Tony Gresham

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Tony Gresham
Personal information
Full nameAnthony Yale Gresham
Born (1940-12-04) 4 December 1940 (age 83)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
StatusAmateur
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia2

Anthony Yale Gresham OAM (born 4 December 1940) is an Australian amateur golfer. He won the 1977 Australian Amateur and represented Australia in seven successive Eisenhower Trophy events between 1968 and 1980. He also won two professional events, the 1975 New South Wales Open and the 1978 South Australian Open.

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Golf career

Gresham reached four finals of the Australian Amateur, although he only won once, beating Chris Bonython at the 40th hole in 1977. [1] He lost to Ray Jenner in 1973, Peter Sweeney in 1976 and Mike Clayton in 1978. [2] [3] [4] He was also a medalist four times, in 1967, 1975, 1977 and 1981. [5] Gresham won the New South Wales Amateur Championship three times, in 1970, 1972 and 1982. [6] He won the New South Wales Medal six times in the first 11 times the event was contested, winning in 1968, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1977 and 1978. [7] He was also a joint winner, with Ray Picker, in 1986. [8] Before the founding of the NSW Medal, in 1968, he had led the 36-hole qualifying for the NSW amateur twice, in 1964 and 1967. [8]

In 1979, 1980 and 1981, Gresham travelled to Europe to play in the Amateur Championship. In 1979 he reached the semi-finals before losing 3&2 to Scott Hoch. [9] In 1980 he won the French Amateur Championship, beating fellow Australian John Kelly 4&2 in the final, but lost at the 20th hole to Jamie Moffat in a second round match in the Amateur Championship. [10] [11] He reached the semi-final of the Amateur Championship again in 1981, losing 2&1 to American Joel Hirsch. [12]

Gresham won two professional events, the 1975 New South Wales Open at Manly, where he finished a stroke ahead of Bill Dunk, and the 1978 South Australian Open at Glenelg, which he won by 6 strokes from fellow amateur Chris Bonython, Rodger Davis taking the first prize as the leading professional. [13] [14]

Gresham played in seven successive Eisenhower Trophy contests from 1968 to 1980. The Australian team took the silver medal in 1972 and the bronze medal in 1976 and 1978. [15] In 1972 in Buenos Aires, he was leading individual scorer, two strokes ahead of Ben Crenshaw and Vinny Giles. [16] He also represented Australia in the 1971 Commonwealth Tournament in Auckland, and four times in the Sloan Morpeth Trophy against New Zealand. [17] [18]

Awards

Gresham was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 1988 Australia Day Honours for services to golf. [19]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
119 Oct 1975 New South Wales Open
(as an amateur)		−13 (66-69-69-71=275)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Bill Dunk
231 May 1978 South Australian Open
(as an amateur)		−6 (71-70-68-73=282)6 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Bonython (a)

Team appearances

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References

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  2. ↑ Stone, Peter (24 September 1973). "National golf title to Jenner 4 and 2". The Age. p. 24. Retrieved 10 February 2021– via Google News Archive.
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  10. ↑ "Gresham's French win". Sydney Morning Herald . 28 May 1980. p. 52. Retrieved 10 February 2021– via Google news archive.
  11. ↑ "Gresham beaten at 20th hole". Sydney Morning Herald . 12 June 1980. p. 30. Retrieved 10 February 2021– via Google news archive.
  12. ↑ "Tony out, but Greg fights on". The Sun-Herald . 7 June 1981. p. 63. Retrieved 10 February 2021– via Google news archive.
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  14. ↑ "Open to Gresham". Sydney Morning Herald . 1 May 1978. p. 24. Retrieved 10 February 2021– via Google news archive.
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