Graham Marsh
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Graham Vivian Marsh (born 14 January 1944) was one of the leading Australian golfers of his generation. He was born in Kalgoorlie, Australia. He attended the University of Western Australia and Claremont Teachers College before turning professional in 1969.
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[edit] 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.
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.
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.
His younger brother Rod Marsh was a distinguished Australian cricketer and coach.
[edit] European Tour wins (11)
- 1972 (2) Swiss Open, German Open
- 1973 (1) Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open
- 1976 (1) Benson & Hedges International Open
- 1977 (1) Lancome Trophy
- 1979 (2) Dutch Open, Dunlop Masters
- 1980 (1) Benson & Hedges International Open
- 1981 (1) Dixcel Tissues European Open
- 1985 (2) Lawrence Batley International Golf Classic, KLM Dutch Open
[edit] Other European wins (3)
- 1970 Swiss Open (pre-European Tour)
- 1976 Dunhill Match-Play (see note)
- 1977 World Match Play Championship (unofficial European Tour)
[edit] Australasia wins (14)
- 1970 Watties Tournament
- 1971 Spaulding Masters
- 1976 Western Australia Open
- 1978 Western Australia PGA
- 1979 ANA Sapporo Open
- 1981 Chunichi Open, Pepsi-Wilson
- 1982 Ford Dealers South Australian Open, Australian Masters, Mayn Nickless Australian PGA Championship, Dunhill Queensland Open
- 1983 Resch's Pilsner Tweed Classic, New Zealand PGA Championship
- 19?? Bay Classic (see note)
[edit] Japan wins (25)
(see note)
- 1972 Dunlop International
- 1973 Fuji Sankei Classic
- 1974 Fuji Sankei Classic, Dunlop Wizard, Tokyo Open, Pepsi-Wilson
- 1975 Dunlop Wizard, Tokyo Open
- 1976 Dunlop Open, Suntory Open, Dunlop Phoenix, KBC Augusta
- 1977 Suntory Open, Dunlop Wizard, Chunichi Crowns
- 1979 ANA Sapporo Open
- 1981 Chunichi Open, Pepsi-Wilson
- 1982 Mitsubishi Galant
- 1983 Yomiuri Open
- 1985 Tokai Classic
- 1986 Suntory Open
- 1987 Visa Taiheiyo Pacific Masters
- 1989 Sapporo Tokyo Open
- 1990 Tokai Classic
[edit] Asian wins (5)
- 1971 Indian Open
- 1973 Thailand Open, Indian Open
- 1974 Malaysian Open
- 1975 Malaysian Open
[edit] PGA Tour wins (1)
- 1977 Heritage Classic
Notes:
- Dunhill Match-Play – PGA Tour bio list wins in both 1976 and 1977 but his bio at his Golf Design web site lists only one win in that tournament (year unspecified)
- Bay Classic – not listed on PGA Tour bio, year unknown
- Japan wins – Japan Golf Tour official site lists Graham with 20 JGT wins (1973-1990), it is unclear which of the wins listed here are unofficial or erroneous
[edit] Champions Tour wins (6)
- 1995 Bruno's Memorial Classic
- 1996 World Seniors Invitational, Franklin Quest Championship
- 1997 Nationwide Championship, U.S. Senior Open
- 1999 The Tradition
Senior major championships are shown in bold.
[edit] Other senior wins (3)
- 1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with John Bland)
- 1998 Japan Senior Open
- 1999 Japan Senior Open
[edit] External links
- Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
- Profile on the Japan Golf Tour's official site - (English language)
- Graham Marsh Golf Design
Categories: Australian golfers | PGA Tour of Australasia golfers | European Tour golfers | Japan Golf Tour golfers | Champions Tour golfers | Winners of senior major golf championships | Members of the Order of the British Empire | Western Australian Sports Star of the Year winners | 1944 births | Living people
