Player Notes:European Seniors Tour Victories:
3 - 2000 Coca-Cola Kaiser Karl European Trophy, DeVere
PGA Seniors Championship, Senior British Open
Player Notes: Played on the European tour in the
70s and the Australian tour, where he won 24 times between
1975 and 1992.
Stanley won his maiden European Seniors Tour victory when
he closed with a four under par 68 to win the 2000 Coca-Cola
Kaiser Karl European at Haus Kambach in Germany but in 2001
he really moved up a gear, winning the Tour’s two 72-hole
events. Ian’s first win of the season came at the prestigious
De Vere PGA Seniors Championship at Carden Park and he then
produced the performance of his life, overcoming Jack Nicklaus,
among others, and then defeating New Zealand’s Bob Charles
on the first hole of a sudden-death play-off to win the
Senior British Open, presented by MasterCard, at Royal Co.
Down. The popular Australian was a regular visitor to the
European Tour in the 1970s, claiming one Tour titled when
he tied for first place with Christy O’Connor at the 1975
Martini International. He also won 24 events on his home
Australasian Tour between 1975 and 1992. Nowadays, he spends
the off-season working as a TV commentator on Fox TV.
1999 Senior PGA Tour Summary: Tournaments entered
- 17; Top-10 finishes - 5; stroke average 71.81; Euro ¢53,882
or £38,487 (ranked 21st); best finish T4th, Energis Senior
Masters.
2000 European Seniors Tour Summary: Tournaments
entered - 19; Top-10 finishes - 5; stroke average 71.71;
Euro ¢137,679 or £80,046 (ranked 5th); winner Coca-Cola
Kaiser Karl European Trophy.
2001 European Seniors Tour Summary: Tournaments
entered - 19; Top-10 finishes - 8; stroke average 71.64;
Euro ¢287,025 or £177,478 (ranked 1st); winner DeVere PGA
Seniors Championship, Senior British Open.
