Former British Open winner, US Open runner-up Kel Nagle of Australia dies at age 94
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The PGA of Australia says former British Open winner and U.S. Open runner-up Kel Nagle has died. He was 94.
The PGA said in a statement Thursday that Nagle, who won the British Open at St. Andrews in 1960, its centenary year, died overnight at a Sydney hospital. It did not give a cause of death.
The Australian golfer won a tournament every year for 26 years after turning professional in 1946, collecting 61 victories on the PGA Tour of Australasia and two on the U.S. tour,
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He finished second to Gary Player at the 1965 U.S. Open at Bellerive in St. Louis, losing an 18-hole playoff to the South African. Player said then that Nagle was "one of the best short-game players" he had seen.
Nagle also won the Australian PGA championship a record six times.