Peter Senior

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Peter Senior
OAM
Personal information
Full namePeter Albert Charles Senior
Born (1959-07-31) 31 July 1959 (age 65)
Singapore
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Hope Island, Australia
Career
Turned professional1978
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Champions Tour
European Senior Tour
Professional wins35
Highest ranking 23 (28 November 1993) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Japan Golf Tour3
PGA Tour of Australasia21
European Senior Tour1
Other6
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T42: 1990
PGA Championship T44: 1995
U.S. Open CUT: 1990
The Open Championship T4: 1993
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner 		1987, 1989, 1993,
2012
PGA Tour of Australasia
Player of the Year 		1993

Peter Albert Charles Senior OAM (born 31 July 1959) is an Australian professional golfer who has won more than twenty tournaments around the world.

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Senior has competed mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he has had the most success and won the Order of Merit on four occasions, and the European Tour. He has also played occasionally on the Japan Golf Tour and the United States–based PGA Tour.

Senior has represented Australia in international competitions several times, and was a member of the International Team at the first two stagings of the Presidents Cup. He has also represented Australia twice at the World Cup.

Personal life

Senior was born in Singapore. He lives in Hope Island, Queensland, with his wife June, whom he married in 1984. They have three children: Krystlle, Jasmine and Mitchell.

In his spare time Peter enjoys fishing, reading and spending time with his family. Peter also owns various other businesses unrelated to his golfing career.

Professional career

Senior turned professional in 1978 and joined the PGA Tour of Australia, now the PGA Tour of Australasia. During his career, he has won 21 tournaments on the tour, including the Australian PGA Championship in 1989, 2003 and 2010, the Australian Open in 1989 and 2012, and the Australian Masters in 1991, 1995 and 2015. Senior has won professional events on the main men's tour in five separate decades, a feat achieved by very few players previously anywhere in the world. He also has the distinction of winning the Australian PGA, Open and Masters tournaments after he turned 50. He also topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1987, 1989 and 1993. Even after reaching the age of fifty, he remained competitive on the tour, through until his retirement from golf in 2016. [2] [3]

Between 1984 and 1992, Senior competed on the European Tour full-time, winning four tournaments and finishing a career best of 7th on the Order of Merit in 1987. He also played regularly on the Japanese Tour, winning three tournaments before rejoining the European Tour in 1998. [4] Through the 2007 season he continued to play in a small number of tournaments on the tour.

In 1985, Senior finished 5th at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament to earn his card for the following season. He did not have much success, making just two cuts in the first half of the season, before he elected to return to Europe. He did play in several PGA Tour events in other seasons, notably finishing tied for second in The International in 1990, but never tried to qualify for the tour again.

Senior made his debut on the over-50 circuit the Champions Tour in February 2010 at The ACE Group Classic. Senior has yet to win on the Champions Tour, but has finished as a runner up on six occasions, with three playoff defeats. One of these came in February 2012 at the Allianz Championship, when Senior birdied the final hole of regulation to make the playoff before losing to Corey Pavin with a birdie on the first playoff hole.

Senior announced his retirement during the second round of the 2016 Australian Open held at The Royal Sydney Golf Club. Senior suffered a hip injury on the sixth hole and announced his retirement from professional golf shortly after.

He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2024 King's Birthday Honours for his service to golf. [5]

Professional wins (35)

European Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
110 Aug 1986 PLM Open −11 (69-72-64-68=273)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Mats Lanner
227 Jun 1987 Johnnie Walker Monte Carlo Open −16 (66-63-65-66=260)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodger Davis
39 Sep 1990 Panasonic European Open −13 (67-68-66-66=267)1 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Ian Woosnam
410 May 1992 Benson & Hedges International Open −1 (74-73-70-70=287)Playoff Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Tony Johnstone

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1992 Benson & Hedges International Open Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Tony Johnstone Won with par on first extra hole

PGA of Japan Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
119 Apr 1992 Bridgestone Aso Open −7 (70-70-70-71=281)1 stroke Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rick Gibson
22 May 1993 The Crowns −10 (68-67-69-66=270)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Gary Hallberg, Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Masashi Ozaki
323 Apr 1995 Dunlop Open 1−9 (69-70-67-73=279)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brian Watts

