Tony Jacklin (born July 7, 1944) is an English golfer, who was arguably the most successful UK player of his generation. He was born in Scunthorpe, England.
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 2006, it remained the only one by any European in the post World War II era.
Jacklin won eight events on the European Tour between its first season in 1972 and 1982. He also won tournaments in Europe pre the European Tour era and 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 was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002. He retired from tournament golf in 2004 at the age of sixty, having won a number of events at senior level.
European Tour wins
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
PGA Tour wins
1968 Greater Jacksonville Open
1969 The Open Championship (not a European Tour event because the European Tour was founded in 1970, retroactively classified as PGA Tour win in 2002)
1970 U.S. Open
1972 Greater Jacksonville Open
Major championships are shown in bold.
Other regular career wins
1964 Coombe Hill Assistants
1966 Kimberley Tournament (South Africa)
1967 Forest Products (New Zealand), New Zealand PGA Championship
1970 Lancome Trophy (France, but not a European Tour event at that time), W.D. & H.O. Wills (Europe)
1971 Benson & Hedges Festival (Europe)
1972 Dunlop International
1973 Bogota Open, Los Lagartos Open
1974 Los Lagartos Open
1976 Kerrygolf International (Ire)
1979 Venezuela Open
Senior wins
1994 First Bank of America Classic
1995 Franklin Quest Championship (United States)
