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The 1960 Open Championship was the 89th Open Championship, played 6–9 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland.In the centenary year of the Open Championship, Kel Nagle prevailed over Arnold Palmer by a single stroke; [2] [3] this year marked the championship's re-emergence as a major stop for American players.
The 1960 U.S. Open was the 60th U.S. Open, held June 16–18 at Cherry Hills Country Club in Cherry Hills Village, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. Arnold Palmer staged the greatest comeback in U.S. Open history, erasing a seven-stroke deficit during the final round to win his only U.S. Open title.
The oldest winner of the Open Championship is Tom Morris Sr. (or Old Tom Morris) who was 46 years and 102 days old when he won in 1867. His son, Tom Morris Jr., is the youngest winner of the championship, he was 17 years and 156 days old when he won the 1868 Open Championship. He also won the most consecutive times with four victories (1868 ...
The 1960 PGA Tour was the 45th season of the PGA Tour, ... The Open Championship: Scotland: £7,000: Kel Nagle (1) Major championship [c] Jul 9: Canadian Open: Canada ...
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.
The U.S. Open is an annual golf competition established in 1895, with Horace Rawlins winning the inaugural championship. [1] It is run by the United States Golf Association (USGA). The championship was not held from 1917 to 1918 or from 1942 to 1945 due to World War I and World War II respectively.
U.S. Open: 1960; The Open Championship: 1961, 1962 [15] [16] Palmer's most prolific years were 1960–1963, when he won 29 PGA Tour events, including five major tournaments, in four seasons. In 1960, he won the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year and Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award.
The 1961 Open Championship was the 90th Open Championship, played 12–15 July at Royal Birkdale Golf Club in Southport, England. Arnold Palmer won the first of two consecutive Open Championships, one stroke ahead of Dai Rees. [1] It was the second Open for Palmer, the runner-up in his first in 1960, and the fourth of his seven major titles.