Peter O'Malley | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | Peter Anthony O'Malley |
Born | Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia | 23 June 1965
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
Weight | 228 lb (103 kg; 16.3 st) |
Sporting nationality | Australia |
Residence | Sydney, Australia Sunningdale, England |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1987 |
Current tour(s) | European Seniors Tour PGA Tour of Australasia |
Former tour(s) | European Tour |
Professional wins | 8 |
Highest ranking | 61 (5 September 1999) [1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 3 |
PGA Tour of Australasia | 5 |
Korn Ferry Tour | 2 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | DNP |
PGA Championship | CUT: 1999, 2000, 2002 |
U.S. Open | T67: 1996 |
The Open Championship | T7: 1997 |
Peter Anthony O'Malley (born 23 June 1965) is an Australian professional golfer.
O'Malley was born in Bathurst, New South Wales.
O'Malley won the Australian Junior Championship and the New Zealand Amateur in 1986.
O'Malley turned professional in 1987. He has won several times on the PGA Tour of Australasia, but spent most of the year playing on the European Tour. He was runner-up to Mark James in his first European Tour event, the 1989 Dubai Desert Classic, and has since won three titles on the European Tour. Perhaps the most famous of these three victories was his Scottish Open win which he played the last five holes in seven under par to snatch victory. He made the top-100 on the European Tour Order of Merit every year from 1989 through to 2007, with a best ranking of tenth in 1995. His greatest strength is his accuracy, and he topped the European Tour's driving accuracy rankings in 2001 and 2002.
O'Malley is married to Jill O'Malley and has two children, Tom and Jess.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 11 Jul 1992 | Bell's Scottish Open | −18 (65-70-65-62=262) | 2 strokes | Colin Montgomerie |
2 | 14 May 1995 | Benson & Hedges International Open | −8 (68-65-74-73=280) | 1 stroke | Mark James, Costantino Rocca |
3 | 10 Jun 2001 | Compass Group English Open | −13 (70-69-70-66=275) | 1 stroke | Raphaël Jacquelin |
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1989 | Karl Litten Desert Classic | Mark James | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 10 Dec 1995 | AMP Air New Zealand Open | −8 (65-67-68-72=272) | 3 strokes | Scott Hoch |
2 | 22 Feb 1998 | Canon Challenge | −17 (63-73-64-71=271) | 9 strokes | Paul Gow |
3 | 17 Mar 2002 | Holden Clearwater Classic 1 | −17 (67-69-67-68=271) | 5 strokes | Brad Ott |
4 | 27 Feb 2005 | ING New Zealand PGA Championship 1 (2) | −14 (66-68-71-69=274) | Playoff | Steven Bowditch |
5 | 28 Nov 2010 | NSW Open | −14 (65-67-66-72=270) | Playoff | Peter Cooke, Tom Lewis (a) |
1Co-sanctioned by the Nationwide Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1989 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | Ian Stanley | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 1997 | Ericsson Masters | Peter Lonard | Lost to par on second extra hole |
3 | 2005 | ING New Zealand PGA Championship | Steven Bowditch | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 2010 | NSW Open | Peter Cooke, Tom Lewis (a) | Won with par on third extra hole Cooke eliminated by par on second hole |
Tournament | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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U.S. Open | T67 | CUT | ||||||||||||
The Open Championship | T38 | T68 | T55 | CUT | T7 | T24 | T24 | CUT | T8 | CUT | CUT | |||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Note: O'Malley never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 8 |
Tournament | 2002 | 2003 |
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Match Play | R32 | |
Championship | T57 | T44 |
Invitational |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
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