Delroy Cambridge (born 12 November 1949) is a Jamaican
professional golfer
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Professional career
Cambridge turned professional in 1971. He has spent many years in the United States, where he worked as an assistant professional at Sunningdale Country Club in
Scarsdale, New York
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and played in local and regional events in the New York region.
He is more notable for his achievements in senior (over 50) golf. In 2000, he became the first Jamaican to qualify to play on the
European Seniors Tour and he made the top-25 on that tour's Order of Merit every year from 2001 to 2006, with a best ranking of third in 2002. He has won five European Senior Tour tournaments.
In November 2010, he nearly won a senior event in Australia. He held the lead entering the final round of the Fiducian Legends Australian PGA Championship. He led by three shots entering the 16th hole of the final round. However he finished triple bogey-par-bogey to finish runner-up to Australian golfer
Lyndsay Stephen.
Professional wins (7)
Regular career wins (2)
''This list is probably incomplete''
*1994
Westchester Open
*1998
Jamaica Open
European Senior Tour wins (5)
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–2)
Jamaica national team appearances
*
World Cup
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1996
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1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...
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2006
References
External links
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Trinidad Guardian article
Jamaican male golfers
European Senior Tour golfers
People from Mandeville, Jamaica
Sportspeople from Manchester Parish
People from Scarsdale, New York
Golfers from Orlando, Florida
1949 births
Living people
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