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Kel Nagle

January 01, 1970

Kelvin David George Nagle AM (21 December 1920 – 29 January 2015) was an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960.[1] He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.

Kel Nagle
Personal information
Full nameKelvin David George Nagle
NicknameThe Pymble Crusher
Born(1920-12-21)21 December 1920
North Sydney, Australia
Died29 January 2015(2015-01-29) (aged 94)
Sydney, Australia
Height5 ft 10.5 in (1.79 m)
Weight190 lb (86 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
Turned professional1946
Former tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
European Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins94
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia7
Other85
Best results in major championships
(wins: 1)
Masters TournamentT15: 1965
PGA ChampionshipT20: 1965
U.S. Open2nd: 1965
The Open ChampionshipWon: 1960
Achievements and awards

Early life edit

Nagle was born in North Sydney. Because of five-and-a-half years of World War II military service (1939–45), Nagle got a late start on pro golf, as he played no golf between ages 19 and 24, and turned pro at age 25 (1946). He made up for lost time by winning at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.

Professional career edit

During his early career, he had a long swing and was regarded as the longest hitter on the Australasia tour, as evidenced by the Australian press dubbing him as "the Pymble Crusher".[2] By age 39 (in 1960, when he won The Open Championship), Nagle had shortened his swing and become a straight hitter with what Gary Player described as "the best short game out here".[citation needed]

Although he had won over 30 tournaments in Australia, and had won the Canada Cup for Australia in partnership with five-time Open champion Peter Thomson in 1954 and 1959, Nagle was a shock winner of The Open, as he was 39 years old but had never finished in the top-10 at a major championship before. Thomson told Nagle a few weeks prior to the 1960 Open championship that he "had the game" to win and that "you can beat me". He beat the rising star of American golf Arnold Palmer into second place, and it was Palmer who deprived him of his title in 1961. Although he never regained The Open title, Kel Nagle had six top-five finishes at the Open between 1960 and 1966 (ages 39 to 45). His best result in a United States major was second in the 1965 U.S. Open—the year after he won the Canadian Open—when he and Gary Player finished the 72-hole tournament in a tie. Nagle lost to Player the next day in an 18-hole playoff, during which Nagle hit a female spectator in the forehead on the fifth hole and was visibly affected to the point that he hit another spectator on the same hole. Player won the playoff by 3 strokes.

As late as 1970, the year he turned 50, Nagle was ranked among the top ten players in the world on the McCormack's World Golf Rankings, the forerunner of the modern world ranking system. Nagle played on the Senior PGA Tour (now PGA Tour Champions) in the U.S. in the 1980s, when he was in his 60s and early 70s. His best finishes were a pair of T-3s: at the 1981 Eureka Federal Savings Classic and the 1982 Peter Jackson Champions. In July 2007, Nagle was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, and was inducted in November 2007.

Death edit

Nagle died in Sydney on 29 January 2015 at the age of 94.[3]

Award and honors edit

Professional wins (94) edit

PGA Tour wins (2) edit

Legend
Major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 9 Jul 1960 The Open Championship −10 (69-67-71-71=278) 1 stroke   Arnold Palmer
2 2 Aug 1964 Canadian Open −11 (73-71-66-67=277) 2 strokes   Arnold Palmer

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1965 U.S. Open   Gary Player Lost 18-hole playoff;
Player: +1 (71),
Nagle: +4 (74)

PGA Tour of Australia wins (3) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 22 Sep 1974 West End Tournament −7 (70-70-68-73=281) 1 stroke   Tom Linskey,   Rob McNaughton
2 16 Feb 1975 South Coast Open −8 (72-67-68-69=276) 1 stroke   Bob Shearer
3 10 Apr 1977 Western Australia PGA Championship −5 (73-71-69-70=283) 1 stroke   Barry Vivian

