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Full name
  
Wayne Desmond Grady

PGA Tour of Australasia
  
3

Height
  
1.75 m

PGA tour wins
  
2

Professional wins
  
11

Role
  
Golfer

Former tours
  
PGA TOUR


Turned professional
  
1978

Name
  
Wayne Grady

Current tours
  
Champions Tour

Nationality
  
Australia

Other
  
3 (Regular) 2 (Senior)

Weight
  
73 kg

European tour
  
1

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Born
  
26 July 1957 (age 66) Brisbane, Australia (
1957-07-26
)

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Wayne Desmond Grady (born 26 July 1957) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Born in Brisbane, Grady turned professional in 1978. He is best known for his PGA Championship win, one of golf's four majors, in 1990. He was also runner-up at The Open Championship in 1989, losing in the first four-hole playoff to Mark Calcavecchia.

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Grady first gained membership of U.S.-based PGA Tour at its 1984 Qualifying School, and he spent most of his career playing predominantly in America. He also played intermittently on the European Tour, picking up one win, the 1984 German Open.

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As of 2005 Grady is director of the PGA Tour of Australasia. He owns a golf course design business and a golf tour company, and has worked as a commentator for the BBC's televised golf coverage since 2000.

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PGA Tour wins (2)

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  • 1989 Manufacturers Hanover Westchester Classic
  • 1990 PGA Championship
  • Major championship is shown in bold.

    European Tour wins (1)

    European Tour playoff record (0–1)

    PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)

  • 1978 CBA West Lakes Classic
  • 1988 Australian PGA Championship
  • 1991 Australian PGA Championship
  • Other wins (3)

  • 1988 New South Wales PGA Championship
  • 1989 World Cup of Golf (team, with Peter Fowler)
  • 1993 Indonesia PGA Championship
  • Other senior wins (2)

  • 2007 Handa Australian Senior Open
  • 2008 Handa Australian Senior Open
  • Results timeline

    CUT = missed the halfway cut
    "T" indicates a tie for a place.

    Summary

  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (1991 U.S. Open – 1992 Open Championship)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (three times)
  • Team appearances

  • World Cup (representing Australia): 1978, 1983, 1989
  • Four Tours World Championship (representing Australasia): 1985, 1989, 1990 (winners)
  • Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1989, 1990, 1991
  • Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Australasia): 1995
  • References

    Wayne Grady Wikipedia