Noel Ratcliffe

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Noel Ratcliffe
 Golfer 

At the Dutch Senior Open, 2010
Personal information
Full name Noel Anthony Ratcliffe
Born (1945-01-17) 17 January 1945
Sydney, Australia
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Career
Turned professional 1974
Current tour(s) European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins 15
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
European Seniors Tour 8
Other 3 (regular)
2 (senior)
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T38: 1988
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
European Seniors Tour
Order of Merit winner
2000

Noel Anthony Ratcliffe (born 17 January 1945) is an Australian professional golfer.

Ratcliffe turned to golf exceptionally late for a future professional, and didn't own a set of clubs until he was twenty-one. He studied pharmacy and worked for an insurance company and in public service before turning professional in 1974. Like many Australian golfers of his era, he divided his time between the PGA Tour of Australia and the European Tour. In his regular career he won three titles in Australasia and two in Europe, where his best year was 1978 when he finished 11th on the Order of Merit.

Since turning fifty he has been successful on the European Seniors Tour, where he topped the Order of Merit in 2000, made the top five on four other occasions, and won eight tournaments. He was the second man to win over one million Euro on the tour.

Professional wins

European Tour wins (2)

Australasian wins (3)

  • 1974 Australian PGA Assistants Championship
  • 1976 Huon Open (Papua New Guinea)
  • 1977 South Australian Open

European Seniors Tour wins (8)

  • 1997 Manadens Affarer Seniors Open, Senior German Open
  • 2000 The Scotsman Scottish Seniors Open, TEMES Seniors Open
  • 2001 Beko Classic, De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic
  • 2003 AIB Irish Seniors Open
  • 2005 AIB Irish Seniors Open

Other senior wins (2)

  • 2001 Australian PGA Seniors Championship
  • 2008 Polygiene Australian PGA Seniors Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
The Open Championship CUT T41 DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP T38

Note: The Open Championship was the only major Ratcliffe played.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1978, 1981)
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.