Kel Nagle

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Kelvin David George "Kel" Nagle (born December 21, 1920) is an Australian golfer best known for winning the British Open Championship in 1960. He won at least one tournament each year from 1949 to 1975.

Nagle was born in North Sydney. Although he had won over 30 tournaments in Australia, and had won the World Cup of Golf for Australia in partnership with five times British 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 ten at a major championship before. 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. Nagle never regained The Open title, but he put together a string of six further top ten finishes between 1961 and 1969. His best result in a United States major was second in the 1965 U.S. Open, the year after he won the Canadian Open.

In July 2007, Nagle was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, and was inducted in November 2007.

1 Australasian Tour wins (61)
2 PGA Tour wins (2)
3 Other wins (12)
4 Senior wins (5)
5 Results in major championships
6 External links

[edit] Australasian Tour wins (61)

1949 (1) Australian PGA Championship
1950 (1) WA Open
1951 (4) North Coast Open, New South Wales Open, WA Open, ACT Open
1952 (3) North Coast Open, WA Open, NSW PGA Championship
1953 (3) NSW PGA Championship, Adelaide Advertiser, McWilliams Wines
1954 (4) Australian PGA Championship, North Coast Open, Lakes Open, ACT Open
1955 (2) North Coast Open, NSW PGA Championship
1956 (1) NSW PGA Championship
1957 (4) New South Wales Open, New Zealand Open, New Zealand PGA Championship, Lakes Open
1958 (5) New Zealand Open, New Zealand PGA Championship, Australian PGA Championship, Lakes Open, Adelaide Advertiser
1959 (5) Australian Open, Australian PGA Championship, Queensland Open, NSW PGA Championship, Ampol Tournament (tie)
1960 (1) New Zealand PGA Championship
1962 (3) New Zealand Open, Victorian PGA Championship, Adelaide Advertiser
1964 (2) New Zealand Open, Queensland Open
1965 (2) Australian PGA Championship, NSW PGA Championship
1966 (2) Wills Masters, West End Tournament (tie)
1967 (3) Victorian Open, New Zealand Open, West End Tournament
1968 (4) New South Wales Open, New Zealand Open, Australian PGA Championship, West End Tournament
1969 (2) New Zealand Open, Victorian Open
1970 (1) New Zealand PGA Championship
1971 (1) NSW PGA Championship
1972 (1) West End Tournament
1973 (1) New Zealand PGA Championship
1974 (2) New Zealand PGA Championship, West End Tournament
1975 (2) New Zealand PGA Championship, South Coast Open
1977 (1) Western Australia PGA Championship

[edit] PGA Tour wins (2)

1960 The Open Championship
1964 Canadian Open

Major championship is shown in bold.

[edit] Other wins (12)

1954 Canada Cup (with Peter Thomson)
1959 Canada Cup (with Peter Thomson)
1961 French Open, Hong Kong Open, Swiss Open, Irish Hospitals Tournament
1962 Bowmaker Tournament
1963 Esso Golden Tournament
1965 Bowmaker Tournament
1967 Esso Golden Tournament
1971 Pringle of Scotland
1973 Pringle of Scotland

[edit] Senior wins (5)

this list may be incomplete

1971 PGA Seniors Championship, World Seniors
1973 PGA Seniors Championship
1975 PGA Seniors Championship, World Seniors

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP	T19	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	CUT	CUT	CUT	T35	T21	T15	CUT	T31	T30	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	T17	DNP	CUT	CUT	2	T34	T9	T52	CUT
The Open Championship	1	T5	2	4	45	T5	T4	T22	T13	9
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T20	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T30	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T32	T11	T31	T39	CUT	T40	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP