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

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 2004, it
remained the only one by any European in the post
World War II era.

On the PGA European Tour Jacklin recorded 10
victories between 1970 and 1982. He had further
wins 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 retired from tournament golf in 2004 at
the age of sixty, having won a number of events at
senior level.

==European Tour wins==
*1970 W.D. & H.O. Wills
*1971 Benson & Hedges Festival
*1972 Viyella PGA Championship
*1973 Italian Open, Dunlop Masters
*1974 Scandinavian Enterprise Open
*1976 Kerrygold International Classic
*1979 Braun German Open
*1981 Billy Butlin Jersey Open
*1982 Sun Alliance PGA Championship

==Other regular career wins==
*1964 Coombe Hill Assistants
*1966 Kimberley Tournament (South Africa)
*1967 Forest Products (New Zealand), New Zealand
PGA Championship
*1968 Greater Jacksonville Open (United States)
*1969 The Open Championship (not a European Tour
event because the European Tour was founded in
1970).
*1970 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open, Trophée
Lancôme|Lancome Trophy (France, but not a
European Tour event at that time)
*1972 Greater Jacksonville Open (United States),
Dunlop International
*1973 Bogota Open, Los Lagartos Open
*1974 Los Lagartos Open
*1976 Kerrygolf International (Ire)
*1979 Venezuela Open

Jacklin's major championships are shown in bold.

==Senior wins==
*1994 First Bank of America Classic
*1995 Franklin Quest Championship (United States)

==External link==
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=88 Profile on the European Tour's website
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/J/Tony_Jacklin/
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