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Full name
  
David Jagger

U.S. Open
  
DNP

Height
  
1.88 m

Turned professional
  
1966

Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Role
  
Golfer

Professional wins
  
12

Residence
  
Name
  
David Jagger

Former tours
  
Nationality
  
England

The Open Championship
  
T28: 1974

Weight
  
83 kg


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Born
  
9 June 1949 (age 74) Sheffield, England (
1949-06-09
)

David Jagger (born 9 June 1949) is an English professional golfer.

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Jagger was born in Sheffield. He played on the European Tour for many years, where he was renowned as a joker, but had most of his success playing on the Safari Tour in Africa during the European winters in the 1970s and 1980s. He won several tournaments on that circuit, including the Nigerian Open three times, and topped the money list in 1982. He also recorded a round of 59 during the pro-am prior to the 1973 Nigerian Open. His best placing on the European Order of Merit was 26th in 1976.

Jagger played in several Open Championships, making the final round on four occasions with a best finish of tied for 28th place behind Gary Player at Royal Lytham in 1974. In addition to playing tournament golf, he also worked as a club professional at Selby Golf Club between 1978 and 1988. Since 1988 he has been at Hull Golf Club.

Professional wins (12)

  • 4 Yorkshire Open wins
  • 2 Northern PGA Championship wins
  • 1974 Kenya Open
  • 1975 Nigerian Open
  • 1977 Nigerian Open
  • 1980 British Club Professionals' Championship
  • 1982 Nigerian Open, Kalahari Classic
  • Results in major championships

    Note: Jagger only played in The Open Championship.

    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" indicates a tie for a place
    Yellow background for top-10

    Team appearances

    Professional

  • Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1976 (winners)
  • PGA Cup: 1980
  • References

    David Jagger (golfer) Wikipedia