David Graham (golfer)

David Graham
Personal information
Full name	Anthony David Graham
Born	23 May 1946(1946-05-23) Windsor, Australia
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	152 lb (69 kg; 10.9 st)
Nationality	Australia
Career
Turned professional	1962
Current tour(s)	Champions Tour
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour
Professional wins	38
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	8
European Tour	2
Japan Golf Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	8
Champions Tour	5
Other	20
Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	5th: 1980
U.S. Open	Won: 1981
The Open Championship	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 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 27 June 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.^[1] He is now retired and resides at Iron Horse Golf Club in Whitefish, Montana.

1 Professional wins (38)
2 Major championships
- 2.1 Wins (2)
- 2.2 Results timeline
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

Professional wins (38)

PGA Tour wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	3 Jul 1972	Cleveland Open	-6 (68-73-68-69=278)	Playoff	Bruce Devlin
2	18 Jul 1976	American Express Westchester Classic	-12 (63-68-70-71=272)	3 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
3	29 Aug 1976	American Golf Classic	-14 (69-67-69-69=274)	4 strokes	Lou Graham
4	5 Aug 1979	PGA Championship	-8 (69-68-70-65=272)	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw
5	25 May 1980	Memorial Tournament	-8 (73-67-70-70=280)	1 stroke	Tom Watson
6	24 Jan 1981	Phoenix Open	-16 (65-68-69-66=268)	1 stroke	Lon Hinkle
7	21 Jun 1981	U.S. Open	-7 (68-68-70-67=273)	3 strokes	George Burns, Bill Rogers
8	8 May 1983	Houston Coca-Cola Open	-9 (66-72-73-64=275)	5 strokes	Lee Elder, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino

Australasian wins (8)

1967 Queensland PGA
1970 Tasmanian Open, Victorian Open
1975 Wills Masters
1977 Australian Open
1979 Westlakes Classic
1985 Queensland Open
1987 Queensland Open

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 a 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.

References

^ My Shot: David Graham

External links

David Graham at the PGA Tour official site
David Graham at the Japan Golf Tour official site
David Graham at the European Tour official site

David Graham in the Major Championships

U.S. Open champions

1895 Horace Rawlins · 1896 James Foulis · 1897 Joe Lloyd · 1898 Fred Herd · 1899 Willie Smith · 1900 Harry Vardon · 1901 Willie Anderson† · 1902 Laurie Auchterlonie · 1903 Willie Anderson† · 1904 Willie Anderson · 1905 Willie Anderson · 1906 Alex Smith · 1907 Alec Ross · 1908 Fred McLeod† · 1909 George Sargent · 1910 Alex Smith† · 1911 John McDermott† · 1912 John McDermott · 1913 Francis Ouimet# · 1914‡ Walter Hagen · 1915 Jerome Travers* · 1916 Chick Evans* · 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I · 1919 Walter Hagen† · 1920 Ted Ray · 1921‡ Jim Barnes · 1922 Gene Sarazen · 1923 Bobby Jones# · 1924 Cyril Walker · 1925 Willie Macfarlane† · 1926 Bobby Jones* · 1927 Tommy Armour† · 1928 Johnny Farrell† · 1929 Bobby Jones# · 1930 Bobby Jones* · 1931 Billy Burke† · 1932 Gene Sarazen · 1933 Johnny Goodman* · 1934 Olin Dutra · 1935 Sam Parks, Jr. · 1936 Tony Manero · 1937 Ralph Guldahl · 1938 Ralph Guldahl · 1939 Byron Nelson† · 1940 Lawson Little† · 1941 Craig Wood · 1942–45 Cancelled due to World War II · 1946 Lloyd Mangrum† · 1947 Lew Worsham† · 1948 Ben Hogan · 1949 Cary Middlecoff · 1950 Ben Hogan† · 1951 Ben Hogan · 1952 Julius Boros · 1953‡ Ben Hogan · 1954 Ed Furgol · 1955 Jack Fleck† · 1956 Cary Middlecoff · 1957 Dick Mayer† · 1958 Tommy Bolt · 1959 Billy Casper · 1960 Arnold Palmer · 1961 Gene Littler · 1962 Jack Nicklaus† · 1963 Julius Boros† · 1964 Ken Venturi · 1965 Gary Player† · 1966 Billy Casper† · 1967 Jack Nicklaus · 1968 Lee Trevino · 1969 Orville Moody · 1970‡ Tony Jacklin · 1971 Lee Trevino† · 1972 Jack Nicklaus · 1973 Johnny Miller · 1974 Hale Irwin · 1975 Lou Graham† · 1976 Jerry Pate · 1977 Hubert Green · 1978 Andy North · 1979 Hale Irwin · 1980 Jack Nicklaus · 1981 David Graham · 1982 Tom Watson · 1983 Larry Nelson · 1984 Fuzzy Zoeller† · 1985 Andy North · 1986 Raymond Floyd · 1987 Scott Simpson · 1988 Curtis Strange† · 1989 Curtis Strange · 1990 Hale Irwin† · 1991 Payne Stewart† · 1992 Tom Kite · 1993 Lee Janzen · 1994 Ernie Els† · 1995 Corey Pavin · 1996 Steve Jones · 1997 Ernie Els · 1998 Lee Janzen · 1999 Payne Stewart · 2000‡ Tiger Woods · 2001 Retief Goosen† · 2002‡ Tiger Woods · 2003 Jim Furyk · 2004 Retief Goosen · 2005 Michael Campbell · 2006 Geoff Ogilvy · 2007 Ángel Cabrera · 2008 Tiger Woods† · 2009 Lucas Glover · 2010 Graeme McDowell · 2011‡ Rory McIlroy

