David Graham (golfer)

David Graham
David Graham
Personal information
Full name	Anthony David Graham
Born	23 May 1946; Windsor, New South Wales, Australia
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	152 lb (69 kg; 10.9 st)
Nationality	Australia
Career
Turned professional	1962
Retired	2004
Former tour(s)	PGA Tour; Champions Tour
Professional wins	37
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	8
European Tour	3
Japan Golf Tour	1
PGA Tour of Australasia	9
PGA Tour Champions	5
Other	13
Best results in major championships; (wins: 2)
Masters Tournament	5th: 1980
PGA Championship	Won: 1979
U.S. Open	Won: 1981
The Open Championship	T3: 1985
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame	2015 (member page)

Anthony David Graham, AM[1] (born 23 May 1946) is a former professional golfer from Australia. He won eight times on the PGA Tour, including two major championships.

Professional career

Born in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, Graham turned professional in 1962 at age 16 and spent much of his career in the United States, playing on the PGA Tour. Turning age 50 in 1996, he joined the Senior PGA Tour, later known as the Champions Tour. Although known for his success in the U.S., he won events on six continents in his career, an achievement he shares with only four other players Gary Player, Hale Irwin, Bernhard Langer and Justin Rose.

In 1976, won twice on the PGA Tour, and then came from behind to secure a victory over the reigning champion Hale Irwin in the Piccadilly World Match Play Championship at Wentworth Club, Virginia Water, England.[2]

Graham won two major championships, the 1979 PGA Championship at Oakland Hills near Detroit, and the 1981 U.S. Open at Merion, just west of Philadelphia.[3][4] He also finished third at the 1985 Open Championship, after sharing the third-round lead. Both of his major victories came in remarkable fashion. In the 1979 PGA Championship, he stood on the last tee at 7 under par for his final round and leading by two, but double-bogeyed the last hole for a 65 to drop back into a playoff with Ben Crenshaw. At each of the first two sudden-death holes he holed long putts to keep the playoff alive and finally won at the third extra hole. At the 1981 U.S. Open, Graham shot a 67 in the final round to overturn a three-shot deficit to overnight leader George Burns to win by 3 strokes. He became the fourth Australian major champion (after Jim Ferrier, Peter Thomson and Kel Nagle) and the first to win a U.S. Open.

Graham participated on the Australian teams that won the World Cup (in 1970) and the Alfred Dunhill Cup (in 1985 and 1986).

Ahead of the 1970 World Cup, the organizing International Golf Association, preferred the more well-known Bruce Crampton to team for Australia with Bruce Devlin. The Australian PGA threatened not to send a team if Graham was not included and Devlin and Graham finally represented Australia and won the team competition by a record eight strokes after holding a record advantage of 19 strokes going into the final round. Graham finished second individually. Devlin and Graham again represented Australia in the 1971 World Cup, but when Devlin was not selected for the event the year after, Graham refused to play and never again participated in any World Cup events.[5]

Another controversy with Graham involved was reported during the inaugural 1985 Dunhill Cup at the Old Course at St Andrews, Scotland. Australia won the team event, with Graham, Greg Norman and Graham Marsh in the team. Prior to the tournament, Marsh had criticized Graham for accepting appearance money for playing in Australian golf tournaments. At the time, Marsh had recently been made an MBE for services to golf and was for six years chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia. However, Norman took David Graham's side in the debate and Australia went on to win the tournament despite the conflict. In 1986, Australia successfully defended the title with Graham, Norman and Rodger Davis in their team.[6]

At the end of 1981, Graham was ranked 7th on Mark McCormack's world golf rankings.

On 27 June 2004, during the final round of the Bank of America Championship on the Champions Tour, Graham collapsed over a putt on the eighth green. He was later diagnosed with congestive heart failure, ending his competitive golf career at age 58.[7] He is now retired and resides at Iron Horse Golf Club in Whitefish, Montana.

Graham was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1988 and inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1990.[1][8][9]

It was announced on 16 October 2014 that Graham has been elected into the World Golf Hall of Fame.[8][10] His nomination was supported by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus. He was inducted with other nominees Mark O'Meara, course architect A. W. Tillinghast and Laura Davies on 13 July 2015 at the University of St Andrews, during the 2015 Open Championship.[11]

Professional wins (37)

