David Graham (golfer)

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**David Graham**
Personal Information
Birth	May 23, 1946 (1946-05-23) (age 62) Windsor, Australia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (81 kg)
Nationality	Australia
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 22 May 1946) is an Australian professional golfer.

Graham was born in Windsor, Australia . He turned professional in 1962 and spent much of his career in the United States playing on the PGA Tour. In 1996 he joined the Senior PGA Tour, later known as the Champions Tour.

He came from behind to secure a memorable victory over the reigning champion Hale Irwin in the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship in 1976.

He won two major championships, the 1979 PGA Championship and the 1981 U.S. Open at Ardmore, Pennsylvania, and finished third at the 1985 Open Championship after sharing the third-round lead. He also formed part of the Australian teams that won the World Cup (in 1970) and the Alfred Dunhill Cup (in 1985 and 1986).

On June 27, 2004, during the final round of the Bank of America Championship, Graham collapsed over a putt on the eighth green and was later diagnosed with congestive heart failure. This ended his golfing career.^[1] He resides in Whitefish, Montana.

1 PGA Tour wins (8)
2 Other wins (22)
3 Champions Tour wins (5)
4 Major Championships
- 4.1 Wins (2)
- 4.2 Results timeline
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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

[edit] 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

[edit] Major Championships

[edit] 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

[edit] 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	T10	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