New Zealand Golf Circuit wins (19) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 31 Aug 1963 Wiseman's Tournament −7 (65-68-75-73=281) 2 strokes   Ted Ball
2 21 Nov 1964 New Zealand Open −26 (67-69-66-64=266) 12 strokes   Frank Phillips
3 28 Nov 1964 Caltex Tournament −7 (69-72-70-74=285) 1 stroke   John Sullivan
4 4 Dec 1965 Forest Products Tournament −19 (65-67-69-68=269) 1 stroke   Cedric Amm
5 11 Dec 1965 BP Tournament −10 (69-72-73-74=278) Shared title with   Peter Thomson
6 3 Dec 1966 BP Tournament (2) −12 (68-70-69-69=276) 3 strokes   Clive Clark,   Martin Roesink
7 17 Dec 1966 Caltex Tournament (2) −4 (71-69-68-68=276) Shared title with   Peter Thomson
8 18 Nov 1967 New Zealand Open (2) −9 (70-64-70-71=275) 4 strokes   Ted Ball
9 30 Nov 1968 New Zealand Open (3) −8 (69-68-66-69=272) 7 strokes   Frank Phillips
10 15 Dec 1968 BP Tournament (3) −8 (64-69-69-70=272) 1 stroke   Bob Charles,   Guy Wolstenholme
11 29 Nov 1969 New Zealand Open (4) −7 (69-67-69-68=273) 2 strokes   John Lister
12 7 Dec 1969 Garden City Classic −20 (64-70-66-72=272) 2 strokes   John Lister
13 13 Dec 1969 Caltex Tournament (3) −9 (70-69-67-69=275) 7 strokes   Bill Dunk,   John Lister
14 11 Jan 1970 Forest Products Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship −24 (69-66-66-67=268) 3 strokes   John Lister
15 13 Dec 1970 Otago Charity Classic −16 (69-68-72-63=272) 2 strokes   Vic Bennetts
16 7 Jan 1973 New Zealand PGA Championship (2) −9 (66-73-70-66=275) 4 strokes   John Carter
17 6 Jan 1974 New Zealand PGA Championship (3) −16 (67-64-64-69=264) 2 strokes   Walter Godfrey
18 5 Jan 1975 New Zealand PGA Championship (4) −17 (65-67-65-70=267) 5 strokes   Lindsay Sharp
19 28 Nov 1976 Otago Charity Classic (2) −14 (66-69-66-63=274) 4 strokes   Bob Charles

Other Australian wins (46) edit

Other New Zealand wins (7) edit

European wins (11) edit

Asian wins (1) edit

Senior wins (5) edit

this list may be incomplete

Major championships edit

Wins (1) edit

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
1960 The Open Championship 2 shot lead −10 (69-67-71-71=278) 1 stroke   Arnold Palmer

Results timeline edit

Tournament 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T19 T19
PGA Championship
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament CUT CUT CUT T35 T21 T15 CUT T31 T30
U.S. Open T17 CUT CUT 2 T34 T9 T52 CUT
The Open Championship 1 T5 2 4 45 T5 T4 T22 T13 9
PGA Championship T20 CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T30
The Open Championship T32 T11 T31 T39 CUT T40 CUT CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1974 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Summary edit

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 5
U.S. Open 0 1 0 1 2 3 9 6
The Open Championship 1 1 0 6 7 12 21 17
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1
Totals 1 2 0 7 9 18 41 29
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (1965 U.S. Open – 1965 Open Championship)

Team appearances edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ . The Open. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 18 October 2013.
  2. ^ Howard, Al (10 October 1948). "Cremin Bashes Par to Bag Pro Purse". Truth. Sydney. p. 23.
  3. ^ "Aussie golf great Nagle dies". SBS News. 29 January 2015.
  4. ^ a b c "Kel Nagle". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Nagle beats Pickworth by one stroke". The Mercury. 22 November 1954.

