Jack Cuthbert was the first winner of the Manitoba Men’s Amateur golf championship in 1919 and went on to become a dominant figure on the provincial golf scene through the 1920s.
He followed that 1919 victory with three more Manitoba Amateur titles in 1921, 1923 and 1925 and added the Manitoba Open championship in 1924. He was a member of Manitoba’s first men’s Willingdon Cup team in 1927.
Earlier, Cuthbert claimed the Saskatchewan Amateur honours in 1917, 1918 and 1919 and was the Saskatchewan Open winner in 1931. He also won the Alberta Amateur championship twice, the Western Canadian Amateur title twice and the Western Canadian Open championship once.
He was born in Nairn, Scotland on January 4, 1894 and came to Winnipeg in 1911. He worked with the Bank of Commerce and then was a sportswriter with The Winnipeg Free Press for four years, specializing in golf. He moved west to Moose Jaw, then on to Calgary and Edmonton. He became the golf professional at the Calgary Country Club in the 1930s and held that post for 33 years.
Along with his list of championship performances, Cuthbert had the honour of playing in exhibition matches with such noted golfers as Harry Vardon, Ted Ray, Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen. In 1924-25, the Dominion Chocolate Co., Limited issued a trading card in his honour. Jack Cuthbert passed away in Calgary in 1972 at the age of 78.
Jack is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 29, 2014.