Hugh Jackson (28 February 1940 – 27 September 2015) was an Irish professional golfer. He won the Piccadilly Fourball Match Play in 1968 and the

Irish PGA Championship The Irish PGA Championship, formerly the Irish Professional Championship and colloquially known as the Irish Professional Close or National Championship, is a golf tournament that is played annually in Ireland since 1907. It is one of the oldest ...

in 1970, the same year that he finished eighth in the

Open Championship The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later th ...

. He died while playing in a Pro-Am at Connemara Golf Club.

Golf career

Playing with Richard Emery, Jackson won the 1968 Piccadilly Fourball Match Play. From 1964 to 1967, a 72-hole stroke play Piccadilly Tournament competition had been played on the East Course at Wentworth prior to the

Piccadilly World Match Play Championship The Volvo World Match Play Championship was an annual match play men's professional golf tournament which was staged from 1964 to 2014. The World Match Play Championship was a limited field event, originally contested by just eight players before ...

but in 1968 this was replaced by a four-ball better-ball

match play Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 h ...

tournament. 32 pairs competed in the knock-out competition, each round over 18 holes of the East Course. The plan was to play the first round on Monday 7 October, followed by two rounds on each of the following two days. However, heavy rain on the second day meant that the third round could not be played that day and the final was delayed until Thursday 10 October, the same day as the opening round of the 1968 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship. Jackson and Emery beat

Neil Coles Neil Chapman Coles, MBE (born 26 September 1934) is an English professional golfer. Coles had a successful career in European golf, winning 29 important tournaments between 1956 and 1982. After reaching 50, he won a further 14 important Seniors ...

and Bryon Hutchinson 2&1 in the final and won £500 each out of the total prize money was £4,000."4-ball title". ''The Times'', Friday, 11 October 1968; pg. 13; Issue 57379. He played for Ireland in the 1970 and 1971

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

, playing with Jimmy Martin in 1970 and

Christy O'Connor Snr Patrick Christopher "Christy" O'Connor (21 December 1924 – 14 May 2016) was an Irish professional golfer. He was one of the leading golfers on the British and Irish circuit from the mid-1950s. O'Connor won over 20 important British and Irish ...

in 1971.

Tournament wins

''this list may be incomplete'' *1968 Irish Dunlop Tournament, Piccadilly Fourball Match Play (with Richard Emery) *1970

Results in major championships

''Note: Jackson only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

(representing Ireland):

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

, 1971 *

Double Diamond International The Double Diamond International was a team golf tournament that was played from 1971 to 1977. It was hosted in England for the first three years, and then in Scotland. From 1974 and 1977 the event was preceded by an individual 36-hole stroke pla ...

(representing Ireland): 1971, 1972, 1973

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Hugh Male golfers from Northern Ireland European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Newtownards 1940 births 2015 deaths