Peter Townsend (golfer)

Peter Townsend
Personal information
Full name	Peter Michael Paul Townsend
Born	16 September 1946 (1946-09-16) (age 65) Cambridge, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality	England
Residence	St Albans, England
Career
Turned professional	1966
Former tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
European Seniors Tour	1
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	42nd: 1969
U.S. Open	CUT: 1969
The Open Championship	T13: 1972, 1974
PGA Championship	DNP

Peter Michael Paul Townsend (born 16 September 1946) is an English professional golfer.

Townsend was born in Cambridge. Following a successful amateur career, during which he won both the Brabazon Trophy and Lytham Trophy, he turned professional at the end of 1966. He went on to win a number of major tournaments around the world during the 1960s and 70s, including the Dutch Open in 1967, the British PGA Closed Championship in 1968, the Venezuela Open in 1969 and the Swiss Open in 1971.

Having had such a promising start to his career, Townsend moved to the United States and qualified for the PGA Tour. However he did not enjoy the same success, although he did have several top 10 finishes, and returned to Europe, going on to end both the 1971 and 72 seasons inside the top 5 on the Order of Merit.^[1]

Townsend represented Great Britain twice in the Ryder Cup, in 1969 and 1971. After retiring from tournament golf, he worked as a club professional and was elected Captain of the Professional Golfers' Association in 1994.

Contents 1 Amateur wins 2 Professional wins 2.1 Europen Seniors Tour wins (1) 3 Results in major championships 4 Team appearances 5 References 6 External links

Amateur wins

• 1962 Boys Amateur Championship
• 1964 Boys Amateur Championship
• 1965 British Youths Championship
• 1966 Brabazon Trophy, Lytham Trophy

Professional wins

• 1967 Dutch Open
• 1968 Western Australian Open, British PGA Closed Championship, Coca-Cola Young Professionals' Championship
• 1969 Venezuela Open
• 1971 Walworth Aloyco Tournament, Swiss Open
• 1972 Los Lagartos Open (Colombia)
• 1976 ICL International (South Africa)
• 1978 Colombian Open, Hassan II Golf Trophy, Zambia Open, Caribbean Open

Europen Seniors Tour wins (1)

• 2002 Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open

Results in major championships

Tournament	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	42
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
The Open Championship	T23	DNP	CUT	T16
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	T45	T40	T13	55	T13	T57	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1980	1981	1982
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T19	T54
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP

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

Team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1965
• Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1966

Professional

• Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain): 1969, 1971
• World Cup (representing England): 1969, 1974
• Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1974 (winners)

References

External links

• Peter Townsend at the European Tour official site
• Peter Townsend at the PGA Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Townsend, Peter
Alternative names	Townsend , Peter Michael Paul
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	16 September 1946
Place of birth	Cambridge, England
Date of death
Place of death