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Nationality
  
Wales

PGA Championship
  
DNP

Weight
  
89 kg

Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Name
  
Craig Defoy

Professional wins
  
10

U.S. Open
  
DNP

Role
  
Golfer

Turned professional
  
1964

The Open Championship
  
4th: 1971

Height
  
1.85 m


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Born
  
27 March 1947 (age 77) Kane, Pennsylvania (
1947-03-27
)

Former tours
  
PGA European Tour, European Senior Tour

Craig Defoy (born 27 March 1947) is a Welsh professional golfer.

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Defoy played on the European Tour where he did not win but had three second-place finishes: 1973 Spanish Open, 1976 Sun Alliance Match Play Championship, and 1977 Skol Lager Individual (playoff loss). He won five times on the Safari Tour.

Defoy also played on the European Seniors Tour where his best finish was second at the 1997 Jersey Seniors Open.

Defoy represented Wales seven times in the World Cup.

Professional wins

  • 1968 Gor-Ray Under-24 Championship
  • 1969 Lord Derby’s Under-23 Professional Tournament, Energen Junior Match Play
  • 1970 Cock of the North (Zambia)
  • 1971 Mufulira Open
  • 1972 Zambia Open, Mufulira Open
  • 1973 Zambia Open
  • 1975 Welsh Professional Championship
  • 1977 Welsh Professional Championship
  • 1981 Welsh Professional Championship
  • 1982 Welsh Professional Championship

    • Playoff record

    European Tour playoff record (0–1)

    Team appearances

  • World Cup (representing Wales): 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
  • Double Diamond International (representing Wales): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
  • Philip Morris International (representing Wales): 1975
  • PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1981 (tie), 1984 (winners), 1996 (tie, non-playing captain), 1998 (non-playing captain)
  • Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Wales): 1984

    • References

    Craig Defoy Wikipedia
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