David_Graham_(golfer)

David Graham (golfer)

David Graham
Personal Information
Birth	Windsor, Australia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (81 kg)
Nationality
College	None
Career
Turned Pro	1962
Current tour	Champions Tour
Professional wins	35 (PGA Tour: 8, Champions Tour: 5, Other: 22)
Best Results in Major Championships Wins: 2
Masters	5th: 1980
U.S. Open	Won 1981
British Open	T3: 1985
PGA Championship	Won 1979

Anthony David Graham (born 23 May, 1946) is a former professional golfer from Australia.

Born in Windsor, Australia, Graham turned professional in 1962 at age 16 and spent much of his career in the United States, playing on the PGA Tour. Turning age 50 in 1996, he joined the Senior PGA Tour, later known as the Champions Tour. Although known for his success in the U.S., he won events on six different continents in his career, an achievement he shares with Gary Player.

In 1976, after several successful years on tours around the globe, Graham came to prominence with two wins on the PGA Tour, and then came from behind to secure a victory over the reigning champion Hale Irwin in the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship.

Graham won two major championships, the 1979 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills near Detroit, and the 1981 U.S. Open at Merion, just west of Philadelphia. He also finished third at the 1985 Open Championship, after sharing the third-round lead. Both of his major victories came in remarkable fashion. In the 1979 PGA Championship, he stood on the last tee at 7 under par for his final round and leading by two, but double-bogeyed the last hole for a 65 to drop back into a playoff with Ben Crenshaw. At each of the first two sudden-death holes he holed long par-saving putts to keep the playoff alive and finally won at the third extra hole. At the 1981 U.S. Open Graham shot a 67 in the final round to overturn a three-shot deficit to overnight leader George Burns to win by 3 strokes. He became the fourth Australian major champion (after Jim Ferrier, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle).

Graham also participated on the Australian teams that won the World Cup (in 1970) and the Alfred Dunhill Cup (in 1985 and 1986). At the end of 1981, he was ranked 7th on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings.

On June 27, 2004, during the final round of the Bank of America Championship on the Champions Tour, Graham collapsed over a putt on the eighth green. He was later diagnosed with congestive heart failure, ending his competitive golf career at age 58. He is now retired and resides in Whitefish, Montana.

PGA Tour wins (8)

1972 (1) Cleveland Open
1976 (2) American Express Westchester Classic, American Golf Classic
1979 (1) PGA Championship
1980 (1) Memorial Tournament
1981 (2) Phoenix Open, U.S. Open
1983 (1) Houston Coca-Cola Open

Major championships are shown in bold.

Other wins (22)

1970 Thailand Open, French Open, World Cup (with Bruce Devlin)
1971 Caracas Open, JAL Open
1975 Wills Masters (Australia)
1976 Chunichi Crowns, Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
1977 Australian Open, South African PGA Championship
1978 Mexico Cup
1979 Westlakes Classic (Australia)
1980 Mexican Open, Rolex Japan, Brazilian Classic
1981 Trophée Lancôme
1982 Trophée Lancôme
1985 Queensland Open, Alfred Dunhill Cup (with Graham Marsh and Greg Norman)
1986 Alfred Dunhill Cup (with Rodger Davis and Greg Norman)
1987 Queensland Open
1994 Australian Skins

Champions Tour wins (5)

1997 (3) GTE Classic, Southwestern Bell Dominion, Comfort Classic
1998 (1) Royal Caribbean Classic
1999 (1) Raley's Gold Rush Classic

Major Championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 Holes	Winning Score	Margin	Runner(s) Up
1979	PGA Championship	4 shot deficit	-8 (69-68-70-65=272)	Playoff ¹	Ben Crenshaw
1981	U.S. Open	3 shot deficit	-7 (68-68-70-67=273)	3 strokes	George Burns, Bill Rogers

¹ Defeated Ben Crenshaw with birdie on third extra hole

Results timeline

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	DNP	T36	CUT	T29	DNP	DNP	DNP	T6	T9	WD
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	T47	T58	T18	T29	CUT	CUT	CUT	7
The Open Championship	T32	CUT	DNP	DNP	T11	T28	T21	CUT	T39	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	10	T4	CUT	CUT	1

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Masters	5	7	19	46	T6	T10	T28	T27	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	T47	1	T6	T8	T21	T23	T15	T51	T47	T61
The Open Championship	T29	T14	T27	T14	CUT	T3	T11	34	CUT	T61
PGA Championship	T26	T43	T49	T14	T48	T32	T7	CUT	T17	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	64	60	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T8	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
PGA Championship	T66	T52	DNP	CUT	CUT	CUT

DNP = Did not play
WD = Withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10