Sandy Lyle
| Sandy Lyle | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Alexander Walter Barr Lyle MBE |
| Born |
9 February 1958 Shrewsbury, England |
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) |
| Nationality |
 Scotland
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| Residence | Balquhidder, Perthshire |
| Spouse | Christine (1981–87) Jolande (m.1989) |
| Children | Stuart, James, Alexandra Lonneke, Quintin |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1977 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Senior Tour Champions Tour |
| Former tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 29 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 6 |
| European Tour | 18 |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| European Senior Tour | 1 |
| Other | 5 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 2) |
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| Masters Tournament | Won: 1988 |
| U.S. Open | T16: 1991 |
| The Open Championship | Won: 1985 |
| PGA Championship | T16: 1991 |
| Achievements and awards | |
| World Golf Hall of Fame | 2012 (member page) |
| Member of the Order of the British Empire |
1987 |
| European Tour Order of Merit winner |
1979, 1980, 1985 |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
1978 |
Alexander Walter Barr "Sandy" Lyle, MBE (born 9 February 1958) is a Scottish professional golfer. Lyle has won two major championships during his career. Along with Nick Faldo and Ian Woosnam, he became one of Britain's top golfers during the 1980s. He spent 167 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking from its introduction, in 1986, until 1989. Lyle was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in May 2012.
Lyle was born in Shrewsbury, England and now lives in Scotland with his wife Jolande and children Lonneke and Quintin. He represented Scotland during his professional career. He was introduced to golf by his father, Alex, who had taken the family from Scotland to England in 1955 when he became resident professional at Hawkstone Park golf course. Their family home was just 40 yards from the pro-shop and 18th green. He began playing with miniature clubs at the age of 3. At schoolboy, junior and amateur level Lyle represented England . As an amateur Lyle made his debut in The Open Championship at age 16 in 1974, and won the Brabazon Trophy in 1975 and 1977. He was a member of the Walker Cup team for both 1975 and 1977.
In 1977 he turned professional and decided to represent Scotland. He was medalist at the 1977 Qualifying School tournament for the European Tour. His first professional win came in the 1978 Nigerian Open, and he also won the Sir Henry Cotton Award as European Rookie of the Year that season. Lyle attained the first of an eventual 18 European Tour titles in 1979.
Lyle partnered with Sam Torrance for Scotland to finish runner-up at the World Cup of Golf team event in both 1979 and 1980; in the latter year Lyle captured the low individual trophy in that event.
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