External links edit

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Kelvin David George Nagle AM 21 December 1920 29 January 2015 was an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Open Championship in 1960 1 He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975 Kel NaglePersonal informationFull nameKelvin David George NagleNicknameThe Pymble CrusherBorn 1920 12 21 21 December 1920North Sydney AustraliaDied29 January 2015 2015 01 29 aged 94 Sydney AustraliaHeight5 ft 10 5 in 1 79 m Weight190 lb 86 kg 14 st Sporting nationality AustraliaCareerTurned professional1946Former tour s PGA Tour of AustralasiaEuropean TourChampions TourProfessional wins94Number of wins by tourPGA Tour2PGA Tour of Australasia7Other85Best results in major championships wins 1 Masters TournamentT15 1965PGA ChampionshipT20 1965U S Open2nd 1965The Open ChampionshipWon 1960Achievements and awardsWorld Golf Hall of Fame2007 member page Far East CircuitOrder of Merit winner1963New Zealand Golf Circuitmoney list winner1964 1969 70 Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional career 3 Death 4 Award and honors 5 Professional wins 94 5 1 PGA Tour wins 2 5 2 PGA Tour of Australia wins 3 5 3 New Zealand Golf Circuit wins 19 5 4 Other Australian wins 46 5 5 Other New Zealand wins 7 5 6 European wins 11 5 7 Asian wins 1 5 8 Senior wins 5 6 Major championships 6 1 Wins 1 6 2 Results timeline 6 3 Summary 7 Team appearances 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEarly life editNagle was born in North Sydney Because of five and a half years of World War II military service 1939 45 Nagle got a late start on pro golf as he played no golf between ages 19 and 24 and turned pro at age 25 1946 He made up for lost time by winning at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975 Professional career editDuring his early career he had a long swing and was regarded as the longest hitter on the Australasia tour as evidenced by the Australian press dubbing him as the Pymble Crusher 2 By age 39 in 1960 when he won The Open Championship Nagle had shortened his swing and become a straight hitter with what Gary Player described as the best short game out here citation needed Although he had won over 30 tournaments in Australia and had won the Canada Cup for Australia in partnership with five time Open champion Peter Thomson in 1954 and 1959 Nagle was a shock winner of The Open as he was 39 years old but had never finished in the top 10 at a major championship before Thomson told Nagle a few weeks prior to the 1960 Open championship that he had the game to win and that you can beat me He beat the rising star of American golf Arnold Palmer into second place and it was Palmer who deprived him of his title in 1961 Although he never regained The Open title Kel Nagle had six top five finishes at the Open between 1960 and 1966 ages 39 to 45 His best result in a United States major was second in the 1965 U S Open the year after he won the Canadian Open when he and Gary Player finished the 72 hole tournament in a tie Nagle lost to Player the next day in an 18 hole playoff during which Nagle hit a female spectator in the forehead on the fifth hole and was visibly affected to the point that he hit another spectator on the same hole Player won the playoff by 3 strokes As late as 1970 the year he turned 50 Nagle was ranked among the top ten players in the world on the McCormack s World Golf Rankings the forerunner of the modern world ranking system Nagle played on the Senior PGA Tour now PGA Tour Champions in the U S in the 1980s when he was in his 60s and early 70s His best finishes were a pair of T 3s at the 1981 Eureka Federal Savings Classic and the 1982 Peter Jackson Champions In July 2007 Nagle was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame