David Creamer

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David Creamer
Personal information
Born (1942-12-09) 9 December 1942 (age 81)
Perivale, Middlesex, England
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
Turned professional1966
Former tour(s) European Seniors Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1980

David Creamer (born 9 December 1942) is a former international table tennis player and professional golfer from England. [1]

Contents

Table tennis career

Creamer represented England at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Chester Barnes, Ian Harrison and Bryan Merrett. [2] [3] He also won an English National title in 1964, in the doubles with Johnny Leach. [4]

Golf career

Creamer turned professional in 1966. Until he reached 50, Creamer played little top-level golf. However, he qualified for the 1980 Open Championship at Muirfield where he missed the cut. [1] [5] He played regularly on the European Senior Tour from 1993 to 2007, competing in over 200 events. [5] He was twice in the top 10 of the money list, in 1997 and 2000. [5] Creamer won once, the Energis Senior Masters at Wentworth in 2000. He was a runner-up 6 times, including the PGA Seniors Championship in 1994 and the Lawrence Batley Seniors in 2002, where he lost in a playoff. [5]

Professional wins (1)

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
16 Aug 2000 Energis Senior Masters −8 (66-70-72=208)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Stanley

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2002 Lawrence Batley Seniors Flag of England.svg Neil Coles, Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stull Coles won with par on third extra hole
Stull eliminated by par on second hole

Team appearances

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References

  1. 1 2 "Seniors Tour: Creamer the man to catch". The Telegraph.
  2. "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  3. "1963 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  4. Nichols, Peter (8 June 2014). "Johnny Leach obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Player Profile David Creamer". European Tour. Retrieved 8 October 2020.