David Graham

David Graham

Born: May 23, 1946
Age: 78
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Anthony David Graham, AM (born 23 May 1946) is a former professional golfer from Australia.

Born in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, Graham turned professional in 1962 at age 16 and spent much of his career in the United States, playing on the PGA Tour. Turning age 50 in 1996, he joined the Senior PGA Tour, later known as the Champions Tour. Although known for his success in the U.S., he won events on six continents in his career, an achievement he shares with Gary Player, Hale Irwin and Bernhard Langer.

In 1976, after several successful years on tours around the globe, Graham came to prominence with two wins on the PGA Tour, and then came from behind to secure a victory over the reigning champion Hale Irwin in the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship.

Graham won two major championships, the 1979 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills near Detroit, and the 1981 U.S. Open at Merion, just west of Philadelphia. He also finished third at the 1985 Open Championship, after sharing the third-round lead. Both of his major victories came in remarkable fashion. In the 1979 PGA Championship, he stood on the last tee at 7 under par for his final round and leading by two, but double-bogeyed the last hole for a 65 to drop back into a playoff with Ben Crenshaw. At each of the first two sudden-death holes he holed long putts to keep the playoff alive and finally won at the third extra hole. At the 1981 U.S. Open, Graham shot a 67 in the final round to overturn a three-shot deficit to overnight leader George Burns to win by 3 strokes. He became the fourth Australian major champion (after Jim Ferrier, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle) and the first to win a U.S. Open.

Graham also participated on the Australian teams that won the World Cup (in 1970) and the Alfred Dunhill Cup (in 1985 and 1986). At the end of 1981, he was ranked 7th on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings.

On 27 June 2004, during the final round of the Bank of America Championship on the Champions Tour, Graham collapsed over a putt on the eighth green. He was later diagnosed with congestive heart failure, ending his competitive golf career at age 58. He is now retired and resides at Iron Horse Golf Club in Whitefish, Montana.

Graham was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1988 and inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1990.

It was announced on 16 October 2014 that Graham has been elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame. His nomination was supported by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. He was inducted with other nominees Mark O'Meara, course architect A. W. Tillinghast and Laura Davies on 13 July 2015 at the University of St Andrews, during the 2015 Open Championship.

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Professional wins (38)

PGA Tour wins (8)

No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up
1 3 Jul 1972 Cleveland Open 68-73-68-69=278 −6 Playoff Bruce Devlin
2 18 Jul 1976 American Express Westchester Classic 63-68-70-71=272 −12 3 strokes Ben Crenshaw, Tom Watson,
Fuzzy Zoeller
3 29 Aug 1976 American Golf Classic 69-67-69-69=274 −14 4 strokes Lou Graham
4 5 Aug 1979 PGA Championship 69-68-70-65=272 −8 Playoff Ben Crenshaw
5 25 May 1980 Memorial Tournament 73-67-70-70=280 −8 1 stroke Tom Watson
6 24 Jan 1981 Phoenix Open 65-68-69-66=268 −16 1 stroke Lon Hinkle
7 21 Jun 1981 U.S. Open 68-68-70-67=273 −7 3 strokes George Burns, Bill Rogers
8 8 May 1983 Houston Coca-Cola Open 66-72-73-64=275 −9 5 strokes Lee Elder, Jim Thorpe,
Lee Trevino

PGA Tour playoff record (2-1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1972 Cleveland Open Bruce Devlin Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 1972 Liggett & Myers Open Lou Graham, Hale Irwin, Larry Ziegler L Graham won with birdie on third extra hole
D. Graham and Ziegler eliminated with par on first hole
3 1979 PGA Championship Ben Crenshaw Won with birdie on third extra hole

Australasian wins (8)

  • 1967 Queensland PGA Championship
  • 1970 Tasmanian Open, Victorian Open
  • 1975 Wills Masters
  • 1977 Australian Open
  • 1979 Westlakes Classic
  • 1985 Queensland Open
  • 1987 Queensland Open

European Tour wins (1)

  • 1982 Trophée Lancôme

Other wins (16)

  • 1970 Thailand Open, French Open, World Cup (with Bruce Devlin)
  • 1971 Caracas Open, JAL Open
  • 1976 Chunichi Crowns (Japan Golf Tour), Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
  • 1977 South African PGA Championship
  • 1978 Mexico Cup
  • 1980 Mexican Open, Rolex Japan, Brazilian Classic
  • 1981 Trophée Lancôme (unofficial event; became European Tour event in 1982)
  • 1985 Alfred Dunhill Cup (with Graham Marsh and Greg Norman)
  • 1986 Alfred Dunhill Cup (with Rodger Davis and Greg Norman)
  • 1994 Australian Skins

Champions Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 16 Feb 1997 GTE Classic −9 (71-68-65=204) 3 strokes Bob Dickson
2 30 Mar 1997 Southwestern Bell Dominion −10 (68-69-69=206) 1 stroke John Jacobs
3 21 Sep 1997 Kroger Senior Classic −16 (67-68-65=200) 1 stroke Buddy Allin, Larry Nelson
4 1 Feb 1998 Royal Caribbean Classic −11 (67-68-67=202) Playoff Dave Stockton
5 17 Oct 1999 Raley's Gold Rush Classic −17 (63-71-65=199) 4 strokes Larry Mowry

Champions Tour playoff record (1-1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1996 Emerald Coast Classic Bob Eastwood, Mike Hill,
Dave Stockton, Lee Trevino
Trevino won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1998 Royal Caribbean Classic Dave Stockton Won with birdie on tenth extra hole

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1979 PGA Championship 4 shot deficit −8 (69-68-70-65=272) Playoff 1 Ben Crenshaw
1981 U.S. Open 3 shot deficit −7 (68-68-70-67=273) 3 strokes George Burns, Bill Rogers

1 Defeated Crenshaw with a birdie on third extra hole.

Results timeline

Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament DNP T36 CUT T29 DNP DNP DNP T6 T9 WD
U.S. Open CUT CUT T47 T58 T18 T29 CUT CUT CUT 7
The Open Championship T32 CUT DNP DNP T11 T28 T21 CUT T39 DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP 10 T4 CUT CUT 1
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
Masters Tournament 5 7 19 46 T6 T10 T28 T27 DNP DNP
U.S. Open T47 1 T6 T8 T21 T23 T15 T51 T47 T61
The Open Championship T29 T14 T27 T14 CUT T3 T11 34 CUT T61
PGA Championship T26 T43 T49 T14 T48 T32 T7 CUT T17 CUT
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open 64 60 DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T8 CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP
PGA Championship T66 T52 DNP CUT CUT CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 1 6 7 14 12
U.S. Open 1 0 0 1 4 8 22 17
The Open Championship 0 0 1 1 2 7 19 14
PGA Championship 1 0 0 2 4 6 22 13
Totals 2 0 1 5 16 28 77 56
  • Most consecutive cuts made - 20 (1979 U.S. Open - 1984 U.S. Open)
  • Longest streak of top-10s - 3 (1979 U.S. Open - 1980 Masters)

Team appearances

  • World Cup (representing Australia): 1970, 1971
  • Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1985 (winners), 1986 (winners), 1988

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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