and was inducted in November 2007 Death editNagle died in Sydney on 29 January 2015 at the age of 94 3 Award and honors editIn 1980 he was awarded Member of the Order of Australia for the service to the sport of golf 4 In 1986 he was awarded Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductee 4 In 2001 Nagle was awarded Australian Sports Medal In 2005 Kel Nagle Plate presented annually to the best performing rookie in the Australian PGA Championship 4 In 2007 he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame Professional wins 94 editPGA Tour wins 2 edit Legend Major championships 1 Other PGA Tour 1 No Date Tournament Winning score Margin ofvictory Runner up 1 9 Jul 1960 The Open Championship 10 69 67 71 71 278 1 stroke nbsp Arnold Palmer 2 2 Aug 1964 Canadian Open 11 73 71 66 67 277 2 strokes nbsp Arnold Palmer PGA Tour playoff record 0 1 No Year Tournament Opponent Result 1 1965 U S Open nbsp Gary Player Lost 18 hole playoff Player 1 71 Nagle 4 74 PGA Tour of Australia wins 3 edit No Date Tournament Winning score Margin ofvictory Runner s up 1 22 Sep 1974 West End Tournament 7 70 70 68 73 281 1 stroke nbsp Tom Linskey nbsp Rob McNaughton 2 16 Feb 1975 South Coast Open 8 72 67 68 69 276 1 stroke nbsp Bob Shearer 3 10 Apr 1977 Western Australia PGA Championship 5 73 71 69 70 283 1 stroke nbsp Barry Vivian New Zealand Golf Circuit wins 19 edit No Date Tournament Winning score Margin ofvictory Runner s up 1 31 Aug 1963 Wiseman s Tournament 7 65 68 75 73 281 2 strokes nbsp Ted Ball 2 21 Nov 1964 New Zealand Open 26 67 69 66 64 266 12 strokes nbsp Frank Phillips 3 28 Nov 1964 Caltex Tournament 7 69 72 70 74 285 1 stroke nbsp John Sullivan 4 4 Dec 1965 Forest Products Tournament 19 65 67 69 68 269 1 stroke nbsp Cedric Amm 5 11 Dec 1965 BP Tournament 10 69 72 73 74 278 Shared title with nbsp Peter Thomson 6 3 Dec 1966 BP Tournament 2 12 68 70 69 69 276 3 strokes nbsp Clive Clark nbsp Martin Roesink 7 17 Dec 1966 Caltex Tournament 2 4 71 69 68 68 276 Shared title with nbsp Peter Thomson 8 18 Nov 1967 New Zealand Open 2 9 70 64 70 71 275 4 strokes nbsp Ted Ball 9 30 Nov 1968 New Zealand Open 3 8 69 68 66 69 272 7 strokes nbsp Frank Phillips 10 15 Dec 1968 BP Tournament 3 8 64 69 69 70 272 1 stroke nbsp Bob Charles nbsp Guy Wolstenholme 11 29 Nov 1969 New Zealand Open 4 7 69 67 69 68 273 2 strokes nbsp John Lister 12 7 Dec 1969 Garden City Classic 20 64 70 66 72 272 2 strokes nbsp John Lister 13 13 Dec 1969 Caltex Tournament 3 9 70 69 67 69 275 7 strokes nbsp Bill Dunk nbsp John Lister 14 11 Jan 1970 Forest Products Stars Travel New Zealand PGA Championship 24 69 66 66 67 268 3 strokes nbsp John Lister 15 13 Dec 1970 Otago Charity Classic 16 69 68 72 63 272 2 strokes nbsp Vic Bennetts 16 7 Jan 1973 New Zealand PGA Championship 2 9 66 73 70 66 275 4 strokes nbsp John Carter 17 6 Jan 1974 New Zealand PGA Championship 3 16 67 64 64 69 264 2 strokes nbsp Walter Godfrey 18 5 Jan 1975 New Zealand PGA Championship 4 17 65 67 65 70 267 5 strokes nbsp Lindsay Sharp 19 28 Nov 1976 Otago Charity Classic 2 14 66 69 66 63 274 4 strokes nbsp Bob Charles Other Australian wins 46 edit 1949 1 Australian PGA Championship 1950 1 WA Open 1951 4 North Coast Open New South Wales Close WA Open ACT Open 1952 3 North Coast Open WA Open NSW PGA Championship 1953 3 NSW PGA Championship Adelaide Advertiser Tournament McWilliam s Wines Tournament 1954 5 Australian PGA Championship North Coast Open Lakes Open ACT Open Riverside and Tasmanian Tyre Services 500 Tournament 5 1955 2 North Coast Open NSW PGA Championship 1956 1 NSW PGA Championship 1957 2 New South Wales Close Lakes Open 1958 3 Australian PGA Championship Lakes Open Adelaide Advertiser Tournament 1959 5 Australian Open Australian PGA Championship Queensland Open NSW PGA Championship Ampol Tournament tie