PGA Tour wins (8)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other PGA Tour (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	3 Jul 1972	Cleveland Open	68-73-68-69=278	−6	Playoff	Bruce Devlin
2	18 Jul 1976	American Express Westchester Classic	63-68-70-71=272	−12	3 strokes	Ben Crenshaw, Tom Watson, Fuzzy Zoeller
3	29 Aug 1976	American Golf Classic	69-67-69-69=274	−14	4 strokes	Lou Graham
4	5 Aug 1979	PGA Championship	69-68-70-65=272	−8	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw
5	25 May 1980	Memorial Tournament	73-67-70-70=280	−8	1 stroke	Tom Watson
6	24 Jan 1981	Phoenix Open	65-68-69-66=268	−16	1 stroke	Lon Hinkle
7	21 Jun 1981	U.S. Open	68-68-70-67=273	−7	3 strokes	George Burns, Bill Rogers
8	8 May 1983	Houston Coca-Cola Open	66-72-73-64=275	−9	5 strokes	Lee Elder, Jim Thorpe, Lee Trevino

PGA Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1972	Cleveland Open	Bruce Devlin	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1972	Liggett & Myers Open	Lou Graham, Hale Irwin, Larry Ziegler	L. Graham won with birdie on third extra hole D. Graham and Ziegler eliminated with par on first hole
3	1979	PGA Championship	Ben Crenshaw	Won with birdie on third extra hole

European Tour wins (3)

Legend
Major championships (2)
Other European Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Aug 1979	PGA Championship	69-68-70-65=272	−8	Playoff	Ben Crenshaw
2	21 Jun 1981	U.S. Open	68-68-70-67=273	−7	3 strokes	George Burns, Bill Rogers
3	24 Oct 1982	Trophée Lancôme	66-70-70-70=276	−12	2 strokes	Seve Ballesteros

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1979	PGA Championship	Ben Crenshaw	Won with birdie on third extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	2 May 1976	Chunichi Crowns	72-68-69-67=276	−4	1 stroke	Yasuhiro Miyamoto

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1985	Taiheiyo Club Masters	Tsuneyuki Nakajima	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (6)

Legend
Australian Opens (1)
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Oct 1975	Wills Masters	71-70-69-72=282	−8	2 strokes	Rob McNaughton
2	20 Nov 1977	Australian Open	74-71-68-71=284	−4	3 strokes	Don January, Bruce Lietzke, John Lister
3	28 Oct 1979	CBA West Lakes Classic	72-70-72-71=285	−3	2 strokes	Bob Shearer, Gary Vanier
4	2 Dec 1979	Air New Zealand Shell Open	70-67-69-73=279	−5	8 strokes	Rodger Davis
5	13 Oct 1985	Stefan Queensland Open	66-64-69-70=269	−19	5 strokes	Paul Foley
6	11 Oct 1987	Konica Queensland Open (2)	69-71-69-66=275	−13	7 strokes	Vaughan Somers

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1983	National Panasonic New South Wales Open	Greg Norman	Lost to par on second extra hole

Latin American wins (4)

1971 Caracas Open
1978 Mexico Cup
1980 Mexican Open, Heublein Open (Brazil)

Other wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	15 Nov 1970	World Cup (with Bruce Devlin)	−32 (131-136-131-146=544)	10 strokes	Argentina − Roberto De Vicenzo and Vicente Fernández
2	9 Oct 1976	Piccadilly World Match Play Championship	38 holes		Hale Irwin
3	18 Oct 1981	Trophée Lancôme	−8 (71-72-67-70=280)	5 strokes	Isao Aoki, Sandy Lyle

Senior PGA Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	16 Feb 1997	GTE Classic	−9 (71-68-65=204)	3 strokes	Bob Dickson
2	30 Mar 1997	Southwestern Bell Dominion	−10 (68-69-69=206)	1 stroke	John Jacobs
3	21 Sep 1997	Comfort Classic	−16 (67-68-65=200)	1 stroke	Buddy Allin, Larry Nelson
4	1 Feb 1998	Royal Caribbean Classic	−11 (67-68-67=202)	Playoff	Dave Stockton
5	17 Oct 1999	Raley's Gold Rush Classic	−17 (63-71-65=199)	4 strokes	Larry Mowry

Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1996	Emerald Coast Classic	Bob Eastwood, Mike Hill, Dave Stockton, Lee Trevino	Trevino won with birdie on first extra hole
2	1998	Royal Caribbean Classic	Dave Stockton	Won with birdie on tenth extra hole

Major championships

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner(s)-up
1979	PGA Championship	4 shot deficit	−8 (69-68-70-65=272)	Playoff¹	Ben Crenshaw
1981	U.S. Open	3 shot deficit	−7 (68-68-70-67=273)	3 strokes	George Burns, Bill Rogers

¹Defeated Crenshaw with birdie on third extra hole.

