Brian Huggett

Summary

Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE (born 18 November 1936) is a Welsh professional golfer.[2] He won 16 events on the European circuit between 1962 and 1978, including two after the formal start of the European Tour in 1972. In 1968 he won the Harry Vardon Trophy for leading the Order of Merit and he was in third place in 1969, 1970 and 1972. He won 10 times on the European Seniors Tour between 1992 and 2000, including the 1998 Senior British Open.

Brian Huggett
MBE
Personal information
Full nameBrian George Charles Huggett
NicknameWelsh bulldog[1]
Born (1936-11-18) 18 November 1936 (age 87)
Porthcawl, Wales
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality Wales
ResidenceRoss-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Career
Turned professional1951
Former tour(s)European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins34
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
PGA Tour Champions1
European Senior Tour10 (4th all time)
Other22
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1969
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT2: 1965
Achievements and awards
Officer of the Order
of the British Empire
1978
Harry Vardon Trophy1968

Huggett played six times for Great Britain and Ireland in the Ryder Cup between 1963 and 1975 and had a 9–10–6 win–loss–half record, despite never being on a winning team. He was also the Great Britain & Ireland's non-playing captain in 1977. He represented Wales nine times in the World Cup between 1963 and 1979. He played in the Open Championship 19 successive times between 1961 and 1979, finishing tied for third place in 1962 and joint runner-up in 1965.

Early life edit

Huggett was born in Porthcawl, Wales, the son of George Huggett, who was an assistant professional at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club. After World War II, George was the professional at Neath Golf Club before moving to Redhill and Reigate Golf Club, in Surrey, in 1950.[3][4] Huggett has a younger brother Geoff who was also a professional golfer.[5]

Professional career edit

In 1951, Huggett turned professional becoming an assistant to his father at Redhill and Reigate, later being the professional at Romford Golf Club from 1960 to 1966.[6][7] In 1963 he was joined at Romford by his father.[8]

Huggett won his first important individual event in 1962, the Dutch Open.[9] He had been runner-up the previous year.[10] Earlier in 1962, he had finished tied for third in the Open Championship, albeit a full 13 shots behind runaway winner Arnold Palmer.[11] Huggett had two more wins in 1963, the Cox Moore Tournament and the German Open, and finished the season third in the Order of Merit.[12][13][14] He qualified for the 1963 Ryder Cup team in third place in the points list.[15] Although the United States won the match 23 to 9, Huggett was the leading British scorer, with two wins and a half.[16]

After his successes in 1962 and 1963, Huggett struggled for success from 1964 to 1966, a period that coincided with the introduction of the bigger ball in many tournaments. During this period he was, however, joint runner-up in the 1965 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, an event played with the smaller ball. He finished two shots behind Australia's Peter Thomson.[17]

Huggett returned to form in 1967, winning the PGA Close Championship and the Martini International in successive weeks, although he tied the Martini International with Malcolm Gregson.[18][19] He qualified for the 1967 Ryder Cup team, finishing 7th in the points list.[20] As in 1963, the British and Irish team was heavily defeated. Huggett beat Julius Boros in the morning singles matches but lost to Arnold Palmer in his afternoon match.[16]

From 1968 to 1970 Huggett was a regular winner. In 1968, he won the Shell Winter Tournament, the Sumrie Tournament, the Martini International and the News of the World Match Play.[21][22][23][24] He took Harry Vardon Trophy for leading the Order of Merit and played in the 1968 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship, losing to Arnold Palmer at the 36th hole.[25][26] In 1969 Huggett won the Daks Tournament and was joint winner of the Bowmaker Tournament, finishing the season third in the 1969 Order of Merit.[27][28][29] Huggett was in second place in the Ryder Cup standings to get an automatic place in the team.[30] The Ryder Cup was tied at 16 points each. Playing the 18th hole in the last-but-one match, Huggett holed a putt to halve his match with Billy Casper. Just before making his putt he had heard a loud roar from the 17th green, where Tony Jacklin was playing Jack Nicklaus. Believing that Jacklin had beaten Nicklaus he thought that his putt had won the Ryder Cup. Only after leaving the green did he find out the Jacklin/Nicklaus match was still being played.[31] In 1970 Huggett won the Algarve Open, the Carroll's International and the Dunlop Masters.[32][33][34] He again finished 3rd in the Order of Merit.[35] Huggett was ranked 10th in the world in McCormack's World Golf Rankings at the end of 1970, the rankings being based on performances from 1968 to 1970.[36]

