Gavan Levenson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Gavan Neil Levenson | ||
Born | Johannesburg, South Africa | 18 December 1953||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Sporting nationality | South Africa | ||
Residence | Bedfordview, South Africa | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1978 | ||
Former tour(s) | PGA Tour European Tour Southern Africa Tour European Seniors Tour | ||
Professional wins | 8 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 2 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 5 | ||
European Senior Tour | 1 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | CUT: 1984 | ||
U.S. Open | CUT: 1983, 1984 | ||
The Open Championship | T36: 1984 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Gavan Neil Levenson (born 18 December 1953) is a South African professional golfer.
Levenson was born in Johannesburg. He represented South Africa in the 1976 Eisenhower Trophy and won several major amateur tournaments including the French and Rhodesian Open Amateur Championships in 1978.
In 1978, Levenson turned professional and joined the European Tour the following year. He won the Belgian Open and finishing in 29th place on the Order of Merit in his rookie season.
After two seasons in Europe, Levenson qualified for the United States-based PGA Tour. He spent four largely unsuccessful years on the tour, only recording one top ten finish when he tied for 4th place at the 1982 Greater Hartford Open. He returned to Europe in 1985, and although he consistently finished inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, he did not win again on the European Tour until the 1991 Open de Baleares.
Levenson also played on the Southern Africa Tour during the northern hemisphere winters. He won five titles in South Africa, including one South African Open Championship and one South African PGA Championship, and topped the Order of Merit in 1983/84.
Since turning fifty, Levenson has played on the European Seniors Tour, where he has one victory, achieved in just his second tournament, the 2004 DGM Barbados Open.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 10 Jun 1979 | Belgian Open | −5 (68-71-68-72=279) | 3 strokes | Bobby Cole, Nick Faldo, Michael King |
2 | 10 Mar 1991 | Open de Baleares | −6 (72-74-67-69=282) | 1 stroke | Steven Richardson |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 12 Feb 1983 | Sigma Vaal Reefs Open | −14 (75-67-70-62=274) | 2 strokes | Nick Price |
2 | 4 Feb 1984 | Lexington PGA Championship | −9 (70-66-68-67=271) | 3 strokes | Nick Price |
3 | 26 Jan 1985 | South African Open | −8 (69-68-72-71=280) | 3 strokes | Phil Simmons |
4 | 19 Jan 1986 | ICL International | −18 (71-65-67-67=270) | 1 stroke | David Frost |
5 | 13 Jan 1990 | ICL International (2) | −19 (67-68-66-68=269) | 2 strokes | Wayne Westner |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
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1 | 28 Mar 2004 | DGM Barbados Open | −12 (69-64-71=204) | 2 strokes | Denis Durnian, Carl Mason |
Tournament | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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U.S. Open | |||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | |||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T36 | CUT | 79 | ||||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 |
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U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | CUT | T57 |
PGA Championship |
Note: Levenson never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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