† indicates the event was won in a playoff ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire # indicates the event was won in a playoff by an amateur * indicates the event was won by an amateur

PGA Championship champions

Match play era 1916 Jim Barnes • 1917–18 Cancelled due to World War I • 1919 Jim Barnes • 1920 Jock Hutchison • 1921 Walter Hagen • 1922 Gene Sarazen • 1923 Gene Sarazen • 1924 Walter Hagen • 1925 Walter Hagen • 1926 Walter Hagen • 1927 Walter Hagen • 1928 Leo Diegel • 1929 Leo Diegel • 1930 Tommy Armour • 1931 Tom Creavy • 1932 Olin Dutra • 1933 Gene Sarazen • 1934 Paul Runyan • 1935 Johnny Revolta • 1936 Denny Shute • 1937 Denny Shute • 1938 Paul Runyan • 1939 Henry Picard • 1940 Byron Nelson • 1941 Vic Ghezzi • 1942 Sam Snead • 1943 Cancelled due to World War II • 1944 Bob Hamilton • 1945 Byron Nelson • 1946 Ben Hogan • 1947 Jim Ferrier • 1948 Ben Hogan • 1949 Sam Snead • 1950 Chandler Harper • 1951 Sam Snead • 1952 Jim Turnesa • 1953 Walter Burkemo • 1954 Chick Harbert • 1955 Doug Ford • 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. • 1957 Lionel Hebert Stroke play era 1958 Dow Finsterwald • 1959 Bob Rosburg • 1960 Jay Hebert • 1961 Jerry Barber† • 1962 Gary Player • 1963 Jack Nicklaus • 1964‡ Bobby Nichols • 1965 Dave Marr • 1966 Al Geiberger • 1967 Don January† • 1968 Julius Boros • 1969‡ Raymond Floyd • 1970 Dave Stockton • 1971 Jack Nicklaus • 1972 Gary Player • 1973 Jack Nicklaus • 1974 Lee Trevino • 1975 Jack Nicklaus • 1976 Dave Stockton • 1977 Lanny Wadkins† • 1978 John Mahaffey† • 1979 David Graham† • 1980 Jack Nicklaus • 1981 Larry Nelson • 1982‡ Raymond Floyd • 1983‡ Hal Sutton • 1984 Lee Trevino • 1985 Hubert Green • 1986 Bob Tway • 1987 Larry Nelson† • 1988 Jeff Sluman • 1989 Payne Stewart • 1990 Wayne Grady • 1991 John Daly • 1992 Nick Price • 1993 Paul Azinger† • 1994 Nick Price • 1995 Steve Elkington† • 1996 Mark Brooks† • 1997 Davis Love III • 1998 Vijay Singh • 1999 Tiger Woods • 2000‡ Tiger Woods† • 2001 David Toms • 2002 Rich Beem • 2003 Shaun Micheel • 2004 Vijay Singh† • 2005 Phil Mickelson • 2006 Tiger Woods • 2007 Tiger Woods • 2008 Pádraig Harrington • 2009 Y. E. Yang • 2010 Martin Kaymer† • 2011 Keegan Bradley†

† indicates the event was won in a playoff ‡ indicates the event was won wire-to-wire

International Presidents Cup team – 1994

Fulton Allem • Robert Allenby • Steve Elkington • David Frost • Bradley Hughes • Mark McNulty • Frank Nobilo • Craig Parry • Nick Price • Peter Senior • Vijay Singh • Tsukasa Watanabe David Graham (non-playing captain)

Lost: 12 – 20

Persondata
Name	Graham, David
Alternative names	Graham, Anthony David
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	23 May 1946
Place of birth	Windsor, Australia
Date of death
Place of death

David Graham (golfer)

Contents

Professional wins (38)

PGA Tour wins (8)

Australasian wins (8)

European Tour wins (2)

Other wins (15)

Champions Tour wins (5)

Major championships

Wins (2)

Results timeline

See also

References

External links