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Jul 5, 2019 · When Tony Jacklin held the Claret Jug in his arms, little did he know that 50 years later he would remain the most recent Englishman to win The Open at an English course. While there have been close calls – Ian Poulter finished second at Royal Birkdale in 2008 and Nick Faldo was just two shots short of Greg Norman at Royal St George’s in ...
1963. Anthony Jacklin CBE (born 7 July 1944) is an English golfer. He was the most successful British player of his generation, winning two major championships, the 1969 Open Championship and the 1970 U.S. Open. He was also Ryder Cup captain from 1983 to 1989; Europe winning two and tying another of these four events.
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Jun 19, 2020 · Leonard Kamsler/Popperfoto. The Englishman made history with a dominant seven-stroke win at Hazeltine National, but 50 years later, the championship is remembered more for tour pros' critical...
Sep 10, 2020 · 50 years after U.S. Open triumph, Tony Jacklin reflects on his remarkable life in golf. Tony Jacklin at the 1970 U.S. Open (left) at Hazeltine in Chaska, Minn., and now, 50 years later, content in ...
Jun 17, 2021 · Jacklin was a fiery, uncompromising competitor – and the first English golfer to win the US Open in the post-war era, in 1970 – although he mellowed as time passed. “Everybody on the tour knew this was just Lee’s way of dealing with the pressure. He had to talk,” Jacklin once said. “That was his release valve.
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Sep 29, 2023 · But Tony Jacklin, a winner, the greatest British player of his generation, subsequently had to swallow the bitter taste of defeat in the Ryder Cup in 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977 and 1979. These scars created a resolve that would soon change the direction of this marquee event.
