | ? | 16 |
  
  Note: Ricketts played only in the U.S. Open.
  
  "T" indicates a tie for a place ? = unknown Yellow background for top-10
  
  