Gaëtan Mourgue d'Algue was a French amateur golfer and golf publisher, born on 1 June 1939 and died on 28 September 2026 at the age of 87. A member of Golf de Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche since the club and its two 18-hole courses opened in 1959, he was playing for his country at 15. He reached the final of the French Open Amateur Championship four times in five years and won the title three times, then won the French Amateur Native Championship in 1967 and 1968. He played four times for the Continent of Europe in the St Andrews Trophy and three times for France in the Eisenhower Trophy. Off the course he created the magazine Golf Européen, persuaded the Lancôme company to found the Trophée Lancôme at Saint-Nom-la-Bretèche, and with Mark McCormack of IMG established the Tour de las Américas in 1979.
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In 1967, he married Cécilia Perslow
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Mourgue d'Algue reached the final of the French Open Amateur Championship four times in five years 1962
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He was a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews, Scotland
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