Huggett was joint winner of the 1971 Daks Tournament with Neil Coles, but dropped to 8th place in the Order of Merit.[37][38] He was 7th in the points list for the 1971 Ryder Cup in St. Louis.[39] Only the leading six got an automatic place but Huggett was one of the six others selected by the committee.[40] The match was closer that the two previous matches Huggett had played in America, the United States winning by 5 points.[16]

European Tour edit

Huggett played on the European Tour from its start in 1972. He won twice on the tour, the Portuguese Open in 1974 and the B.A./Avis Open in 1978.[41] He was a runner-up six times, three of those in 1972 when he lost in a playoff for the Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open, and was solo second in the German Open and the Italian Open.[42][43] He was the third in the Order of Merit in 1972 and 8th in 1974, his only two seasons in the top 10.[42]

Huggett finished in 12th place in the points list for the 1973 Ryder Cup team for the match at Muirfield. Only the top 8 were guaranteed places, but the selection committee chose the players lying 9th to 12th in the list, giving Huggett a place in the team.[44][45] Huggett's younger daughter, Sandra, was born on the morning of the opening day of the match. He was not selected for the opening foursomes but played with Maurice Bembridge in the afternoon fourballs, Huggett and Bembridge having an impressive 3&1 win over Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer.[46][47] The match was tied after two days but the United States dominated the two singles sessions. Huggett beat Homero Blancas in the singles and went through the contest undefeated.[16] Huggett got a place in the 1975 Ryder Cup team by finishing in 8th place in the points list, with 8 being guaranteed places.[48] He only played in two matches, winning a foursomes match with Tony Jacklin but losing to Gene Littler in the singles.[16] 1975 was Huggett's last appearance in the Ryder Cup. In 6 contests he played 25 matches, winning 9, losing 10 and halving 6. In singles matches he had 3 wins, 3 defeats and 1 halved match.[16] He was the non-playing captain in 1977, the last Ryder Cup before continental European players were included.[49]

Senior career edit

Huggett played on the European Seniors Tour from its start in 1992, making his final appearances in 2007.[50] He won 10 times on the tour between 1992 and 2000 including the 1993 PGA Seniors Championship and the 1998 Senior British Open.[50] He won the PGA Seniors Championship at Sunningdale, by 3 strokes from Bobby Verwey.[51] His biggest win was the 1998 Senior British Open at Royal Portrush, winning the first prize of £60,000. He had tied with Eddie Polland after the 72 holes, but won the playoff at the first extra hole after Polland had missed the green with his second shot and, after chipping onto the green, missed his putt from nine feet.[52] Huggett had beaten Polland and Neil Coles in a playoff for the Schroder Senior Masters the previous week.[53] His last win was in the 2000 Beko Classic at the age of 63 years and 171 days.[54] Huggett finished in the top ten on the European Seniors Tour's Order of Merit every year from 1992 to 1996 and again in 1998, his best position being 2nd in 1993, 1994 and 1998.[55]

Huggett has also been a golf-course designer.[6]

Personal life edit

Huggett is married to Winnie and has two daughters.[1] His daughter Sandra Huggett is an actress.[56]

Awards and honors edit

Professional wins (34) edit

European Tour wins (2) edit

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 13 Apr 1974 Portuguese Open −4 (71-66-68-67=272) 4 strokes   John Fourie
2 4 Jun 1978 B.A./Avis Open −13 (65-66-71-69=271) 3 strokes   Eamonn Darcy

Source:[41]

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1972 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open   Neil Coles Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Source:[59]

