Sandy Lyle

Scottish golfer

Person Human Q951130

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[8]
Date of birth: February 9, 1958
Place of birth: Shrewsbury
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[4]
Occupation: golfer
Educated at: Thomas Adams School^[5]
Award received: Member of the Order of the British Empire, World Golf Hall of Fame^[6]^[7]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Family name: Lyle^[11]
Given name: Alexander, Barr, Walter^[12]^[13]^[14]
Height: +183^[17]
Member of sports team: European Ryder Cup team^[9]
Ranking: +2^[15]
Social media followers: +15136, +14742^[18]^[19]
Sport: golf^[10]

🏷️ Also known as

en Alexander Walter Barr Lyle en Sandy Lyle ar ساندي لايلي cs Alexander Walter Barr Lyle ja サンディ・ライル ko 샌디 라일 sv Lyle zh 桑迪·萊爾 zh 森地·萊利

🔖 Identifiers · 18

VIAF cluster ID: 210415747
GND ID: 173946208
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Sandy Lyle (9370928434) (3x4 cropped).jpg ↗
European Tour golf player ID: 108
Freebase ID: /m/03ymm7
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID: 883
JRC Names ID: 191971
Japan Golf Tour player ID: 10141
Munzinger Sport number: 01000003133
NNDB people ID: 923/000173404
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID: mp68661
Official World Golf Ranking player ID: 294

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PGA Tour golf player ID: 01717
Scottish Sports Hall of Fame inductee ID: l-p/sandy-lyle-mbe, sandy-lyle-mbe
Trading Card Database name ID: 39409
World Golf Hall of Fame player ID: sandy-lyle
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJycTtYrGTv6tmQxGGjQv3
X (Twitter) username: sandylyle1

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🔗 Connections

Award received 2

World Golf Hall of Fame, Member of the Order of the British Empire

Given name 2

Alexander, Walter

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Occupation 1

golfer

Place of birth 1

Shrewsbury

Sex or gender 1

male

Sport 1

golf

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Summary

Sandy Lyle was born on February 9, 1958^[1], in Shrewsbury^[2]. He has worked as a golfer^[3].

FAQs

Where was Sandy Lyle born?

Sandy Lyle was born in Shrewsbury^[2].

What did Sandy Lyle do for work?

Sandy Lyle worked as a golfer^[3].

Where did Sandy Lyle go to school?

Sandy Lyle was educated at Thomas Adams School^[5].

What awards did Sandy Lyle receive?

Honors received include Member of the Order of the British Empire^[6] and World Golf Hall of Fame^[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Sandy Lyle — place of birth (P19): Shrewsbury. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Sandy Lyle — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Sandy Lyle — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Sandy Lyle — member of sports team (P54): European Ryder Cup team. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Sandy Lyle — educated at (P69): Thomas Adams School. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Sandy Lyle — occupation (P106): golfer. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Sandy Lyle — award received (P166): Member of the Order of the British Empire. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Sandy Lyle — award received (P166): World Golf Hall of Fame. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Sandy Lyle — date of birth (P569): February 9, 1958. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Sandy Lyle — sport (P641): golf. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Sandy Lyle — family name (P734): Lyle. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Sandy Lyle — given name (P735): Alexander. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Sandy Lyle — given name (P735): Barr. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Sandy Lyle — given name (P735): Walter. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Sandy Lyle — ranking (P1352): 2. dps.endavadigital.net. Retrieved 2018-12-20. dps.endavadigital.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Sandy Lyle — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Sandy Lyle — height (P2048): 183 cm. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Sandy Lyle — social media followers (P8687): 15,136. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Sandy Lyle — social media followers (P8687): 14,742. wikidata.org.

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Ranking → 2

Member of sports team → European Ryder Cup team

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