Nationality England The Open Championship T16: 1966 Professional wins 9 U.S. Open DNP | Masters Tournament DNP Role Golfer Status Professional Name Alex Caygill | |
Full name Gordon Alexander Caygill | ||
Gordon Alexander Caygill (born 1940) is an English professional golfer.
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Caygill was born in Appleby-in-Westmorland. He twice won the British Youths Championship. He had more success in 1963, winning the Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament and the Rediffusion Tournament, but he did not win again on the circuit until 1969 having suffered with stomach ulcers. That year he won twice, first at the Penfold Tournament, and then again at the Martini International, where he tied with South African Graham Henning.
On the back of those wins Caygill was chosen as a member of the Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team in 1969, although he only played one match, partnering Brian Huggett in Friday's foursomes. They halved their match against the American pair of Raymond Floyd and Miller Barber.
In 1981 Caygill was fined £500 and suspended by the PGA following an incident the previous October at the Wansbeck Classic, a pro-am event.
Professional wins (9)
This list may be incompleteResults in major championships
Note: Caygill only played in The Open Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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