1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (21)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (20)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
125 Feb 1979 Dunhill South Australian Open −6 (70-72-70-70=282)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Stevens (a)
214 Oct 1984 Stefan Queensland Open −6 (68-71-70-73=282)7 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Grady
325 Nov 1984 Honeywell Classic [lower-alpha 1] −18 (71-70-67-66=274)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ossie Moore
425 Jan 1987 U-Bix Classic [lower-alpha 1] (2)−19 (67-65-72-69=273)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Gerry Taylor
51 Mar 1987 Rich River Classic −15 (62-68-71-72=273)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Ferguson
618 Oct 1987 Queensland PGA Championship −10 (67-72-71-68=278)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Woodland
712 Nov 1989 Australian PGA Championship [lower-alpha 1] −14 (67-68-68-71=274)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Benepe
83 Dec 1989 Australian Open −17 (66-66-69-70=271)7 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Fowler
910 Dec 1989 Johnnie Walker Australian Classic −12 (65-72-70-69=276)5 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman
1017 Feb 1991 Pyramid Australian Masters −14 (68-71-69-70=278)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman
118 Dec 1991 Johnnie Walker Australian Classic (2)−10 (66-71-72-73=282)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rodger Davis, Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Nobilo
1231 Jan 1993 Heineken Classic −13 (65-71-67-72=275)3 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Campbell
1327 Feb 1994 Canon Challenge −12 (68-67-72-69=276)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Gray
1419 Feb 1995 Australian Masters (2)−12 (69-70-72-69=280)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wayne Grady, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Lucas Parsons,
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson
1525 Feb 1996 Canon Challenge (2)−10 (70-72-67-69=278)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad King,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Willis
161 Dec 1996 Greg Norman's Holden Classic −7 (69-73-69-70=281)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Greg Norman
1723 Feb 1997 Canon Challenge (3)−14 (68-70-66-70=274)Playoff Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker
1814 Dec 2003 Australian PGA Championship (2)−17 (64-65-69-73=271)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rod Pampling
1913 Dec 2010 Australian PGA Championship 1 [lower-alpha 2] (3)−12 (70-67-68-71=276)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Ogilvy
209 Dec 2012 Emirates Australian Open 1 (2)−4 (75-68-69-72=284)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Jones
2122 Nov 2015 Uniqlo Masters (3)−8 (70-70-68-68=276)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Bryson DeChambeau (a), Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Evans,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John Senden

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (5–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11979 Dunhill South Australian Open Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Stevens (a)Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 1987 Queensland PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jeff Woodland Won with bogey on first extra hole
3 1993 Microsoft Australian Masters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bradley Hughes Lost to par on first extra hole
4 1994 Canon Challenge Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Gray Won with birdie on first extra hole
5 1997 Canon Challenge Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker Won with birdie on fourth extra hole
6 2010 Australian PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Geoff Ogilvy Won with par on second extra hole

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
120 Jul 2003 Queensland Masters −17 (67-67-70-67=271)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Paul Marantz

Other wins (3)

European Senior Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
121 Nov 2010
(2011 season)		 Handa Australian Senior Open −9 (65-70-72=207)3 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Sandy Lyle

PGA of Australia Legends Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
120 Dec 2009 Australian PGA Seniors Championship −9 (72-63-72=207)9 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Larry Canning, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mike Harwood
22 Nov 2019 Australian PGA Seniors Championship (2)−9 (69-67-65=201)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Fowler, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter O'Malley

Playoff record

Champions Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2011 Songdo IBD Championship Flag of the United States.svg Jay Don Blake, Flag of the United States.svg John Cook,
Flag of the United States.svg Mark O'Meara 		Blake won with birdie on fifth extra hole
O'Meara and Senior eliminated by par on third hole
22011 Regions Tradition Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman Lost to par on second extra hole
3 2012 Allianz Championship Flag of the United States.svg Corey Pavin Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament19791980198119821983198419851986198719881989
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTT14T44CUTCUT6CUT
PGA Championship T58
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament T42
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTT17T25T4T20T58CUTT51CUT
PGA Championship 62CUTT48T51T71T44CUT
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T72
PGA Championship
Tournament2010201120122013
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T60T79
PGA Championship
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1979 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000011
U.S. Open 00000010
The Open Championship 0001261912
PGA Championship 00000086
Totals0001262919

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament1991199219931994
The Players Championship CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011
Match Play
Championship T42NT1T43T64
Invitational T72
Champions

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

Notes

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 48 1993 Ending 28 Nov 1993" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Craddock, Robert (8 December 2008). "Persistent Peter Senior just keeps on coming at 49". Herald Sun . Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Peter Senior to take on US Seniors tour". The Daily Telegraph. Sydney. 24 December 2008. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "Australian PGA champ Senior to play in NZ Open". The New Zealand Herald . 18 December 2003. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Mr Peter Albert Senior". Australian Honours Search Facility. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
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