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Graham Marsh
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EXEMPT STATUS: Top 31
on All-Time Money List
FULL NAME: Graham Vivian Marsh
HEIGHT: 5-11
WEIGHT: 187
BIRTHDATE: January 14, 1944
BIRTHPLACE: Kalgoorlie, Australia
RESIDENCE: Dalkeith, Australia
FAMILY: Wife, Julie; Tony (9/17/64), Jenni (3/14/69),
Jeremy (5/5/81), Stephanie (11/24/82)
EDUCATION: Univ. of Western Australia & Claremont
Teachers College (1962)
SPECIAL INTERESTS: Skiing, tennis, watching cricket,
golf course design
TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1969
JOINED TOUR: 1994
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| PGA TOUR Victories |
| (1) 1977 Heritage Classic. |
| SENIOR TOUR Victories |
| (6) 1995 Bruno's Memorial Classic. 1996 World Seniors
Invitational, Franklin Quest Championship. 1997 Nationwide
Championship, U.S. Senior Open. 1999 The Tradition Presented
by Countrywide. |
| International Victories |
| 1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with John Bland),
1998 Japan Senior Open, 1999 Japan Senior Open |
| Other Victories |
| 1970 Watties Tournament, Swiss Open. 1971 Spaulding
Masters, Indian Open. 1972 Swiss Open, German Open, Dunlop
International. 1973 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open, Thailand
Open, Indian Open, Fuji Sankei Classic. 1974 Malaysian
Open, Fuji Sankei Classic, Dunlop Wizard, Tokyo Open,
Pepsi-Wilson. 1975 Dunlop Wizard, Tokyo Open, Malaysian
Open. 1976 Benson & Hedges International, Dunlop Open,
Suntory Open, Dunlop Phoenix, KBC Augusta, Dunhill Match-Play,
Western Australia Open. 1977 Lancome Trophy, Colgate World
Match-Play Championship, Dunhill Match-Play, Suntory Open,
Dunlop Wizard, Chuichi Crowns. 1978 Western Australia
PGA. 1979 Dutch Open, ANA Sapporo Open, Dunlop Masters.
1980 Benson & Hedges International. 1981 Dixcel Tissues
European Open, Chuichi Open, Pepsi-Wilson. 1982 Ford Dealers
South Australian Open, Australian Masters, Mayn Nickless
Australian PGA Championship, Dunhill Queensland Open,
Mitsubishi Galant. 1983 Yomiuri Open, Resch's Pilsner
Tweed Classic, New Zealand PGA Championship. 1985 Lawrence
Batley International, KLM Dutch Open, Tokai Classic. 1986
Suntory Open. 1987 Visa Taiheiyo Pacific Masters. 1989
Sapporo Tokyo Open. 1990 Tokai Classic. |
| Current Year Charles Schwab Cup
Points and Positions |
| 48 (41st) |
| Current Year SENIOR PGA TOUR Money
and Positions |
| $161,582 (31) |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Finishes |
| 9--Audi Senior Classic |
| Current Year SENIOR TOUR Best Round |
| 68 at Round 1, Verizon Classic, at Round 3, Audi Senior
Classic, at Round 2, Emerald Coast Classic |
| Best 2001 SENIOR TOUR Finishes |
| T2--Novell Utah Showdown; T6--Emerald Coast Classic;
T8--The Transamerica; T10--Siebel Classic in Silicon Valley,
Bruno's Memorial Classic, The Home Depot Invitational |
| 2001 Season SENIOR TOUR |
| Tournaments Entered--31; in money--31; Top-10 finishes--6 |
| 2001 Season Highlights |
| Had four top 10s in his first 12 starts of the year,
but only recorded two more in his last 19 appearances
of the season...Was in the hunt at the Novell Utah Showdown
before finishing T2 with three other players, one stroke
back of Steve Veriato. Played his first 33 holes of that
event without a bogey, but bogeyed two of his final three
holes on Saturday...Also T6 at the Emerald Coast Classic
thanks to rounds of 66-68 on the weekend at The Moors...T8
at The Transamerica after closing with rounds of 67-65
at Silverado, his best two back-to-back scores of the
year...Went over $6 million in SENIOR TOUR career money
at the Bruno's Memorial Classic...Made the seventh of
eight aces on the SENIOR TOUR when he holed a 6-iron shot
on the fourth hole at the TPC at the Twin Cities in the
final round, the second straight day an ace had been made
on that particular hole. Hole in one was his second on
the SENIOR TOUR and first since the 1997 Southwestern
Bell Dominion event in San Antonio. |
| Career Highlights |
| 2000: Missed out on a spot among the top 31 money-winners
when David Lundstrom nipped him by $941...Had his best
performance of the year in his first start in Hawaii.
