Craig Defoy

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Craig Defoy
Personal information
Full nameCraig Bryan Defoy
Born (1947-03-27) 27 March 1947 (age 76)
Kane, Pennsylvania, U.S. [1]
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Residence Kingston Upon Thames, London, England
Career
Turned professional1964
Former tour(s) European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins13
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship 4th: 1971

Craig Bryan Defoy (born 27 March 1947) is a Welsh professional golfer. He finished fourth in the 1971 Open Championship.

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Professional career

Defoy had a successful start to his tournament career, winning three age-restricted events, the Gor-Ray Under-24 Championship in 1968 and Lord Derby’s Under-23 Professional Tournament and the Energen Junior Match Play, for under-25s, in 1969. [2] [3] [4]

Defoy later played on the European Tour where he did not win but had three second-place finishes: 1973 Spanish Open, 1976 Sun Alliance Match Play Championship, and 1977 Skol Lager Individual (playoff loss). Playing with Derek Small he was also runner-up in the 1974 Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball, losing a playoff. [5] He won five times on the Safari Circuit between 1970 and 1973. [6]

Defoy also played on the European Seniors Tour where his best finish was as runner-up in the 1997 Jersey Seniors Open and in the 2001 SSL International Sodexho Match Play Championship.

Defoy represented Wales seven times in the World Cup and won the Welsh Professional Championship four times.

Professional wins

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1977 Skol Lager Individual Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Witcher (a)Faldo won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament196619671968196919701971197219731974197519761977197819791980198119821983
The Open Championship T52CUTCUT4T23T31CUTCUTCUTCUTCUTCUT

Note: Defoy only played in the Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969, 1975 and 1983)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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References

  1. "The Bird" . The Kane Republican. 16 December 1976. p. 6 via Newspapers.com. Craig DeFoy was born at Kane Community Hospital. His grandfather once operated a barber shop on Kane's West Side. Craig's father served with the Pennsylvania 28th Division troops in World War II and during the war married a girl from Cardiff, Wales. The couple came to Kane and Craig was born. Then the DeFoys moved back to Wales.
  2. "Defoy's one shot win in Gor-Ray tournament". The Glasgow Herald . 17 May 1968. p. 8.
  3. "De Foy in a fine finish". The Times. 25 July 1969. p. 16.
  4. "Energen victory for Defoy". The Glasgow Herald . 15 October 1969. p. 6.
  5. "Butler settles it with birdie". The Glasgow Herald . 20 May 1974. p. 5.
  6. "European Seniors Tour profile". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.