Brian Huggett
| Brian Huggett | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE |
| Nickname | Welsh bulldog |
| Born |
18 November 1936 Porthcawl, Wales |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality |
 Wales
|
| Residence | Ross-on-Wye, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1951 |
| Former tour(s) |
European Tour European Seniors Tour |
| Professional wins | 34 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 2 |
| European Senior Tour | 10 |
| Other | 22 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T2: 1965 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Officer of the Order of the British Empire |
1978 |
| Harry Vardon Trophy | 1968 |
Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE (born 18 November 1936) is a Welsh professional golfer. In 2006 he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.
Huggett turned professional in 1951 and won sixteen events on the European circuit, including two after the formal start of the European Tour in 1972. He topped the Order or Merit in 1968 and was the third-highest money winner in the first season of the formal tour. He finished third in the Open Championship in 1962, albeit a full thirteen shots behind runaway winner Arnold Palmer, but in 1965 finished second, two shots behind Australia's Peter Thomson at Royal Birkdale. In 1970 he was ranked among the top ten players in the world in McCormack's World Golf Rankings, the forerunner of the modern World Ranking.
Huggett joined the European Seniors Tour when it debuted in 1992 and won ten times at that level. He finished second on the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit in 1993, 1994 and 1998. He played six times for Great Britain and Ireland in the Ryder Cup (1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1975) and had a 9-10-6 win-loss-half record. He was Great Britain & Ireland's non-playing captain in 1977.
Huggett has also been a golf-course designer. He is now a member at the Ross-on-Wye Golf Club in Herefordshire.
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
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