Carl Mason

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Carl Mason
Personal Information
Birth 25 June 1953 (1953-06-25) (age 54)
England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 83 kg (180 lb/13.1 st)
Nationality Flag of England England
Residence Adderbury, Oxfordshire, England
College None
Career
Turned Pro 1973
Current tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins 24 (European Tour: 2, Other regular: 3, European Seniors Tour: 19)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
British Open T4: 1980
PGA Championship DNP

Carl Mason (born 25 June 1953) is an English professional golfer.

Mason turned professional in 1973 and was a European Tour rookie the following year. He made the top one hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit twenty three years in a row up to 1996, with a best ranking of nineteenth in 1994. His two European Tour wins both came in 1994, at the Scottish Open and the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia. He also won three times on the Safari Tour in Africa. He last played on the European Tour in 1998.

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[edit] European Seniors Tour career

After a spell working for the PGA European Tour organisation as a tournament referee he joined the European Seniors Tour on turning fifty. He was immediately successful as a senior, winning four of his first eleven events and topping the Order of Merit in 2003 and 2004. He was Order of Merit runner-up in 2005 and 2006. In 2007 became the top money earner ever on the European Seniors Tour after winning the European Senior Masters. The next week he won the PGA Seniors Championship. Six weeks later Mason was victorious again, this time at the Spanish Senior Open. By winning this event he brought his 2007 earnings total to €401,547. That amount is the new record for money won in a season. The previous record was also held by Mason when he won €354,775 in 2004. He is also ensured to win the Order of Merit crown for 2007.

[edit] Amateur wins (1)

  • 1973 British Youths Amateur Open Championship

[edit] Professional wins (24)

[edit] European Tour wins (2)

[edit] Other wins (3)

All Safari Tour

[edit] European Seniors Tour wins (19)

[edit] Results in The Open Championship

The only major that Mason has played in is The Open Championship.

1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
CUT 62 DNP DNP T24 T50
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
T4 CUT CUT CUT DNP CUT T56 T44 T58 DNP
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
DNP DNP DNP T39 T67 CUT T22 CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

[edit] Professional

  • World Cup (representing England): 1980
  • Hennessy-Cognac Cup: 1980 (winners)
  • UBS Cup (Rest of the World team): 2003 (tie), 2004

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