Cejka biography

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Alex Cejka

Plays his first Open since thanks to a play-off victory over Padraig Harrington at last season’s Senior Open at Royal Porthcawl.

The weather was so brutal for the final round that a five-over-par 76 was good enough to take him into a shoot-out with the two-time Champion Golfer, which Cejka won on the second extra hole.

Nobody broke par – that had not happened in the event since – while Colin Montgomerie scored 88 and that was not even the highest of the day.

Four times a winner on the European Tour, three of them in including the season-ending Volvo Masters taking him to sixth on the Order of Merit, Cejka added a PGA Tour title at the th attempt in Puerto Rico in at the age of 44 – six years after losing a five-stroke lead on the final day of the Players Championship and 12 years after his best major finish of fourth at the PGA Championship.

After fleeing Czechoslovakia as a refugee with his parents when he was nine, he represen

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Alex Čejka

Czech-German professional golfer

Alexander Čejka (born 2 December ) is a Czech-German professional golfer.

Čejka was born in Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia. He left the country with his parents as a flykting at the age of nine, eventually settling in Munich, where he lived for many years, becoming a West German citizen. Čejka lives in Las Vegas and also has a home in Prague.

Professional career

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Čejka turned professional in and played on the europeisk Tour from to His biggest tournament win was the Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía at Islantilla Golf Club in That year he came 6th on the European Tour's Order of Merit. Since he played mainly on the U.S. based PGA Tour. In he reached as high as No. 33 in the tjänsteman World Golf Ranking.

Čejka took a five-shot lead into the final round of the Players Championship after rounds of 66, 67 and He shot a 42 on the front nine, however, enstaka route to a 79 and an eight-stroke loss to Henrik Stenson.

He represent

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The Senior Open presented by Rolex (36th) (July ). Rain and high winds created a high-scoring final day, at the end of which Alex Čejka (Ger) beat Pádraig Harrington (Ire) with a birdie at the second playoff hole (par-5 18th). This was Čejka's third senior major title, and the second consecutive year Harrington came a close second. [Royal Porthcawl GC, Mid Glamorgan, South Wales].

Winner (holder)

Cejka, Alex

Venue

JCB G&CC

Score

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Prize money

€87,

Played as the inaugural JCB Championship (Jul ). Second-placed Paul McGinley (Ire) finished 2 shots behind Alex Čejka (Ger), who recorded his first European Senior (Legends) Tour win on European soil. [JCB G&CC, Rocester, nr Uttoxeter, Staffs].

Winner (holder)

Cejka, Alex

Venue

Greystone G&CC

Score

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Prize money

The Regions Tradition (32nd) (May ). year-old Alex Čejka (Czech/Ger) beat defending champion Steve Stricker (USA) with a birdie at the first playoff hole, to record his f