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Graham Marsh (born 14 Jan 1944 in Kalgoorlie, Australia) was one of the leading Australian golfers of his generation. He attended the University of Western Australia and Claremont Teachers College, before turning professional in 1969. Kalgoorlie is a large Western Australian mining town located about 600 km east of Perth. ...
University of Western Australia The University of Western Australia (UWA) is Western Australias oldest university, established in February 1911. ...
Career outline Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Marsh was a regular winner on the European Tour, the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia. He also won several events in Asia outside of Japan and one on the U.S. based PGA Tour, the 1977 Heritage Classic. Marsh had an outstanding win rate on the European Tour, where he accumulated eleven titles even though he never played more than seven events in Europe in a season. He also won the World Match Play Championship, which was not an official money European Tour event at the time, in England in 1977. He had 56 wins in all in his regular career, making him one of the most successful players of his era not to win a major championship. The PGA European Tour is a top-level professional mens golf tour. ...
The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf tour. ...
The PGA Tour of Australasia is a prominent golf tour for men. ...
The PGA Tour is an organization which is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. It operates the USAs main professional golf tours. ...
The PGA European Tour is a top-level professional mens golf tour. ...
The HSBC World Match Play Championship is the current sponsored name of a matchplay golf tournament played each September at Wentworth Club near London. ...
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As a senior Marsh has played extensively in the United States on the Champions Tour winning six events including two senior majors, the 1997 U.S. Senior Open and the 1999 Tradition. He has also won the Japan Senior Open twice. The Champions Tour, a golf tour run by the PGA TOUR, hosts 30 events annually in the United States and Canada for golfers 50 and older. ...
Mens professional senior golf is for players aged fifty and above. ...
The U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in mens senior golf. ...
The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognised by the U.S. based Champions Tour, the worlds leading tour for male professional golfers aged fifty and up. ...
Marsh is also active in golf course design through Graham Marsh Golf Design which he established in 1986. The company's early projects were in Australia and Japan, but it later branched out to other parts of Asia and to Europe and the United States.
In 1984 Marsh was an MBE for services to golf. He is a past chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in decreasing order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand...
European Tour wins The Scottish Open, which is currently sponsored by Barclays Bank, is one of the richer golf tournaments on the PGA European Tour. ...
The Trophée Lancôme was a professional golf tournament which was staged in France from 1970 to 2003. ...
The KLM Open is an annual European Tour golf tournament played in The Netherlands. ...
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The KLM Open is an annual European Tour golf tournament played in The Netherlands. ...
Champions Tour wins - 1995 Bruno's Memorial Classic
- 1996 World Seniors Invitational, Franklin Quest Championship
- 1997 Nationwide Championship, U.S. Senior Open
- 1999 The Tradition
Marsh's senior majors are shown in bold. The U.S. Senior Open is one of the major championships in mens senior golf. ...
The Tradition is one of the five major championships recognised by the U.S. based Champions Tour, the worlds leading tour for male professional golfers aged fifty and up. ...
Mens professional senior golf is for players aged fifty and above. ...
Other senior career wins - 1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with John Bland)
- 1998 Japan Senior Open
- 1999 Japan Senior Open
External links - Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
- Graham Marsh Golf Design
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