Mike Miller | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Michael John Miller | ||
Born | Lenzie, Scotland | 22 April 1951||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Sporting nationality | Scotland | ||
Residence | Torrance, Scotland | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1978 | ||
Current tour(s) | European Seniors Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour | ||
Professional wins | 8 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
European Senior Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 5 (regular) 1 (senior) | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | T32: 1982, 1991 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Michael John Miller (born 22 April 1951) is a Scottish professional golfer.
Miller was born in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow. He turned professional in 1978 at a relatively late age, and was the European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 1979. That year he lost a playoff to Mark James at the Welsh Golf Classic. He never came closer than that to winning a European Tour event, though he finished second in the 1983 Kronenbourg Open. His best ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit was forty-seventh in 1981. However he has won several professional tournaments, including one each on the Challenge Tour and the European Seniors Tour, which he joined in 2001.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 25 Feb 1996 | Kenya Open | −12 (68-66-66-72=272) | Playoff | Phil Harrison, Robert Lee |
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1996 | Kenya Open | Phil Harrison, Robert Lee | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 24 Aug 2003 | Nigel Mansell Classic | −11 (67-66-72=205) | 2 strokes | Delroy Cambridge, Denis Durnian, Terry Gale, Denis O'Sullivan, Ian Stanley |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1979 | Welsh Golf Classic | Mark James, Eddie Polland | James won with par on third extra hole Polland eliminated by birdie on second hole |
Tournament | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
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The Open Championship | T44 | CUT | T32 | CUT |
Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
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The Open Championship | T32 | T70 | CUT |
Note: Miller only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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