Brian Huggett

Brian Huggett
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE
Nickname	Welsh bulldog
Born	(1936-11-18) 18 November 1936 Porthcawl, Wales
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Nationality	Wales
Residence	Ross-on-Wye, England
Career
Turned professional	1951
Former tour(s)	European Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	33
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
European Senior Tour	10
Other	21
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T2: 1965
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire	1978
Harry Vardon Trophy	1968

Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE (born 18 November 1936) is a Welsh professional golfer.^[1] In 2006 he was inducted into the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame.

Huggett turned professional in 1951 and won sixteen events on the European circuit, including two after the formal start of the European Tour in 1972. He topped the Order or Merit in 1968 and was the third-highest money winner in the first season of the formal tour. He finished third in the Open Championship in 1962, albeit a full thirteen shots behind runaway winner Arnold Palmer, but in 1965 finished second, two shots behind Australia's Peter Thomson at Royal Birkdale. In 1970 he was ranked among the top ten players in the world in McCormack's World Golf Rankings, the forerunner of the modern World Ranking.

Huggett joined the European Seniors Tour when it debuted in 1992 and won ten times at that level. He finished second on the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit in 1993, 1994 and 1998. He played six times for Great Britain and Ireland in the Ryder Cup (1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973 and 1975) and had a 9-10-6 win-loss-half record. He was Great Britain & Ireland's non-playing captain in 1977.

Huggett has also been a golf-course designer. He is now a member at the Ross-on-Wye Golf Club in Herefordshire.

Professional wins (33)

European circuit wins (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Aug 1962	Dutch Open	69-71-65-69=274	2 strokes	Gerard de Wit
2	27 Apr 1963	Cox Moore Tournament	72-68-70-66=276	1 stroke	John Jacobs
3	11 Aug 1963	German Open	70-70-68-70=278	1 stroke	Peter Alliss
4	10 Jun 1967	PGA Close Championship	66-67-67-71=271	8 strokes	Jimmy Hitchcock, Bernard Hunt
5	17 Jun 1967	Martini International	69-70-70-70=279	Tie	Malcolm Gregson
6	1 Jun 1968	Sumrie Tournament	69-75-70-68=282	4 strokes	Ángel Gallardo
7	15 Jun 1968	Martini International	72-69-66-71=278	2 strokes	Tommy Horton
8	8 Sep 1968	News of the World Match Play	1 up		John Panton
9	31 May 1969	Daks Tournament	71-71-75-72=289	2 strokes	Bernard Gallacher
10	1 Jul 1969	Bowmaker Tournament	68-67=135	Tie	Tony Grubb
11	22 Mar 1970	Algarve Open	75-78-71-69=293	3 strokes	Andrew Brooks
12	21 Jun 1970	Carroll's International	68-68-69-74=279	7 strokes	Christy O'Connor Snr
13	12 Sep 1970	Dunlop Masters	80-78-70-65=293	5 strokes	David Graham
14	5 Jun 1971	Daks Tournament	69-75-68-72=284	Tie	Neil Coles

European Tour wins (2)

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

Other wins (7)

1961 Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes Tournament (with Martin Christmas)
1965 Smart Weston Tournament, Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes Tournament (with Michael Burgess)
1968 Shell Winter Tournament
1969 Turnberry-B.O.A.C. Foursomes Tournament (with Colin Cowdrey)
1972 Sumrie Better-Ball (with Malcolm Gregson)
1978 Welsh Professional Championship

European Seniors Tour wins (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Apr 1992	Gary Player Anvil Senior Classic	76-74-71=221	Playoff	Tommy Horton
2	30 Aug 1992	Northern Electric Seniors	75-74-75=224	Playoff	David Jimenez
3	13 Jun 1993	Northern Electric Seniors	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	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

Results in major championships

Note: Huggett only played in The Open Championship.

Tournament	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Open Championship	T27	T3	T14	CUT	T2	T43	T25	T13	T16

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Open Championship	T28	T25	T26	CUT	CUT	T40	CUT	T48	CUT	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Professional

Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1963, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977 (non-playing captain)
World Cup (representing Wales): 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1979
R.T.V. International Trophy (representing Wales): 1967
Double Diamond International (representing Wales): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974 (captain), 1975, 1976, 1977 (captain)
Marlboro Nations' Cup (representing Wales): 1972, 1973
Sotogrande Match/Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1974 (winners, captain), 1978 (winners, captain)
Praia D'el Rey European Cup: 1998 (tie)

References

↑ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 250. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.

External links

Brian Huggett at the European Tour official site

Brian Huggett in the Ryder Cup

European Ryder Cup captains

Great Britain

Great Britain & Ireland

Europe

Great Britain Ryder Cup team – 1963

Peter Alliss Neil Coles Tom Haliburton Brian Huggett Bernard Hunt Geoffrey Hunt Christy O'Connor Dave Thomas Harry Weetman George Will John Fallon (non-playing captain)

Lost: 9 – 23

Great Britain Ryder Cup team – 1967

Peter Alliss Hugh Boyle Neil Coles Malcolm Gregson Brian Huggett Bernard Hunt Tony Jacklin Christy O'Connor Dave Thomas George Will Dai Rees (non-playing captain)

Lost: 8.5 – 23.5

Great Britain Ryder Cup team – 1969

Peter Alliss Brian Barnes Maurice Bembridge Peter Butler Alex Caygill Neil Coles Bernard Gallacher Brian Huggett Bernard Hunt Tony Jacklin Christy O'Connor Peter Townsend Eric Brown (non-playing captain)

Tied: 16 – 16

Great Britain Ryder Cup team – 1971

Harry Bannerman Brian Barnes Maurice Bembridge Peter Butler Neil Coles Bernard Gallacher John Garner Brian Huggett Tony Jacklin Christy O'Connor Peter Oosterhuis Peter Townsend Eric Brown (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13.5 – 18.5

Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team – 1973

Brian Barnes Maurice Bembridge Peter Butler Clive Clark Neil Coles Bernard Gallacher John Garner Brian Huggett Tony Jacklin Christy O'Connor Peter Oosterhuis Eddie Polland Bernard Hunt (non-playing captain)

Lost: 13 – 19

Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team – 1975

Brian Barnes Maurice Bembridge Eamonn Darcy Bernard Gallacher Tommy Horton Brian Huggett Guy Hunt Tony Jacklin Christy O'Connor Jnr John O'Leary Peter Oosterhuis Norman Wood Bernard Hunt (non-playing captain)

Lost: 11 – 21

Great Britain and Ireland Ryder Cup team – 1977

Brian Barnes Ken Brown Howard Clark Neil Coles Eamonn Darcy Peter Dawson Nick Faldo Bernard Gallacher Tommy Horton Tony Jacklin Mark James Peter Oosterhuis Brian Huggett (non-playing captain)

Lost: 7.5 – 12.5

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