David Gleeson (golfer)

Last updated

David Gleeson
Personal information
Born (1978-02-02) 2 February 1978 (age 46)
Dalby, Queensland, Australia
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb; 10.7 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Ipswich, Queensland, Australia
Children2
Career
College International Pacific College
Turned professional1998
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour3
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2007

David Gleeson (born 2 February 1978) is a professional golfer from Australia currently playing on the Asian Tour, where he has three victories.

Contents

Amateur career

Gleeson was born in Queensland and played amateur golf with notable golfers Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy and Brett Rumford. He had his biggest amateur win at the 1996 Australian Amateur. He was also a part of the winning team at the 1996 Eisenhower Trophy. He turned professional in 1998.

Professional career

Gleeson joined the Asian Tour in 1999 but did not find immediate success, picking up only three top-10s in his first three seasons.

After not finding success early on in Asia, Gleeson decided to attempt to play golf in Australia. He was medalist at the qualifying school in 2001 and picked up his best finish of the year at the Australian PGA Championship, where he finished 9th.

Gleeson's breakthrough year was 2002, where he picked up his first professional win on the Asian Tour at the Volvo China Open, where he led from start to finish. But immediately after his first win, he had a dip in performance.

Gleeson said mainly that his poor form was due to him tinkering with his swing and changing equipment frequently. He had only one top-10 in 2003 and did not record a top-10 in 2004 or 2005. He recorded two top-10s in 2006 with a runner-up finish. His 2007 season included three top-10s and he got his full playing status back.

The second Asian Tour win for Gleeson came in 2008 at the Macau Open. [1] He finished 2008 as his most successful season on the Asian Tour, earning almost $500,000 and a 5th-place finish on the Order of Merit. Gleeson credits his return to form to fatherhood, saying he has less time now to tinker with his swing.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

Asian Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
115 Sep 2002 Volvo China Open −16 (65-67-69-71=272)6 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Kennedy
226 Oct 2008 Macau Open −18 (64-64-69-69=266)3 strokes Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lin Wen-tang
316 Oct 2011 Hero Indian Open −20 (68-66-66-68=268)3 strokes Flag of India.svg Chiragh Kumar

Asian Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2009 Brunei Open Flag of the Republic of China.svg Wang Ter-chang Lost to par on second extra hole
2 2019 Sabah Masters Flag of Thailand.svg Phachara Khongwatmai, Flag of India.svg Aman Raj,
Flag of Thailand.svg Pavit Tangkamolprasert
Tangkamolprasert won with birdie on second extra hole
Raj eliminated by par on first hole

PGT Asia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
120 Apr 2018 ICTSI Luisita Championship−11 (69-71-65-72=277)Playoff Flag of the Philippines.svg Erwin Arcillas

Results in major championships

Tournament2007
The Open Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Gleeson only played in The Open Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2011
Match Play
Championship
Invitational
Champions 71
  Did not play

Team appearances

Amateur

Related Research Articles

Ronan Patrick Rafferty is a Northern Irish professional golfer who formerly played on the European Tour. He won the European Tour Order of Merit in 1989.

Ian Michael Baker-Finch is an Australian golfer and sports commentator best known for winning The Open Championship in 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Bjørn</span> Danish professional golfer

Thomas Bjørn is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He is the most successful Danish golfer to have played the game having won fifteen tournaments worldwide on the European Tour. In 1997 he also became the first Dane to qualify for a European Ryder Cup team. He captained the winning European side at the 2018 Ryder Cup.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño</span> Spanish golfer (born 1980)

Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño is a Spanish professional golfer. He has played on the European Tour, winning seven times, and on the PGA Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tim Clark (golfer)</span> South African professional golfer

Timothy Henry Clark is a South African professional golfer who formerly played on the PGA Tour. His biggest win was The Players Championship in 2010, which was also his first PGA Tour win.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Geoff Ogilvy</span> Australian professional golfer

Geoff Charles Ogilvy is an Australian professional golfer. He won the 2006 U.S. Open and has also won three World Golf Championships.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Grégory Havret</span> French professional golfer (born 1976)

Grégory Havret is a French professional golfer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter O'Malley (golfer)</span> Australian professional golfer

Peter Anthony O'Malley is an Australian professional golfer.

Brendan Mark Jones is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour, where he has won 15 times between 2002 and 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Edoardo Molinari</span> Italian professional golfer

Edoardo Molinari is an Italian professional golfer who plays on the European Tour, where he is a three-time winner. He was also the 2005 U.S. Amateur champion; 2009 Challenge Tour Rankings leader; winner, with his brother Francesco, of the 2009 World Cup; and a member of the 2010 European Ryder Cup winning team. He has won professional tournaments on four of the six continents on which golf is played: Europe, South America, Africa and Asia. He is a Vice-Captain for the 2023 Ryder Cup in Marco Simone, Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kim Kyung-tae</span> South Korean professional golfer

Kim Kyung-tae, also known as K.T. Kim, is a South Korean professional golfer who currently plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Korean Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joost Luiten</span> Dutch professional golfer (born 1986)

Willibrordus Adrianus Maria "Joost" Luiten is a Dutch professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Felipe Aguilar</span> Chilean professional golfer

Felipe Andrés Aguilar Schuller is a Chilean professional golfer who plays on the European Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Danny Lee (golfer)</span> New Zealand golfer

Danny Jin-Myung Lee is a New Zealand professional golfer. Lee was born in Incheon, South Korea, and emigrated to New Zealand at the age of eight. He became a New Zealand citizen on 2 September 2008 in Rotorua, where he attended Rotorua Boys' High School.

Michael Richard Long is a New Zealand professional golfer who has played on a number of tours, including two seasons on the PGA Tour and three seasons on the European Tour. He won four times on the PGA Tour of Australasia between 1996 and 2018 and twice on the Nationwide Tour. He won the 2020 European Senior Tour Q-School.

Juvic Pagunsan is a Filipino professional golfer who plays on the Japan Golf Tour and the Asian Tour. He won the 2007 Pertamina Indonesia President Invitational on the Asian Tour and the 2021 Gateway to The Open Mizuno Open on the Japan Golf Tour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Martin Wiegele</span> Austrian professional golfer (born 1978)

Martin Wiegele is an Austrian professional golfer.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gareth Paddison</span> New Zealand professional golfer

Gareth Paddison is a New Zealand professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Min Woo Lee is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He won the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open, the 2021 Abrdn Scottish Open and the 2023 Fortinet Australian PGA Championship on the European Tour. He also won the 2023 SJM Macao Open on the Asian Tour.

Kazuma Kobori is a New Zealand professional golfer. He won the 2019 New Zealand PGA Championship as an amateur, as well as the individual title at the 2023 Eisenhower Trophy.

References

  1. "Gleeson wins Macau Open". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 7 July 2009.