fullname open pga usopen extour birth_place award prowins year yearpro birth_date masters article_title name
gordon alexander caygill dnp dnp dnp european tour appleby sir henry cotton rookie of the year 7 1961 1962 1940 dnp alex caygill
 alex caygill
alex caygill

gordon alexander caygill -lrb- born 1940 -rrb- is an english professional golfer .
caygill was born in appleby .
he turned professional in 1962 with great expectations having twice won the british youths championship .
he quickly had success , winning the 1963 rediffusion tournament , but he did not win again on the circuit until 1969 having suffered with stomach ulcers .
that year he won twice , first at the penfold tournament , and then again at the martini international , where he tied with south african graham henning .
on the back of those wins caygill was chosen as a member of the great britain and ireland ryder cup team in 1969 , although he only played one match , partnering brian huggett in friday 's foursomes .
they halved their match against the american pair of raymond floyd and miller barber .
in 1981 caygill was fined # 500 and suspended by the pga following an incident the previous october at the wansbeck classic , a pro-am event .
