Terry Gale

Terry R. Gale (born 7 June 1946) is an Australian professional golfer.

Terry Gale
Personal information
Full nameTerry R. Gale
Born (1946-06-07) 7 June 1946
Yelbeni, Western Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Nationality Australia
ResidencePerth, Western Australia
Career
Turned professional1976
Current tour(s)European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins42
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia15
European Senior Tour7
Other18
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT13: 1979

Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s he won regularly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour and the pre-Asian Tour Asian circuit. Since turning fifty he has been a member of the European Seniors Tour, where he has won seven tournaments. His best season on that tour was 2003, when he finished third on the Order of Merit. He also plays on the Japanese Seniors Tour.

Off the course, Gale was the second Chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia. His son, Mark Gale was a professional Australian rules footballer. Gale Sr was also a talented cricketer in his youth, representing his state on occasion, although never at First Class level.

Amateur wins
  • 1969 Western Australian Amateur
  • 1972 Western Australian Amateur
  • 1974 Australian Amateur, Western Australian Amateur
  • 1975 Western Australian Amateur

Professional wins (42)

Japan Golf Tour wins (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 20 Jun 1982 Yomiuri Open −16 (70-70-68-68=276) 3 strokes Masahiro Kuramoto, Tsuneyuki Nakajima,
Namio Takasu, Nobumitsu Yuhara
2 23 Apr 1989 Dunlop Open1 −4 (73-74-68-69=284) 1 stroke Chen Tze-ming, Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1983 Japan Open Golf Championship Isao Aoki Lost to par on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (15)

Australian circuit wins (6)

Asia Golf Circuit wins (6)

Other wins (4)

European Senior Tour wins (7)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 25 Aug 1996 The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship −4 (72-70-72-70=284) 1 stroke Tommy Horton
2 7 Sep 2002 GIN Monte Carlo Invitational −10 (62-67-68=197) 1 stroke Keith MacDonald
3 29 Mar 2003 Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open −10 (70-64-72=206) 6 strokes Jerry Bruner, Brian Jones
4 5 Apr 2003 Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic −13 (68-70-65=203) 3 strokes John Chillas
5 31 Aug 2003 Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open −11 (69-66-70=205) 2 strokes Nick Job, Barry Vivian
6 16 May 2004 Bosch Italian Seniors Open −5 (69-74-68=211) 1 stroke David J. Russell
7 14 Aug 2005 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open −11 (67-66-66=199) 2 strokes Luis Carbonetti, Géry Watine

European Senior Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1998 AIB Irish Seniors Open Joe McDermott, Noel Ratcliffe McDermott won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Ratcliffe eliminated by par on first hole
2 2004 Digicel Jamaica Classic Luis Carbonetti Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Australian Seniors Tour wins (2)
  • 1997 Australian PGA Seniors Championship
  • 2006 Australian PGA Seniors Championship

Results in major championships
Tournament 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
The Open Championship T13 CUT T44 T42 T29 T28 CUT CUT

Note: Gale only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1980 and 1985 Open Championships)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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