Craig Parry

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Craig David Parry (born January 12, 1966) has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1986, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.

Parry was born in Sunshine, Victoria. His first career victory came at the 1987 New South Wales Open, (an event he later won again in 1992) and later that year won the Canadian TPC. In 1992 he won three of Australia's top four tournaments, placing first at the Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open and the Australian Masters, a tournament he has won three times (in '92, '94 and '96). He has also won six events on the European Tour, the latest being his play-off victory over fellow Australian Nick O'Hern at the 2005 Heineken Classic, an event which had been dominated by South African superstar Ernie Els the preceding three years. He played the European Tour on a regular basis from 1988 to 1991 and had two top ten finishes on the Order of Merit: 3rd in 1989 and 5th in 1991. From 1992 until 2006 he played mainly on the PGA Tour, while continuing to compete around the world. Since 2007 he has concentrated on playing the Japan Golf Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia.

He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

He has been an integral part of Australian national teams and has been a member of the International Team in three Presidents Cups: 1994, 1996, and 1998. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit in 1995, 2002 and 2007.

Over the years there has been criticism over his unorthodox swing - he is one of very few professional golfers who swing the club "over-the-top" on the downswing, a trait usually associated with less skilled golfers. Nonetheless, he continues to perform on golf's greatest stage at the highest of standards.

Parry is married with 3 children. He now has residences in both. Sydney, Australia and Orlando, Florida, United States.He is the Western Bulldogs (AFL Team) number one ticket holder

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[edit] Professional wins (23)

[edit] PGA Tour wins (2)

[edit] European Tour wins (6)

[edit] PGA Tour of Australasia (14)

[edit] Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

[edit] Asian Tour wins (1)

[edit] Other wins (1)

  • 1987 Canadian TPC

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 1988 1989
Masters Tournament DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Masters CUT DNP T13 T45 T30 DNP DNP DNP DNP T48
U.S. Open 46 T11 T33 T3 T25 DNP T90 T43 DNP T34
The Open Championship T22 8 T28 T49 T77 CUT CUT CUT CUT T4
PGA Championship T40 T43 DNP T31 T19 CUT T65 CUT T71 CUT
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Masters T25 DNP DNP T39 CUT T25
U.S. Open T37 DNP CUT CUT T60 CUT
The Open Championship T36 DNP CUT T59 CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT DNP CUT CUT T55 CUT

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

[edit] Results in World Golf Championship events

Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Accenture Match Play Championship R32 R64 R32 DNP R64 DNP R32 DNP DNP DNP
CA Championship T20 DNP NT1 T49 T54 DNP DNP 58 DNP T73
Bridgestone Invitational T3 DNP DNP 1 T64 T65 T58 DNP DNP

1Cancelled due to 9/11
DNP = Did not play
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
NT = No Tournament
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

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