Was the 36-hole leader at the MasterCard Championship,
but hit just 10 greens on Sunday and posted a final-round
74 to T2 at Hualalai. 1999: The last of 12 millionaires
on the SENIOR TOUR and played his best golf in several
of the year's biggest tournaments...Although only playing
36 holes, he was declared the winner of The Tradition
after a freak snowstorm wiped out the final round at Desert
Mountain. Victory in Arizona was his second SENIOR TOUR
major championship and first since 1997...Also battled
Hale Irwin for most of the FORD SENIOR PLAYERS Championship
before finishing a distant second at the TPC of Michigan...Went
over the $5-million mark in SENIOR TOUR career earnings
at the AT&T Canada Senior Open Championship. 1998: Seven
top 10s in 28 starts, highlighted by a solo second near
St. Louis at the Boone Valley Classic. Was the 36-hole
leader at Boone Valley, but fell into second two strokes
short of Larry Nelson, despite a final-round 68 that included
a pair of eagles. 1997: Earned a career-best $1,128,578
for seventh on the final money list...Played his best
during June and July, winning $734,400 during that period
or more than two-thirds of his total for the year...High
point came during the final week in June, when he outdueled
John Bland on the final day for a one-stroke win at the
U.S. Senior Open at Olympia Fields CC in suburban Chicago...The
victory, and a career-best $232,500, came just one week
after he fought off a late challenge by Hale Irwin and
earned a one-stroke win at the Nationwide Championship
near Atlanta...Teamed with Bland earlier in the season
to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf in March...Recorded
his first SENIOR TOUR hole-in-one at the Southwestern
Bell Dominion. 1996: Became a SENIOR TOUR millionaire
for the first time by winning $42,875 (T10) at the Energizer
SENIOR TOUR Championship, the final event of the season...Was
a one-stroke victor over Tom Wargo and Brian Barnes at
the PaineWebber Invitational and fired a final-round 67
to win the Franklin Quest Championship by two strokes
over Kermit Zarley. 1995: Never went more than four consecutive
appearances without a top-five finish after mid-April...Broke
into the victory circle at the Bruno's Memorial Classic,
becoming the second of five first-time winners...Used
a second-round 63 to cruise to a five-stroke win over
J.C. Snead at Greystone Golf Club...Missed going to a
playoff in Minnesota at the Burnet Senior Classic when
Raymond Floyd holed an eight-foot birdie putt on the final
hole to break a tie. 1994: Nominated for SENIOR TOUR Rookie
of the Year honors after posting seven top-10s and was
out of the top 25 just once in 22 starts...Finished T2
at the Vantage at the Dominion and again at the U.S. Senior
Open at Pinehurst, one stroke behind Simon Hobday. 1993:
Finished second to Bill Hall at the SENIOR TOUR National
Qualifying Tournament at Grenelefe to earn his initial
exemption. |
| Personal |
| Has been honored by the Queen of England with the title
Member of the British Empire (MBE)...Very active with
his own junior golf foundation in Australia...Is managing
director of Graham Marsh Golf Design...Has designed over
35 courses throughout Asia and Australia and is now doing
design work in the United States...Nicknamed "Swampy"
by his peers. |
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