Cory Crawford

Cory Crawford
Personal information
Born	(1992-09-11) 11 September 1992 (age 33) Tasmania, Australia
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Career
Turned professional	2016
Current tours	Asian Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour	PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins	3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia	3

Cory Crawford (born 11 September 1992) is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2024 Victorian PGA Championship and has won the Papua New Guinea Open twice. ^[1]

Early life and amateur career

Crawford was born in Tasmania and educated at Hills International College in Queensland, where they have a golf academy, and passed through the Queensland Academy of Sport golf program. ^[2] He made Sanctuary Cove Golf Club in Gold Coast, Queensland his new base. ^[3]

Crawford performed well in amateur golf winning the Malaysian Amateur, making the quarter finals of the 2014 Western Amateur in Chicago where he lost to Brian Campbell, ^[4] finishing runner-up at the 2015 Australian Master of the Amateurs at Royal Melbourne Golf Club two strokes behind Zach Murray, and finishing 3rd at the Keperra Bowl in Brisbane. ^[5]

Professional career

Crawford turned professional in 2016 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he won his first title at the 2017 SP Brewery PNG Golf Open. ^[6] He tied for 3rd at the 2018 Oates Vic Open and the 2021 Victorian PGA Championship. Playing in China, he tied 4th at the for 4th at the 2018 Xiamen Open and 2019 Hangzhou International Championship. ^[7]

Crawford then lost several seasons due to back injury, which turned out to be a fracture of the T10 vertebrae. ^[8] After a stint in the PGA Tour Canada in 2023, Crawford staged a comeback in Australia and won the 2024 Victorian PGA Championship. ^[9]

In 2026, Crawford earned status for the International Series on the Asian Tour at the LIV Golf Promotions event in Florida. ^[10]

Amateur wins

• 2014 Malaysian Amateur Championship

Source: ^[11]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	7 May 2017	SP Brewery PNG Golf Open	−10 (71-65-73-69=278)	Playoff	Brett Rankin
2	8 Dec 2024	Victorian PGA Championship	−15 (66-67-72-68=273)	1 stroke	Tyler McCumber
3	17 Aug 2025	PNG Open (2)	−11 (72-72-68-65=277)	4 strokes	Will Florimo, Ben Henkel, Zach Ion, Jake McLeod, Lincoln Tighe

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2017	SP Brewery PNG Golf Open	Brett Rankin	Won with par on sixth extra hole

Team appearances

Amateur

• Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2014, 2015

References

1. Marshallsea, Trevor (8 December 2024). "Crawford clings on to win Vic PGA by a stroke". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
2. "Australia's Premier Junior Golf Facility". 13 February 2008. Archived from the original on 13 February 2008.
3. "Australia's best confirmed for Asia-Pacific Amateur at Royal Melbourne". Golf Australia. 11 September 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
4. Stein, Cassie. "Western Amateur semifinals set for Saturday". Golfweek. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
5. "Cory Crawford". NZ Open. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
6. "Crawford wins PNG Open in six-hole playoff". Post-Courier. 8 May 2017. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
7. "Cory Crawford". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
8. Webeck, Tony (17 August 2025). "Cory Crawford surges to second PNG Open crown". Australian Golf Digest. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
9. "Cory back from the brink at Vic PGA". Australian Senior Golfer. 9 December 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
10. Jourdan, Cameron (11 January 2026). "Who earned spots on LIV Golf after LIV Golf Promotions 2026?". Golfweek. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
11. "Cory Crawford". Golf Australia. Retrieved 11 January 2026.

External links

• Cory Crawford at the Official World Golf Ranking official site