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Full name
  
Michael G. King

The Open Championship
  
T36: 1979

Weight
  
95 kg

Nationality
  
Name
  
Michael King

European tour
  
1


Masters Tournament
  
DNP

Role
  
Professional wins
  
1

U.S. Open
  
DNP

Height
  
1.89 m

Turned professional
  
1974

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Born
  
15 February 1950 (age 74) Reading, Berkshire, England (
1950-02-15
)

Residence
  
Sunningdale, Berkshire, England

Former tours
  
PGA European Tour, European Senior Tour

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Michael G. King (born 15 February 1950) is an English professional golfer.

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King was born in Reading, Berkshire. As an amateur, he won the Lytham Trophy in 1973, and played in the Walker Cup in 1969 and 1973.

King began a career as a stockbroker, but following the stock market crash of 1974 he became a professional golfer. He spent many years on the European Tour. 1979 was his best season by far: he won his sole European Tour title at the SOS Talisman TPC; made only appearances in the Ryder Cup and the World Cup; and finished the year in fifth place on the European Tour's Order of Merit. His career was curtailed by ankylosing spondylitis.

Amateur wins

  • 1973 Lytham Trophy
  • Results in major championships

    Note: The only major King played in was The Open Championship.

    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" = tied

    Team appearances

    Amateur

  • Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1969, 1973
  • Professional

  • Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1979
  • World Cup (representing England): 1979
  • References

    Michael King (golfer) Wikipedia