JACKLIN (62) MAKES COMEBACK AT CARNOUSTIE
Tony Jacklin, who has been in self-imposed retirement from tournaments for a number of years, has entered this year's Open at Carnoustie from July 19 to 22.
Now 62, Jacklin last played in the Open in 2005 at St Andrews where he missed the halfway cut after rounds of 79 and 76.
His victory in the 1969 Open at Royal Lytham - followed up by a triumph in the 1970 US Open at Hazeltine (where Richie Ramsay won the US amateur title last year, entitles him to go straight into the Open without having to pre-qualify for as long as he wants to.
Jacklin played in seven consecutive Ryder Cup matches from 1967 to 1979, and captained the side four times from 1983 to 1989, twice leading Europe to victory.
Tony Jacklin, who has been in self-imposed retirement from tournaments for a number of years, has entered this year's Open at Carnoustie from July 19 to 22.
Now 62, Jacklin last played in the Open in 2005 at St Andrews where he missed the halfway cut after rounds of 79 and 76.
His victory in the 1969 Open at Royal Lytham - followed up by a triumph in the 1970 US Open at Hazeltine (where Richie Ramsay won the US amateur title last year, entitles him to go straight into the Open without having to pre-qualify for as long as he wants to.
Jacklin played in seven consecutive Ryder Cup matches from 1967 to 1979, and captained the side four times from 1983 to 1989, twice leading Europe to victory.
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