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Bob Charles

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New Zealand golfer

New ZealandBorn 1936 · age 90
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Sir Robert James Charles is a New Zealand professional golfer who won the 1963 Open Championship, the first left-handed player to win a major championship. He won the 1954 New Zealand Open as an 18-year-old amateur and made the cut in the same event in 2007, at the age of 71.

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2010Order of New Zealand
2007honorary doctor of Lincoln University
1998Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎
1991Commander of the Order of the British Empire
1971Officer of the Order of the British Empire
World Golf Hall of Fame

Connected to Bob 6

Mark InglisAlso won honorary doctor of Lincoln UniversityPaul HolmesAlso won Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit‎Anne SalmondAlso won Order of New ZealandHorton SmithAlso won World Golf Hall of FameDonald RossAlso won World Golf Hall of FamePaul ReevesAlso won Order of New Zealand

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Sir Robert James Charles is a New Zealand professional golfer who won the 1963 Open Championship, the first left-handed player to win a major championship. He won the 1954 New Zealand Open as an 18-year-old amateur and made the cut in the same event in 2007, at the age of 71. His achievements over that period, in which he won 80 tournaments, rank him as one of the most successful New Zealand golfers of all time. Along with Michael Campbell, he is one of only two New Zealanders to win a men's major golf championship.

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New Zealand
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living
Dates
Born 1936 · age 90
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