- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 02:27, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
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Laidlaw Purves
- ... that the London surgeon Laidlaw Purves was described as the "fairy godfather of ladies' golf"? Source: "Amy Pascoe, who won the Ladies Championship in 1896, described Purves as the 'fairy godfather of ladies' golf' " RCSEd library
- ALT1:... that the surgeon Laidlaw Purves, the "fairy godfather of ladies' golf", set out the rules of golf handicapping? Source: "Dr. Laidlaw Purves set out the rules for universal handicapping (1898)" Source: as above and JRCPE
- ALT2:... that the surgeon Laidlaw Purves, the "fairy godfather of ladies' golf", founded Royal St George's Golf Club? Source: "...designed and supervised the laying out of a course which he called St George's..Source:as above and Royal St George's
- Reviewed: St Thomas's Church, Keith
Moved to mainspace by Iainmacintyre (talk). Self-nominated at 15:37, 22 August 2019 (UTC).
- Reviewing: New enough, long enough, reads well, well sourced, interesting...will complete soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 18:30, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
Hook in article and followed by inline citation, in source, no copy via issues. Well done. I prefer the proposed hook. Whispyhistory (talk) 20:41, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
