Tony Jacklin

Tony Jacklin is a professional golfer and golf course architect, born on July 7, 1944 at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, England. He turned professional in 1962, won the Open Championship at Royal Lytham in 1969 and the U.S. Open at Hazeltine in 1970, the latter by seven strokes from the man in second place. He won four times on the PGA Tour and eight times on the European Tour. He played in seven Ryder Cups in a row, from 1967 to 1979, and then captained the European side four times in a row, from 1983 to 1989. As captain he led Europe to its first win in 28 years in 1985, and to its first victory on American soil in 1987. He was appointed OBE in 1970 and CBE in 1990, and entered the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2002.

Since leaving the competitive game he has given himself to golf course design. His best-known work is The Concession Golf Club at Bradenton in Florida, in the United States, a course he designed with Jack Nicklaus and which opened in 2006. The club takes its name from the moment in the final match of the 1969 Ryder Cup when Nicklaus conceded Jacklin’s short putt, leaving the match, and the contest, tied for the first time in its history. According to the club’s site, it was named Best New Private Course by Golf Digest in 2006, the year it opened. In 2021 it was also the venue for the PGA Tour’s WGC-Workday Championship. The nine-hole par-3 course at St Pierre Park Hotel on Guernsey in the English Channel is another layout attributed to Jacklin.

As a player he represented England at the Canada Cup, now the World Cup, held in Japan in 1966. GoGolf does not at present list any course designed by Jacklin.

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