In the summer of 1964 he finished second in the French Open to Argentine legend Roberto De Vicenzo, taking him to a playoff.
[4] On 26 October 1964, he won the Wills Masters in dramatic fashion over American star Jack Nicklaus and Australian Bruce Devlin.
Legrange built an eight shot lead on the front nine but after a three-putt on the 16th he had nearly lost it all to playing partner Nicklaus.
At the Pringle of Scotland Tournament in June, after an opening round 66 (-6), he led wire-to-wire to defeat two players by three shots.
[6] He also finished runner-up at the French Open again, losing to Spanish professional Ramón Sota by a stroke.
Later in the summer he would finish runner-up at the German Open to Frenchman Jean Garaïalde[7] and to Englishman Peter Butler at the R.T.V.
Like his first Dunlop Masters win he built a big lead, but this time easily held on to it despite bogeying two of the last three holes.
[10] Two weeks later he won the Holiday Inns Royal Swazi Sun Open, an official event on the South African Tour held in Mbabane, Swaziland.
[11] The next year he nearly defended his title in Swaziland, coming up a shot short of American pro John Buczek.
According to a Scottish golf writer his process was to "fall back on the right foot, drag the club some two feet along the ground, and stop, then restart.