Great Britain and Ireland wins (11) edit

Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up Ref.
27 Apr 1963 Cox Moore Tournament 72-68-70-66=276 1 stroke   John Jacobs [12]
10 Jun 1967 PGA Close Championship 66-67-67-71=271 8 strokes   Jimmy Hitchcock,   Bernard Hunt [18]
17 Jun 1967 Martini International 69-70-70-70=279 Tie   Malcolm Gregson [19]
1 Jun 1968 Sumrie Tournament 69-75-70-68=282 4 strokes   Ángel Gallardo [22]
15 Jun 1968 Martini International 72-69-66-71=278 2 strokes   Tommy Horton [23]
8 Sep 1968 News of the World Match Play 1 up   John Panton [24]
31 May 1969 Daks Tournament 71-71-75-72=289 2 strokes   Bernard Gallacher [27]
1 Jul 1969 Bowmaker Tournament 68-67=135 Tie   Tony Grubb [28]
21 Jun 1970 Carroll's International 68-68-69-74=279 7 strokes   Christy O'Connor Snr [33]
12 Sep 1970 Dunlop Masters 80-78-70-65=293 5 strokes   David Graham [34]
5 Jun 1971 Daks Tournament 69-75-68-72=284 Tie   Neil Coles [37]

Continental Europe wins (3) edit

Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up Ref.
5 Aug 1962 Dutch Open 69-71-65-69=274 2 strokes   Gerard de Wit [9]
11 Aug 1963 German Open 70-70-68-70=278 1 stroke   Peter Alliss [13]
22 Mar 1970 Algarve Open 75-78-71-69=293 3 strokes   Andrew Brooks [32]

Other wins (8) edit

Senior PGA Tour wins (1) edit

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other Senior PGA Tour (0)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 9 Aug 1998 Senior British Open −5 (71-70-71-71=283) Playoff   Eddie Polland

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1998 Senior British Open   Eddie Polland Won with par on first extra hole

Source:[52]

European Seniors Tour wins (10) edit

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other European Seniors Tour (9)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 26 Apr 1992 Gary Player Anvil Senior Classic +5 (76-74-71=221) Playoff   Tommy Horton
2 30 Aug 1992 Northern Electric Seniors +8 (75-74-75=224) Playoff   David Jimenez
3 13 Jun 1993 Northern Electric Seniors (2) −1 (73-34=107)* 1 stroke   Tommy Horton,   Brian Waites
4 7 Aug 1993 Forte PGA Seniors Championship −6 (69-65-70=204) 3 strokes   Bobby Verwey
5 22 May 1994 La Manga Spanish Seniors Open −1 (72-74-69=215) Playoff   Malcolm Gregson,   David Snell
6 1 Apr 1995 Windsor Senior Masters −7 (70-67-72=209) 1 stroke   Antonio Garrido
7 3 Sep 1995 Shell Scottish Seniors Open −10 (64-70-66=200) 2 strokes   Neil Coles
8 2 Aug 1998 Schroder Senior Masters −7 (72-71-66=209) Playoff   Neil Coles,   Eddie Polland
9 9 Aug 1998 Senior British Open −5 (71-70-71-71=283) Playoff   Eddie Polland
10 7 May 2000 Beko Classic −8 (69-68-71=208) Playoff   Bob Shearer

*Note: The 1993 Northern Electric Seniors was shortened to 27 holes due to rain.
Sources:[67][68][69]

European Seniors Tour playoff record (6–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1992 Gary Player Anvil Senior Classic   Tommy Horton Won with par on fourth extra hole
2 1992 Northern Electric Seniors   David Jimenez Won with par on first extra hole
3 1994 La Manga Spanish Seniors Open   Malcolm Gregson,   David Snell Won with eagle on first extra hole
4 1996 Castle Royle European Seniors Classic   Tommy Horton Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5 1998 Schroder Senior Masters   Neil Coles,   Eddie Polland Won with birdie on first extra hole
6 1998 Senior British Open   Eddie Polland Won with par on first extra hole
7 2000 Beko Classic   Bob Shearer Won with par on first extra hole

Source:[70][71][72][73][74][53]

Playoff record edit

Far East Circuit playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1967 Hong Kong Open   Peter Thomson Lost to par on second extra hole

Results in major championships edit

Tournament 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament CUT
The Open Championship T25 T3 T14 CUT T2 T43 T25 T13 T16
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship T28 T25 T26 CUT CUT T40 CUT T48 CUT CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1973, 1974 and 1978 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Note: Huggett never played in the U.S. Open or PGA Championship.

Source:[75]

Senior major championships edit

Wins (1) edit

Year Championship Winning Score Margin Runner-up
1998 Senior British Open −5 (71-70-71-71=283) Playoff1   Eddie Polland

1Defeated Polland with a par at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.

[52][76]

Team appearances edit

See also edit

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