Tony Jacklin

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Tony Jacklin (born July 7, 1944) is an English golfer, who was arguably the most successful UK player of his generation. He was born in Scunthorpe, England.

Jacklin won two majors. In 1969, he became the first British player to win The Open Championship for 18 years. The following season he won the U.S. Open. It was the first victory by a British player in that tournament since 1920, and as of 2006, it remained the only one by any European in the post World War II era.

Jacklin won eight events on the European Tour between its first season in 1972 and 1982. He also won tournaments in Europe pre the European Tour era and in the United States, South America, South Africa and Australasia.

However, Jacklin may be best remembered for his involvement in the Ryder Cup. He was a playing member of the "Great Britain and Ireland" team in 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975 and 1977, and of the first European team in 1979. Except for a tie in 1969, all of those teams were defeated, but as the non-playing captain of Europe in four consecutive Ryder Cups from 1983 to 1989, he had a 2.5 - 1.5 winning record, captaining his men to their first victory for 28 years in 1985, and to their first victory in the United States since the War in 1987.

Jacklin was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002. He retired from tournament golf in 2004 at the age of sixty, having won a number of events at senior level.

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[edit] European Tour wins

[edit] PGA Tour wins

  • 1968 Greater Jacksonville Open
  • 1969 The Open Championship (not a European Tour event because the European Tour was founded in 1970, retroactively classified as PGA Tour win in 2002)
  • 1970 U.S. Open
  • 1972 Greater Jacksonville Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

[edit] Other regular career wins

  • 1964 Coombe Hill Assistants
  • 1966 Kimberley Tournament (South Africa)
  • 1967 Forest Products (New Zealand), New Zealand PGA Championship, British Masters
  • 1970 Lancome Trophy (France, but not a European Tour event at that time), W.D. & H.O. Wills (Europe)
  • 1971 Benson & Hedges Festival (Europe)
  • 1972 Dunlop International
  • 1973 Bogota Open, Los Lagartos Open
  • 1974 Los Lagartos Open
  • 1976 Kerrygolf International (Ire)
  • 1979 Venezuela Open

[edit] Senior wins

  • 1994 First Bank of America Classic
  • 1995 Franklin Quest Championship (United States)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP T16 T22 CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T25
The Open Championship T30 DNP T25 T30 5 T18 1
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T25
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters T12 T36 T27 CUT CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open 1 CUT T40 T52 CUT CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship 5 3 3 T14 T18 DNP T42 T43 CUT T24
PGA Championship CUT DNP DNP T46 T55 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T32 T23 CUT T39 CUT CUT DNP DNP CUT CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

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