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Nationality
  
Australia

Other
  
3

European seniors tour
  
1

Professional wins
  
34

Height
  
1.70 m


Turned professional
  
1978

Role
  
Golfer

Residence
  
Name
  
Peter Senior

European tour
  
4

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Full name
  
Peter Albert Charles Senior

Born
  
31 July 1959 (age 65) Singapore (
1959-07-31
)

Former tours
  
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Peter Albert Charles Senior (born 31 July 1959) is a former Australian professional golfer who has won more than twenty tournaments around the world.

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Senior has competed mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he has had the most success and won the Order of Merit on four occasions, and the European Tour. He has also played occasionally on the Japan Golf Tour and the United States-based PGA Tour.

Peter Senior Peter Senior leads Charles Schwab Cup Championship after first round

Senior has represented Australia in international competitions several times, and was a member of the International Team at the first two stagings of the Presidents Cup. He has also represented Australia twice at the World Cup.

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Personal life

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Senior was born in Singapore. He lives in Hope Island, Queensland with his wife June, whom he married in 1984. They have three children: Krystlle, Jasmine and Mitchell.

Peter Senior Peter Seniors Swan Song Season Australian Senior Golfer

In his spare time Peter enjoys fishing, reading and spending time with his family. Peter also owns various other businesses unrelated to his golfing career.

Professional career

Senior turned professional in 1978 and joined the PGA Tour of Australia, now the PGA Tour of Australasia. During his career, he has won 19 tournaments on the tour, including the Australian PGA Championship in 1989, 2003 and 2010, the Australian Open in 1989 and 2012, and the Australian Masters in 1991, 1995 and 2015. Senior has won professional events on the main men's tour in five separate decades, a feat achieved by very few players previously anywhere in the world. He also has the distinction of winning the Australian PGA, Open and Masters tournaments after he turned 50. He also topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1987, 1989 and 1993. Even after reaching the age of fifty, he remains competitive on the tour.

Between 1984 and 1992, Senior competed on the European Tour full-time, winning four tournaments and finishing a career best of 7th on the Order of Merit in 1987. He also played regularly on the Japanese Tour, winning three tournaments before rejoining the European Tour in 1998. Through the 2007 season he continued to play in a small number of tournaments on the tour.

In 1985, Senior finished 5th at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament to earn his card for the following season. He did not have much success, making just two cuts in the first half of the season, before he elected to return to Europe. He did play in several PGA Tour events in other seasons, notably finishing tied for second in The International in 1990, but never tried to qualify for the tour again.

Senior made his debut on the over-50 circuit the Champions Tour in February 2010 at The ACE Group Classic. Senior has yet to win on the Champions Tour, but has finished as a runner up on six occasions, with three playoff defeats. One of these came in February 2012 at the Allianz Championship, when Senior birdied the final hole of regulation to make the playoff before losing to Corey Pavin with a birdie on the first playoff hole.

Senior announced his retirement during the second round of the 2016 Australian Open held at The Royal Sydney Golf Club. Senior suffered a hip injury on the sixth hole and announced his retirement from professional golf shortly after.

European Tour wins (4)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (23)

  • 1979 South Australian Open
  • 1984 Queensland Open, Honeywell Classic (incorporating the NSW PGA Championship)
  • 1987 Rich River Classic, U-Bix Classic (incorporating the NSW PGA Championship), Queensland PGA Championship, Victorian PGA Championship
  • 1989 New South Wales PGA, Australian PGA Championship, Australian Open, Johnnie Walker Australian Classic
  • 1991 Australian Masters, Johnnie Walker Australian Classic
  • 1993 Heineken Classic
  • 1994 Canon Challenge
  • 1995 Australian Masters
  • 1996 Canon Challenge, Greg Norman's Holden Classic
  • 1997 Canon Challenge
  • 2003 Australian PGA Championship
  • 2010 Australian PGA Championship
  • 2012 Emirates Australian Open
  • 2015 Australian Masters
  • Other wins (3)

  • 1984 New South Wales PGA
  • 1985 Western Australia PGA Championship
  • 1987 New South Wales PGA
  • European Senior Tour wins (1)

    1 Part of the 2011 European Senior Tour season

    Results in major championships

    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1979 Open Championship)
    "T" = tied
    Yellow background for top-10.

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 8 (1992 Open Championship – 1995 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
  • Team appearances

  • Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1987, 1993
  • Four Tours World Championship (representing Australasia): 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 (winners)
  • World Cup (representing Australia): 1988, 1990
  • Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996
  • UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2004
  • References

    Peter Senior Wikipedia


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