Results timeline

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament		T36	CUT	T29				T6	T9	WD
U.S. Open	CUT	CUT	T47	T58	T18	T29	CUT	CUT	CUT	7
The Open Championship	T32	CUT			T11	T28	T21	CUT	T39
PGA Championship			CUT	CUT		10	T4	CUT	CUT	1

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	5	7	19	46	T6	T10	T28	T27
U.S. Open	T47	1	T6	T8	T21	T23	T15	T51	T47	T61
The Open Championship	T29	T14	T27	T14	CUT	T3	T11	34	CUT	T61
PGA Championship	T26	T43	T49	T14	T48	T32	T7	CUT	T17	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1993	1994	1995
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open	64	60
The Open Championship	T8	CUT
PGA Championship	T66	T52	CUT	CUT	CUT

Win

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut (3rd round cut in 1971, 1977 and 1984 Open Championships)
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Summary

Tournament	Wins	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	1	6	7	14	12
U.S. Open	1	0	1	4	8	22	17
The Open Championship	0	1	1	2	7	19	14
PGA Championship	1	0	2	4	6	22	13
Totals	2	1	5	16	28	77	56

Most consecutive cuts made – 20 (1979 U.S. Open – 1984 U.S. Open)
Longest streak of top-10s – 3 (1979 U.S. Open – 1980 Masters)

Team appearances

World Cup (representing Australia): 1970, 1971
Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1985 (winners), 1986 (winners), 1988
Nissan Cup (representing Australasia): 1985, 1986

References

"Graham, Anthony David, AM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
"Graham wins Piccadilly golf title". Telegraph Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. UPI. 11 October 1976. p. 9. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
"Graham conquers Open crew". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. 22 June 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
Jenkins, Dan (29 June 1981). "Graham Didn't Crack". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
James, Russell (18 September 2012). "Chapter 4". David Graham: From Ridicule to Acclaim. Ryan Publishing.
James, Chapter 5
Yocum, Guy (June 2006). "My Shot: David Graham". Golf Digest. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
"World Golf Hall of Fame welcomes Davies, Graham, O'Meara and Tillinghast as the Class of 2015" (Press release). World Golf Hall of Fame. 15 October 2014.
"David Graham". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
Blake, Martin (16 October 2014). "David Graham elected to World Golf Hall of Fame". Golf Australia.
"World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum to bring 2015 Induction Ceremony to St Andrews, Scotland" (Press release). World Golf Hall of Fame. 22 September 2014.
"Thai Open". The Canberra Times. 23 March 1970. p. 20. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
"Graham wins Yomiuri Open in fine style". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).
"Graham's Golf Title". The Canberra Times. AAP-Reuter. 17 May 1971. p. 13. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
"Graham by Stroke in Open title". The Age. 2 February 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
"Young pro wins Vic. Open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 February 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.

External links

David Graham at the PGA Tour official site
David Graham at the Japan Golf Tour official site
David Graham at the European Tour official site
David Graham at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

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[am-1] "Graham, Anthony David, AM". It's an Honour. Retrieved 22 September 2013.

[2] "Graham wins Piccadilly golf title". Telegraph Herald. Dubuque, Iowa. UPI. 11 October 1976. p. 9. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[gcqoc-3] "Graham conquers Open crew". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. 22 June 1981. p. 17. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[sijun81-4] Jenkins, Dan (29 June 1981). "Graham Didn't Crack". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[5] James, Russell (18 September 2012). "Chapter 4". David Graham: From Ridicule to Acclaim. Ryan Publishing.

[6] James, Chapter 5

[7] Yocum, Guy (June 2006). "My Shot: David Graham". Golf Digest. Retrieved 3 January 2013.

[wghof-8] "World Golf Hall of Fame welcomes Davies, Graham, O'Meara and Tillinghast as the Class of 2015" (Press release). World Golf Hall of Fame. 15 October 2014.

[9] "David Graham". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[10] Blake, Martin (16 October 2014). "David Graham elected to World Golf Hall of Fame". Golf Australia.

[11] "World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum to bring 2015 Induction Ceremony to St Andrews, Scotland" (Press release). World Golf Hall of Fame. 22 September 2014.

[12] "Thai Open". The Canberra Times. 23 March 1970. p. 20. Retrieved 15 October 2020.

[13] "Graham wins Yomiuri Open in fine style". The Straits Times. 20 April 1970. p. 21. Retrieved 7 February 2020 – via National Library Board (Singapore).

[:1-14] "Graham's Golf Title". The Canberra Times. AAP-Reuter. 17 May 1971. p. 13. Retrieved 17 February 2020.

[15] "Graham by Stroke in Open title". The Age. 2 February 1970. p. 22. Retrieved 1 November 2020.

[16] "Young pro wins Vic. Open". The Canberra Times. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 February 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 22 February 2020 – via Trove.