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8-Time European Tour Winner Gordon Brand Jr. Dies at Age 60

The European Tour announced Scottish golfer Gordon Brand Jr. died Thursday at the age of 60, according to USA Today.

Brand won eight tournaments in his career on the European Tour, also representing Europe twice in the Ryder Cup. He was part of the 1987 team that beat the United States for the first time on its home soil.

He competed on the European Tour from 1982 until he retired in 2006.

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