with Gary Player 1962 2 Victorian PGA Championship Adelaide Advertiser Tournament 1963 1 Lake Karrinyup Bowl 1964 1 Queensland Open 1965 2 Australian PGA Championship NSW PGA Championship 1966 2 Wills Masters West End Tournament tie with Murray Crafter 1967 2 Victorian Open West End Tournament 1968 3 New South Wales Open Australian PGA Championship West End Tournament 1969 1 Victorian Open 1970 1 NBN 3 Tournament 1971 1 NSW PGA Championship 1972 1 West End Tournament Other New Zealand wins 7 edit 1957 2 New Zealand Open New Zealand PGA Championship 1958 2 New Zealand Open New Zealand PGA Championship 1960 2 New Zealand PGA Championship Caltex Tournament 1962 1 New Zealand Open European wins 11 edit 1960 Open Championship 1961 French Open Swiss Open Irish Hospitals Tournament Dunlop Tournament 1962 Bowmaker Tournament Carling Lancastrian Tournament 1963 Esso Golden Tournament 1965 Bowmaker Tournament 1967 Esso Golden Tournament tie with Peter Thomson 1971 Volvo Open Asian wins 1 edit 1961 Hong Kong Open Senior wins 5 edit this list may be incomplete 1971 Pringle of Scotland Seniors Championship World Senior Championship 1973 Pringle of Scotland Seniors Championship 1975 PGA Seniors Championship World Senior ChampionshipMajor championships editWins 1 edit Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner up 1960 The Open Championship 2 shot lead 10 69 67 71 71 278 1 stroke nbsp Arnold Palmer Results timeline edit Tournament 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Masters Tournament U S Open The Open Championship T19 T19 PGA Championship Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 Masters Tournament CUT CUT CUT T35 T21 T15 CUT T31 T30 U S Open T17 CUT CUT 2 T34 T9 T52 CUT The Open Championship 1 T5 2 4 45 T5 T4 T22 T13 9 PGA Championship T20 CUT Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 Masters Tournament U S Open T30 The Open Championship T32 T11 T31 T39 CUT T40 CUT CUT PGA Championship Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Masters Tournament U S Open The Open Championship CUT PGA Championship Win Top 10 Did not play CUT missed the half way cut 3rd round cut in 1974 Open Championship T tied Summary edit Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top 5 Top 10 Top 25 Events Cuts made Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 5 U S Open 0 1 0 1 2 3 9 6 The Open Championship 1 1 0 6 7 12 21 17 PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 Totals 1 2 0 7 9 18 41 29 Most consecutive cuts made 6 twice Longest streak of top 10s 2 1965 U S Open 1965 Open Championship Team appearances editCanada Cup representing Australia 1954 winners 1955 1958 1959 winners 1960 1961 1962 1965 1966 Lakes International Cup representing Australia 1952 1954 winners Vicars Shield representing New South Wales 1948 winners 1949 winners 1950 winners 1951 1952 1953 1954 winners 1955 winners See also editList of men s major championships winning golfersReferences edit 1960 Kel Nagle The Open Archived from the original on 16 October 2013 Retrieved 18 October 2013 Howard Al 10 October 1948 Cremin Bashes Par to Bag Pro Purse Truth Sydney p 23 Aussie golf great Nagle dies SBS News 29 January 2015 a b c Kel Nagle Sport Australia Hall of Fame Retrieved 26 September 2020 Nagle beats Pickworth by one stroke The Mercury 22 November 1954 External links editKel Nagle at the European Tour official site Kel Nagle at the PGA Tour official site Kel Nagle at the World Golf Hall of Fame Kel Nagle at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame Kel Nagle interviewed by Neil Bennetts National Library of Australia 1990 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kel Nagle amp oldid 1221848106, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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