Craig Maltman

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Craig Maltman
Personal information
Full nameThomas Craig Maltman
Born (1953-03-23) 23 March 1953 (age 70)
Eyemouth, Scotland
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Career
Turned professional1972
Former tour(s) European Tour
European Senior Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other6

Thomas Craig Maltman (born 23 March 1953) is a Scottish professional golfer. He had some successes in Scottish events, winning the Scottish Assistants' Championship three times and winning the Tartan Tour Order of Merit in 1989 after winning the Sunderland Sportswear Masters and the Ram Classic that year. He played on the Safari Circuit, winning 1989 Zambia Open and the 1993 Kenya Open.

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Professional career

Maltman had been an assistant greenkeeper at Dunbar before turning professional. [1] He was an assistant as Knebworth and then at Beadlow Manor. [1] [2] He won the Scottish Assistants' Championship three times, in 1972, 1975 and 1976, and was also runner-up, behind Jim Noon, in 1974. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Maltman became the professional at Eyemouth in the late 1970s. He played a number of European Tour events in the early 1980s, with little success. [5] He was tied for third place after three rounds of the 1981 Coral Classic at Royal Porthcawl after a third-round 66, but a final round 77 dropped him into a tie for 10th place. [6]

Domestically Maltman's best season was 1989 when he won the Scottish region Order of Merit. [7] He had two wins during the season, in the Sunderland Sportswear Masters and the Ram Classic. [8] [9] He was runner-up in a number of Scottish 72-hole events, including the 1983 Carnoustie Challenge, the 1987 Sunderland Sportswear Masters, the Daily Express Scottish National Pro-am in 1989, 1990 and 1991, and the Gore-Tex Fabrics Challenge in 1992. [10] Maltman gained a place on the 1990 European Tour by finishing 42nd in the qualifying school at La Manga in December 1989. [11] He had some success, making the cut in his first seven tournaments between February and May. but had some poor results and dropped off the tour at the end of July. [5]

Maltman finished third in the 1992 Glenmuir Club Professional Championship to gain a place in the PGA Cup team that year. [12] He also made the team in 1994. [13] He only won one of his five matches in 1992 but had better results in 1994, winning three matches out of four. [14]

Maltman was a regular competitor on the Safari Circuit. In 1984 he was a runner-up in the Ivory Coast Open, five strokes behind Bill McColl. [15] He won the Zambia Open in 1989 and was a runner-up the following year. [16] [17] He was runner-up in the 1992 Kenya Open, a stroke behind André Bossert, and won the event the following year, making a birdie at the third playoff hole against Peter Harrison and Daniel Westermark. [18] [19]

Maltman competed on the European Senior Tour from 2003 to 2006. He had four top-10 finishes including three in successive events from April to June 2005. [20]

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
17 Feb 1993 Kenya Open −8 (74-66-69-67=276)Playoff Flag of England.svg Peter Harrison, Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Westermark

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1993 Kenya Open Flag of England.svg Peter Harrison, Flag of Sweden.svg Daniel Westermark Won with birdie on third extra hole

Safari Circuit wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
15 Feb 1989 Zambia Open E (67-76-62=215)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Mark Roe

Other wins (5)

Team appearances

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Maltman holds on to lead" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 4 October 1972. p. 16 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. 1 2 "Assistants' title won by Maltman". The Glasgow Herald. 17 October 1975. p. 21.
  3. ↑ "Maltman holds off late surge by Renton Doig" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 29 October 1976. p. 24 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Noon is top assistant". The Glasgow Herald. 17 October 1974. p. 4.
  5. 1 2 "Craig Maltman Career Record Details DP World Tour". European Tour.
  6. ↑ "Smyth snatches £7,000 prize as O'Leary falters". The Daily Telegraph . 29 June 1981. p. 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "The PGA in Scotland Order of Merit Winners". Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Maltman leaves them all behind". The Glasgow Herald . 16 June 1989. p. 46.
  9. 1 2 "Maltman 'disappointed' in victory". The Glasgow Herald . 5 August 1989. p. 18.
  10. ↑ "Brian's the lone star". Daily Record (Scotland) . 5 September 1992. p. 43 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Russell Weir and Jim White". The Glasgow Herald. 9 December 1989. p. 4.
  12. ↑ Moseley, Ron (4 July 1992). "Hoskison wins after early crisis". The Daily Telegraph. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Individual Playing Records".
  14. ↑ "PGA Cup 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  15. ↑ "Scotland's Billy McColl". The Glasgow Herald . 5 March 1984. p. 16.
  16. ↑ "Maltman is singing in the rain". The Glasgow Herald . 6 February 1989. p. 17.
  17. ↑ "Gordon shoots winning brand of golf in Africa" (PDF). Greenkeeping Management. March 1988. p. 68.
  18. ↑ "Scotland's Craig Maltman". The Daily Telegraph . 27 January 1992. p. 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ↑ "Craig Maltman". The Daily Telegraph . 8 February 1993. p. 39 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ↑ "Craig Maltman Career Record Details Legends Tour". European Tour.
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