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Auguste Boyer (13 March 1896 – 21 October 1956) was a French
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Professional career

Boyer was prominent on the European circuit in the 1920s and 1930s. He won four Italian Opens, four German Opens, three Swiss Opens, two Belgian Opens, and one Dutch Open. He also finished runner-up three times in his home
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Personal life

Boyer was born in
Cagnes-sur-Mer Cagnes-sur-Mer (, literally ''Cagnes on Sea''; ) is a French Riviera town near Nice that is in the Alpes-Maritimes department, in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in southeastern France. Geography Cagnes-sur-Mer is a town in southeaste ...
and died in
Nice Nice ( ; ) is a city in and the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative city limits, with a population of nearly one millionItalian Open *1928 Italian Open *1930 German Open, Italian Open, Swiss Open *1931 Italian Open *1932 Dutch Open, German Open *1933 Belgian Open, French PGA Championship *1934 Swiss Open *1935 German Open, Swiss Open,
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(with Francis Francis) *1936 Belgian Open, German Open


Team appearances

*France-Great Britain Professional Match (representing France): 1929 *Continental Europe-United States Match (non-playing captain): 1953


References

French male golfers Sportspeople from Cagnes-sur-Mer 1896 births 1956 deaths 20th-century French sportsmen {{France-golf-bio-stub