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David Graham
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31 on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: David Anthony Graham
HEIGHT: 5-10
WEIGHT: 170
BIRTHDATE: May 23, 1946
BIRTHPLACE: Windsor, Australia
RESIDENCE: Dallas, TX
FAMILY: Wife, Maureen; Andrew (11/8/74), Michael
(10/1/77); one grandchild
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Golf course design, California
wines, quail hunting
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1962
JOINED TOUR: 1996
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (8) 1972 Cleveland Open. 1976 American Express Westchester
Classic, American Golf Classic. 1979 PGA Championship.
1980 Memorial Tournament. 1981 Phoenix Open, U.S. Open
Championship. 1983 Houston Coca-Cola Open. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (5) 1997 GTE Classic, Southwestern Bell Dominion, Comfort
Classic. 1998 Royal Caribbean Classic. 1999 Raley's Gold
Rush Classic. |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 Thailand Open, French Open. 1971 Caracas Open,
JAL Open. 1975 Wills Masters. 1976 Chunichi Crowns Invitational.
1976 Piccadilly World Match Play. 1977 Australian Open,
South African PGA Championship. 1978 Mexico Cup. 1979
Westlakes Classic, New Zealand Open. 1980 Mexican Open,
Rolex Japan, Brazilian Classic. 1981 Lancome. 1982 Lancome.
1985 Queensland Open. 1994 Australian Skins. |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $129,767 (62) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| T13--The Countrywide Tradition; T15--Bruno's Memorial
Classic; T16--Emerald Coast Classic; T23--Farmers Charity
Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 66 at Round 2, Bruno's Memorial Classic |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T14--BellSouth Senior Classic at Opryland; T19--Bruno's
Memorial Classic; T21--Las Vegas Senior Classic; T22--MasterCard
Championship |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--18; in money--14; Top-10 finishes--0 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Played in just 18 events last year, the fewest appearances
he's ever made on the SENIOR TOUR in one season...Spent
two months away from the circuit early in the year while
his wife, Maureen, underwent open heart surgery. Came
back at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in early April
and, along with partner Bruce Fleisher, T2 in the rain-shortened
better-ball event, the second consecutive year the duo
has been a runner-up...Turned in his best performance
in an official event at the BellSouth Senior Classic at
Opryland. Was just two strokes back after 36 holes in
Nashville, but eventually tied for 14th after a final-round
72 at Springhouse Golf Club. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Had three top-10 finishes and made more than a
quarter of his official money in one event, earning a
$108,000-check at the Boone Valley Classic near St. Louis.
Used a second-round 64, his lowest score of the campaign,
to move into contention at Boone Valley and eventually
placed third in the event behind Tom Watson and champion
Larry Nelson...Teamed with Bruce Fleisher to finish second
at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, one stroke behind
Jim Colbert and Andy North. 1999: Defeated Larry Mowry
by four strokes at the Raley's Gold Rush Classic. Opened
with a sizzling 9-under 63 at Serrano and then rebounded
from a two-stroke deficit after 36 holes with a final-round
65. 1998: Defeated Dave Stockton in a SENIOR TOUR-record,
10-hole sudden-death playoff at the Royal Caribbean Classic...He
and partner Hugh Baiocchi lost a two-hole playoff to Dale
Douglass and Charles Coody at the Liberty Mutual Legends
of Golf. 1997: Enjoyed an exceptional first full season
on the SENIOR TOUR, finishing fifth on the final money
list with more than $1 million in earnings...Secured three
victories among his 14 top-10 finishes, and was among
the top five nine times...Sixty of his 96 rounds were
under par, with 37 of those in the 60s...Won twice early
in the year at the GTE Classic and the Southwestern Bell
Dominion, then claimed his third title in September at
the Comfort Classic...Picked up his first SENIOR TOUR
win by three strokes in Tampa, but his other two victories
were nail-biters...Eagled the final hole at Dominion CC
to slip past John Jacobs in San Antonio and then birdied
the final hole in Indianapolis for a one-stroke victory
over Larry Nelson and Bud Allin, along with a then career-best
check for $157,500...Recorded his first SENIOR TOUR hole-in-one
at Ralphs Senior Classic. 1996: Made his SENIOR TOUR debut
at the Bruno's Memorial Classic in June and competed in
19 events...Was one of the players in the record five-man
playoff at the Emerald Coast Classic won on the first
extra hole with a birdie by Lee Trevino. |
| Personal |
| Discovered the game of golf when he was 14...Found a
set of left-handed clubs in his garage and played with
them for two years before making the switch to a right-handed
set...Worked in a golf shop in Melbourne, Australia at
age 16 and, after a three-year apprenticeship, took a
head professional job at a nine-hole course in Tasmania...Became
a touring professional in the late 1960s, first in Australia
and then the Far East...Awarded the Order of Australia
by Queen Elizabeth II in 1992 for contribution to the
game...Inducted into the Australian Sports Hall of Fame
and the Australian Golf Hall of Fame...A member of the
Masters Tournament Cup & Tee Committee, which sets up
the Augusta National layout each April...Involved in the
golf design business with a number of courses to his credit,
including Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, AZ, the Raven
Golf Club in Phoenix, and Grandover Golf Club near Greensboro,
North Carolina...Considers his victory at the 1981 U.S.
Open to be his biggest thrill in golf and credits Bruce
Devlin as the person who most influenced his career. |
| PGA TOUR Playoff Record |
| 2-1 |
| SENIOR TOUR Playoff Record |
| 1-1 |
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