Jean Garaïalde

Jean Garaïalde
Personal information
Full name Jean Garaïalde
Born 2 October 1934 (1934-10-02) (age 77)
Ciboure, France
Nationality  France
Career
Turned professional 1952
Retired 1982
Former tour(s) European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins 63
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T9: 1963
PGA Championship DNP

Jean Garaïalde (born 2 October 1934) is a French professional golfer.

Garaïalde was born in Ciboure, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He turned professional in 1952. In 1969, he became the first French golfer since Firmin Cavalo in 1948 to claim his own national open. Around that time, he won several other national opens around Europe, including the German Open in 1969 and 1970 and the Spanish Open also in 1969.[1]

In his home country, Garaïalde was dominant winning 12 French PGA titles between 1960 and 1982, including seven in a row from 1962, 17 French Native Opens between 1957 and 1987, and 12 French Professional Championships between 1968 and 1985.[2][3]

Garaïalde represented France in the World Cup a record 25 times. He retired shortly after his final appearance in 1982,[1] although he has since played in several European, Challenge and European Seniors Tour events that have been held in France. In 1992 he won the Turespaña Leman International Senior Trophy in Switzerland, and tied for 11th in the Senior British Open Championship.

Contents

Professional wins

This list may be incomplete

Results in major championships

Tournament 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T32 DNP DNP DNP T14 T21
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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 T25 T12 T9 T13 CUT DNP T47 DNP T30
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
Tournament 1970 1971
The Masters DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP
The Open Championship DNP CUT
PGA Championship DNP DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

References

  1. ^ a b Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 320. ISBN 0-85613-520-8. 
  2. ^ "Le palmarès de Jean Garaïalde" (in French). 2004. p. 3. http://www.golfdechantaco.com/chantaco%2004.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 
  3. ^ "Golf Senior" (in French). 2007. pp. 37–39. http://www.golfsenior.fr/files/golfsenior39.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-06. 

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