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Gordon Alexander Caygill (born 24 April 1940) is an England professional . He had considerable early success as a young professional from 1960 to 1963 but then had a lean period, partly due to a stomach ulcer. He made a comeback in the late 1960s, winning two tournaments in early 1969, and gained a place in the 1969 Ryder Cup team.
After his early successes he did not win again on the circuit until 1969 having suffered with stomach ulcers. That year he won twice, first at the Penfold Tournament, and then again at the Martini International, where he tied with South African Graham Henning. Caygill finished 8th in the points list for the Great Britain and Ireland 1969 Ryder Cup team. The leading six were chosen automatically and Caygill was one of the remaining six selected by a committee a few days later. He only played one match, partnering Brian Huggett in Friday's foursomes. They halved their match against the American pair of Raymond Floyd and Miller Barber. He finished the season 9th in the Order of Merit.
In 1970 Caygill had his only foreign win, the Lusaka Dunlop Open on the Safari Circuit, finishing two strokes of Craig Defoy. He played a limited number of events during the early years of the European Tour, from 1972 to 1977. His best finish was to reach the semi-final of the 1975 Piccadilly Medal. Caygill finished third in the 1974 PGA Club Professionals' Championship to qualify for the Diamondhead Cup, the forerunner of the PGA Cup. Caygill made 14 appearances in the Open Championship between 1962 and 1977, making the cut six times.
Caygill became the professional at Cleckheaton Golf Club in the mid-1960s, leaving in 1973 to join the Pleasington club in Lancashire. He later moved to the Crimple Valley club, near Harrogate and later to Branshaw. In 1981 Caygill was fined £500 and suspended by the PGA following an incident the previous October at the Wansbeck Classic, a pro-am event.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Professional wins (20)
Great Britain and Ireland wins (6)
5 Aug 1960 British Youths Open Championship 66-71-71-71=279 7 strokes Campbell Brownlee (a) 10 Aug 1962 British Youths Open Championship 74-73-72-68=287 12 strokes Cliff Bowman (a) 26 Sep 1963 Coombe Hill Assistants' Tournament 71-76-69=216 2 strokes Malcolm Gregson, Tony Jacklin 29 Sep 1963 Rediffusion Tournament 70-68-66-67=271 Playoff David Snell, Flory Van Donck 3 May 1969 Penfold Tournament 67-70-70-71=278 2 strokes Christy O'Connor Snr 14 Jun 1969 Martini International 70-66-77-69=282 Tie Graham Henning
Safari circuit wins (1)
22 Mar 1970 Lusaka Dunlop Open −7 (70-68-73-74=285) 2 strokes Craig Defoy
Other wins (13)
Results in major championships
The Open Championship CUT CUT T17 CUT T16 CUT T24 T25
Note: Caygill only played in The Open Championship.The Open Championship T41 CUT CUT CUT T63 CUT
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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