Jean Garaïalde

Jean Garaïalde (born 2 October 1934) is a French professional golfer.

Jean Garaïalde
Personal information
Full nameJean Garaïalde
Born (1934-10-02) 2 October 1934
Ciboure, France
Sporting nationality France
Career
Turned professional1952
Former tour(s)European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins63
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour1
Other62
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 1964, 1966
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT9: 1963

Garaïalde was born in Ciboure, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. He turned professional in 1952. In 1969, he became the first French golfer since Firmin Cavalo in 1948 to claim his own national open. Around that time, he won several other national opens around Europe, including the German Open in 1969 and 1970 and the Spanish Open also in 1969.[1]

In his home country, Garaïalde was dominant winning 12 French PGA titles between 1960 and 1982, including seven in a row from 1962, 17 French Native Opens between 1957 and 1987, and 12 French Professional Championships between 1968 and 1985.[2][3]

Garaïalde represented France in the World Cup a record 25 times. He retired shortly after his final appearance in 1982,[1] although he has since played in several European, Challenge and European Seniors Tour events that have been held in France. In 1992 he won the Turespaña Léman International Senior Trophy in Switzerland, and tied for 11th in the Senior British Open Championship.

Professional wins (63)
This list may be incomplete

European wins (6)

French wins (54)
  • 1951 Omnium de Saint-Jean-de-Luz
  • 1952 Omnium de Biarritz
  • 1953 Omnium de Valescure, Omnium de Monte-Carlo
  • 1957 French Native Open
  • 1958 French Native Open
  • 1960 French PGA Championship
  • 1962 French PGA Championship, French Native Open
  • 1963 French PGA Championship, French Native Open
  • 1964 French PGA Championship, French Native Open
  • 1965 French PGA Championship, French Native Open, Omnium International d'Evian
  • 1966 French PGA Championship, French Native Open
  • 1967 French PGA Championship, French Native Open
  • 1968 French PGA Championship, Championnat de France Pro
  • 1969 French Native Open, Championnat de France Pro
  • 1970 French PGA Championship, French Native Open, Championnat de France Pro
  • 1971 French PGA Championship, French Native Open, Championnat de France Pro
  • 1972 French Native Open, Championnat de France Pro
  • 1973 French Native Open
  • 1974 French Native Open, Championnat de France Pro
  • 1975 French Native Open, Championnat de France Pro
  • 1976 French Native Open, Championnat de France Pro, Inter Maritime
  • 1977 Championnat de France Pro
  • 1978 Challenge Novotel, Inter Maritime
  • 1979 French PGA Championship
  • 1980 Championnat de France Pro, French Match Play Championship, Challenge Novotel, Inter Maritime
  • 1981 Trophée GSL Texas Institute
  • 1982 French PGA Championship, Championnat de France Pro, Rover Grand Prix, Cannes-Mougins Open
  • 1985 Championnat de France Pro
  • 1987 French Native Open

Other wins (2)

European Senior Tour wins (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 8 Jul 1992 Turespaña Léman International Senior Trophy −3 (71-70-69=210) 1 stroke England Neil Coles, United States Chick Evans

Results in major championships
Tournament 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971
Masters Tournament CUT CUT
The Open Championship T32 T14 T21 T25 T12 T9 T13 CUT T47 T30 CUT

Note: Garaïalde only played in the Masters Tournament and The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

References
  1. Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 320. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
  2. "Le palmarès de Jean Garaïalde" (PDF) (in French). 2004. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-11. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  3. "Golf Senior" (PDF) (in French). 2007. pp. 37–39. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 19, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
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