Hassan Hassanein (1916 – 2 January 1957) was an Egyptian professional

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er. Hassanein was born in

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. He began his golf career as a caddy. He is considered Egypt's greatest professional golfer and played internationally. He died in Cairo at the age of 40 when a kerosene cook stove exploded.

Tournament wins

''this list is probably incomplete'' *1946 Desert Open *1947 Desert Open *1948 Desert Open *1949 Desert Open,

Egyptian Open The Egyptian Open is the national open golf tournament of Egypt. It was first played in 1921, and is the oldest professional competition in the Middle East. During the early 1950s, it was contested by many of the world's leading golfers, with winn ...

, Italian Open *1950 Desert Open,

*1951 Desert Open,

, Egyptian Match Play Championship,

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*1952 Desert Open,

*1953 Desert Open *1954 Desert Open *1956 Desert Open

Results in major championships

''Note: Hassanein only played in The Open Championship.''
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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(representing Egypt):

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

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Egyptian male golfers Sportspeople from Cairo 1916 births 1957 deaths {{africa-golf-bio-stub