Peter Fowler | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Peter Randall Fowler | ||
Nickname | Chook | ||
Born | Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia | 9 June 1959||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | Australia | ||
Residence | Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1977 | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia Champions Tour European Senior Tour | ||
Professional wins | 20 | ||
Highest ranking | 46 (29 April 1990) [1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 1 | ||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 4 | ||
European Senior Tour | 7 | ||
Other | 8 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | T22: 2003 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Peter Randall Fowler (born 9 June 1959) is an Australian professional golfer who played on the European Tour, PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Senior Tour.
Fowler was born in Hornsby, New South Wales. He turned professional in 1977 and won the Australian Open in 1983. He has spent a large part of his career playing on the European Tour, where he made the top one hundred on the Order of Merit every year from 1983 to 1993, with a best ranking of 22nd in 1989. His only European Tour win came at the 1993 BMW International Open in Germany.
After struggling for form in through the mid and late nineties Fowler enjoyed something of an Indian summer between 2002 and 2004, returning to the top hundred for those three seasons, and recording his best finish in The Open Championship in 2003 when he came joint 22nd.
Another career highlight for Fowler was winning the 1989 World Cup for Australia in partnership with Wayne Grady. In addition to the team title, Fowler won the prize for the best individual performance.
In 2009, Fowler joined the European Senior Tour, making his début in the Jersey Seniors Classic, which was played at the same venue, La Moye Golf Club, at which he had made his first appearance on the European Tour in 1983. [2]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 8 Aug 1993 | BMW International Open | −21 (67-69-68-63=267) | 3 strokes | Ian Woosnam |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1986 | Jersey Open | John Morgan | Lost to par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 29 Mar 1987 | Singapore Open | −10 (66-70-65-73=274) | Playoff | Hsu Sheng-san, Jeff Maggert |
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1987 | Singapore Open | Hsu Sheng-san, Jeff Maggert | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 20 Nov 1983 | Australian Open | −3 (72-76-68-69=285) | 3 strokes | Ian Baker-Finch |
2 | 6 Oct 1985 | Queensland PGA Championship | −7 (71-68-69-69=277) | 1 stroke | Keith Parker, Wayne Riley |
3 | 16 Feb 1986 | Robert Boyd Transport Australian Match Play Championship | 6 and 5 | Bob Shearer | |
4 | 14 Feb 1993 | AMP New Zealand Open | −10 (69-71-67-67=274) | 1 stroke | Elliot Boult |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1982 | Queensland PGA Championship | Paul Foley | Lost to par on first extra hole |
2 | 1993 | Ford Australian PGA Championship | Ian Baker-Finch, Grant Waite | Baker-Finch won with birdie on second extra hole |
Legend |
Tour Championships (1) |
Other European Senior Tour (6) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 5 Jun 2011 | ISPS Handa Senior Masters | −10 (68-71-70=209) | 3 strokes | Andrew Oldcorn |
2 | 3 Jul 2011 | Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open | −14 (66-65-65=196) | 2 strokes | Andrew Oldcorn |
3 | 22 Sep 2013 | French Riviera Masters | −11 (68-71-66=205) | 3 strokes | Andrew Oldcorn, Santiago Luna |
4 | 6 Jun 2015 | Acorn Jersey Open | −7 (70-68-71=209) | 1 stroke | Anders Forsbrand |
5 | 14 Jun 2015 | ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship | −12 (68-67-67-70=272) | 3 strokes | Gordon Manson |
6 | 25 Aug 2018 | Willow Senior Golf Classic | −12 (66-69-69=204) | 2 strokes | Clark Dennis, Gary Orr |
7 | 7 Dec 2019 | MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles) | −4 (70-69-67=206) | 1 stroke | James Kingston |
European Senior Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2017 | Senior Italian Open | Clark Dennis | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2018 | Sharjah Senior Golf Masters | Clark Dennis, Thaworn Wiratchant | Wiratchant won with par on fourth extra hole Fowler eliminated by par on first hole |
Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T56 | T70 | T52 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Open Championship | T48 | T73 | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
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The Open Championship | T22 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Note: Fowler only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1983 Open Championship)
"T" indicates a tie for a place
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