Brian Huggett

Brian Huggett MBE
Personal information
Full name	Brian George Charles Huggett
Nickname	Welsh bulldog[1]
Born	(1936-11-18)18 November 1936 Porthcawl, Wales
Died	22 September 2024(2024-09-22) (aged 87)
Height	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sporting nationality	Wales
Residence	Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England
Career
Turned professional	1951
Former tour(s)	European Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	34
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
PGA Tour Champions	1
European Senior Tour	10 (4th all-time)
Other	22
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1969
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T2: 1965
Achievements and awards
Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1978 Harry Vardon Trophy 1968

Brian George Charles Huggett, MBE (18 November 1936 − 22 September 2024) was a Welsh professional golfer.^[2] He won 16 events on the European circuit between 1962 and 1978, including two after the formal start of the European Tour in 1972. In 1968 he won the Harry Vardon Trophy for leading the Order of Merit and he was in third place in 1969, 1970 and 1972. He won 10 times on the European Seniors Tour between 1992 and 2000, including the 1998 Senior British Open.

Huggett played six times for Great Britain and Ireland in the Ryder Cup between 1963 and 1975 and had a 9–10–6 win–loss–half record, despite never being on a winning team. He was also the Great Britain & Ireland's non-playing captain in 1977. He represented Wales nine times in the World Cup between 1963 and 1979. He played in the Open Championship 19 successive times between 1961 and 1979, finishing tied for third place in 1962 and joint runner-up in 1965.