RIP Brian Huggett

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   Older readers will remember Brian Huggett as one of the best golfers ever produced in Wales, along with Dai Rees and Ian Woosnam. Huggett won 16 tournaments and played in six Ryder Cups, with an almost 50% record at a time when GB and Ireland were regularly thrashed. 
My own personal memory of Huggett is of following him around the course on (I think) the third round of the Open championship in the year it was won by Tony Jacklin - 1969, at Royal Lytham & St.Annes. IIRC, Huggett was in contention at that stage so I decided to follow a fellow Welshman rather than the even better placed Jacklin, who went on to win - and who was being followed by a much larger crowd, of course - he was the first 'home' player to win the Open for quite a while (1951). 

Huggett's obituary:

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/22/brian-huggett-obituary

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aber-fan Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Rambler Joined: 25 October 2004 Location: Wales Status: Offline Points: 20259	Post Options Post Reply Quote aber-fan Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: RIP Brian Huggett Posted: 23 September 2024 at 1:06am
	Older readers will remember Brian Huggett as one of the best golfers ever produced in Wales, along with Dai Rees and Ian Woosnam. Huggett won 16 tournaments and played in six Ryder Cups, with an almost 50% record at a time when GB and Ireland were regularly thrashed. My own personal memory of Huggett is of following him around the course on (I think) the third round of the Open championship in the year it was won by Tony Jacklin - 1969, at Royal Lytham & St.Annes. IIRC, Huggett was in contention at that stage so I decided to follow a fellow Welshman rather than the even better placed Jacklin, who went on to win - and who was being followed by a much larger crowd, of course - he was the first 'home' player to win the Open for quite a while (1951). Huggett's obituary: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/sep/22/brian-huggett-obituary
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Eastern outpost Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Rambler Joined: 13 March 2012 Location: South Suffolk Status: Offline Points: 25444	Post Options Post Reply Quote Eastern outpost Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 September 2024 at 9:45am
	Thanks Aber. Count me amongst those who remember him, although not as quickly nor to the same depth as you.
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Dai38 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Veteran Joined: 15 April 2009 Location: Llanelli Status: Offline Points: 3071	Post Options Post Reply Quote Dai38 Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Posted: 23 September 2024 at 10:24am
	He was Honorary Captain of Machynys, and played a round against Jack Niklaus's son to officially open the course.
	Be careful when you pick up the stick.........IT MAY BE THE WRONG END!!!!!!!!!!