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Kel Nagle

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Template:Short description Template:Use Australian English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox golfer Kelvin David George Nagle AM (21 December 1920 – 29 January 2015) was an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.

Early lifeEdit

Nagle was born in North Sydney. Because of five-and-a-half years of World War II military service (1939–45), Nagle got a late start on pro golf, as he played no golf between ages 19 and 24, and turned pro at age 25 (1946). He made up for lost time by winning at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.

Professional careerEdit

During his early career, he had a long swing and was regarded as the longest hitter on the Australasia tour, as evidenced by the Australian press dubbing him as "the Pymble Crusher".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> By age 39 (in 1960, when he won The Open Championship), Nagle had shortened his swing and become a straight hitter with what Gary Player described as "the best short game out here".Template:Citation needed

Although he had won over 30 tournaments in Australia, and had won the Canada Cup for Australia in partnership with five-time Open champion Peter Thomson in 1954 and 1959, Nagle was a shock winner of The Open, as he was 39 years old but had never finished in the top-10 at a major championship before. Thomson told Nagle a few weeks prior to the 1960 Open championship that he "had the game" to win and that "you can beat me". He beat the rising star of American golf Arnold Palmer into second place, and it was Palmer who deprived him of his title in 1961. Although he never regained The Open title, Kel Nagle had six top-five finishes at the Open between 1960 and 1966 (ages 39 to 45). His best result in a United States major was second in the 1965 U.S. Open—the year after he won the Canadian Open—when he and Gary Player finished the 72-hole tournament in a tie. Nagle lost to Player the next day in an 18-hole playoff, during which Nagle hit a female spectator in the forehead on the fifth hole and was visibly affected to the point that he hit another spectator on the same hole. Player won the playoff by 3 strokes.

As late as 1970, the year he turned 50, Nagle was ranked among the top ten players in the world on the McCormack's World Golf Rankings, the forerunner of the modern world ranking system. Nagle played on the Senior PGA Tour (now PGA Tour Champions) in the U.S. in the 1980s, when he was in his 60s and early 70s. His best finishes were a pair of T-3s: at the 1981 Eureka Federal Savings Classic and the 1982 Peter Jackson Champions. In July 2007, Nagle was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, and was inducted in November 2007.

DeathEdit

Nagle died in Sydney on 29 January 2015 at the age of 94.<ref name=Death>Template:Cite news</ref>

Award and honorsEdit

  • In 1980, he was awarded Member of the Order of Australia for the service to the sport of golf.<ref name="sahof">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Professional wins (95)Edit

PGA Tour wins (2)Edit

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Jul 1960 The Open Championship −10 (69-67-71-71=278) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer
2 2 Aug 1964 Canadian Open −11 (73-71-66-67=277) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1965 U.S. Open Template:Flagicon Gary Player Lost 18-hole playoff;
Player: +1 (71),
Nagle: +4 (74)

PGA Tour of Australia wins (3)Edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 22 Sep 1974 West End Tournament −7 (70-70-68-73=281) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Tom Linskey, Template:Flagicon Rob McNaughton
2 16 Feb 1975 South Coast Open −8 (72-67-68-69=276) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bob Shearer
3 10 Apr 1977 Western Australia PGA Championship −5 (73-71-69-70=283) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Barry Vivian

Other Australian wins (46)Edit

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (19)Edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 31 Aug 1963 Wiseman's Tournament −7 (65-68-75-73=281) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Ted Ball
2 21 Nov 1964 New Zealand Open −26 (67-69-66-64=266) 12 strokes Template:Flagicon Frank Phillips
3 28 Nov 1964 Caltex Tournament −7 (69-72-70-74=285) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon John Sullivan
4 4 Dec 1965 Forest Products Tournament −19 (65-67-69-68=269) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Cedric Amm
5 11 Dec 1965 BP Tournament −10 (69-72-73-74=278) Shared title with Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson
6 3 Dec 1966 BP Tournament (2) −12 (68-70-69-69=276) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon Clive Clark, Template:Flagicon Martin Roesink
7 17 Dec 1966 Caltex Tournament (2) −4 (71-69-68-68=276) Shared title with Template:Flagicon Peter Thomson
8 18 Nov 1967 New Zealand Open (2) −9 (70-64-70-71=275) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Ted Ball
9 30 Nov 1968 New Zealand Open (3) −8 (69-68-66-69=272) 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Frank Phillips
10 15 Dec 1968 BP Tournament (3) −8 (64-69-69-70=272) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Bob Charles, Template:Flagicon Guy Wolstenholme
11 29 Nov 1969 New Zealand Open (4) −7 (69-67-69-68=273) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon John Lister
12 7 Dec 1969 Garden City Classic −20 (64-70-66-72=272) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon John Lister
13 13 Dec 1969 Caltex Tournament (3) −9 (70-69-67-69=275) 7 strokes Template:Flagicon Bill Dunk, Template:Flagicon John Lister
14 11 Jan 1970 Forest Products Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship −24 (69-66-66-67=268) 3 strokes Template:Flagicon John Lister
15 13 Dec 1970 Otago Charity Classic −16 (69-68-72-63=272) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Vic Bennetts
16 7 Jan 1973 New Zealand PGA Championship (2) −9 (66-73-70-66=275) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon John Carter
17 6 Jan 1974 New Zealand PGA Championship (3) −16 (67-64-64-69=264) 2 strokes Template:Flagicon Walter Godfrey
18 5 Jan 1975 New Zealand PGA Championship (4) −17 (65-67-65-70=267) 5 strokes Template:Flagicon Lindsay Sharp
19 28 Nov 1976 Otago Charity Classic (2) −14 (66-69-66-63=274) 4 strokes Template:Flagicon Bob Charles

Other New Zealand wins (7)Edit

European wins (11)Edit

Other wins (3)Edit

Senior wins (5)Edit

this list may be incomplete

Major championshipsEdit

Wins (1)Edit

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
1960 The Open Championship 2 shot lead −10 (69-67-71-71=278) 1 stroke Template:Flagicon Arnold Palmer

Results timelineEdit

Tournament 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T19 T19
PGA Championship
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament CUT CUT CUT T35 T21 T15 CUT T31 T30
U.S. Open T17 CUT CUT 2 T34 T9 T52 CUT
The Open Championship 1 T5 2 4 45 T5 T4 T22 T13 9
PGA Championship T20 CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T30
The Open Championship T32 T11 T31 T39 CUT T40 CUT CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship

Template:Legend Template:Legend Template:Legend CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1974 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

SummaryEdit

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 5
U.S. Open 0 1 0 1 2 3 9 6
The Open Championship 1 1 0 6 7 12 21 17
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Totals 1 2 0 7 9 18 41 29
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1965 U.S. Open – 1965 Open Championship)

Team appearancesEdit

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

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External linksEdit

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