Tournament victories: 11Best Major result: Won US Open (2006)Highest ranking on OWGR: 3rd. Won 24 tournaments post-war, including the 1949 Australian Open by seven strokes from Von Nida. He played a notable role in the Australian soap opera Neighbours as Ty Harper. At the 1965 Australian Open won by Player, Phillips tied for second with Jack Nicklaus despite seven three-putts in a first-round 71. A prime example is Jim Ferrier, a contemporary of Williams, who sought playing opportunities in America and became Australias first winner of a professional Major. His age and height He was born on 16 July 1980. Bruce Crampton was the first non-American to win the Vardon Trophy for the PGA Tours lowest stroke average (1973, 1975). At his peak, Greg Norman was much more than a two-time British Open winner. It has been a hectic 18 months since Kim turned professional and she and coach Khan Pullen took the chance over the Aussie summer to reset, refresh and get the 22-year-old ready for her debut season among the worlds best. In the American college system, she was NCAA Player of the Year in 2003. As we enter a new year, these are the 11 players we will be watching closely throughout 2023 and beyond. Harwood capped a superb year by adding the season-ending Volvo Masters and South Australian Open. Joe Kirkwood Sr., first Australian golfer to win extensively in the U.S., with 13 PGA Tour wins mostly in the 1920s. A dominant force in the junior ranks both here and abroad, the gifted prodigy turns 19 in July and now has to assert himself in open amateur events. According to a report by CNN affiliate, 9News Queensland, it was Brown's first ace . He's been a regular at the Presidents Cup throughout his career, been as high as second in the world rankings, and finished as high as third on the USPGA money list. Secured his place in golf immortality with a famous victory at the 1995 PGA Championship at Riviera. But with a wife and three children, he played infrequently in America and Europe and made just three cuts from the eight Majors he contested. But he did win 10 times, including the 1991 Players Championship. As a 20-year-old amateur he was runner-up at the 1991 Australian Open (to Wayne Riley) just four weeks after walking away with the Victorian Open by six strokes. Tournament victories: 76Best Major result: 2 wins British Open (1986, 1993)Highest ranking on OWGR: 1st. His maiden title came as a teenager at the 1979 South Australian Open. . It had been 20 years since Karrie Webb won majors in back-to-back years (2001-2002) and Lee is now well placed to join Webb and Peter Thomson as the only Aussies to win majors three years running. The Australian golfer has also won the Emirates Australian Open twice, in 2015 and 2019. Guan (pictured, second from left) was third behind fellow New South Welshman Harrison Crowe at the Asia-Pacific Amateur in October and flirted with a maiden professional win when he finished fourth at the WA PGA Championship in Kalgoorlie. Highlights of Newtons career were three European Tour victories, a PGA Tour title in 1978 and the 1979 Australian Open against a crack field at Metropolitan. Years later he was compared to the great Harold Hilton, given their rare ability to create backspin on approach shots. Here's how the inaugural Australian LIV event is shaping up. Tournament victories: 14Best Major result: Won PGA Championship (2015)Highest ranking on OWGR: 1st. He bested runner-up Charley Hoffman at the 2012 Travelers Championship. Tournament victories: 31Best Major result: Won Masters Tournament (2013)Highest ranking on OWGR: 1st. He finished in the Top 10 in majors 16 times, and that included two wins: the 1979 PGA Championship and the 1981 U.S. Open. Brad lost one leg as a 15-year-old in a car crash . She is regarded by some as the best iron player in all of golf and with a mindset unencumbered by major near misses is primed to push for that world No.1 ranking. Lunn cruised to an eight-stroke Open victory at Woburn, one of two wins in 1993 when she topped the LET Order of Merit. However she was a rank outsider, world No.114, prior to the Womens PGA where she saved par from a greenside bunker on the final hole to oust defending champion Sung Hyun Park by a stroke. He played rugby and Aussie Rules football while growing up but became hooked on golf at age . The Korn Ferry trademark is also a registered trademark, and is used in the Korn Ferry Tour logo with . With Smith unlikely to play the minimum four events to be eligible to win the Order of Merit, if Micheluzzi can add to his six top-15 finishes from seven starts to date his immediate future will be all but secured. But the tournaments he has won have mostly been marquee events. Below, we have taken a look at the greatest Australian golfers of all time. Have you ever wondered how many famous golfers are from Australia? Jack Newton, who lost to Tom Watson in a 1975 British Open playoff and tied for second behind Seve Ballesteros at the 1980 . An unfashionable short-hitter, Nick OHern transformed himself into the consummate professional who was a two-time Presidents Cup representative (2005, 2007). Elkington was in another playoff at a major, but lost the 2002 British Open to Ernie Els (Stuart Appleby and Thomas Levet were also in the playoff). Across all facets of business, the Greg Norman Brand consistently delivers the quality that his name is synonymous with and continues to inspire people to attack life. Tournament victories: 31Best Major result: 4th, Masters (1964, 1968)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. 18. Walter Travis has a unique place in the pantheon of Australian golfers as a three-time US Amateur champion and the first non-Brit to win the British Amateur. He tied for third at the 1985 British Open among 16 top-10 results in Majors. He also won once on the PGA Tour in 1956. In no particular order, we start with Peter Thomson. Capped a watershed year by becoming just the third Australian to receive the Vardon Trophy for the Tours leading scoring average. The 2022 Asia-Pacific Amateur champion is exempt into both The Masters at Augusta National in April and The Open Championship at Hoylake in July at which point he will weigh up his options. Smith will turn 30 a month after he defends his Open Championship title at Royal Liverpool Golf Club and is at the peak of his powers. Ferrier also led the 1950 Masters by three strokes with six holes to play (finishing second to Jimmy Demaret) and was runner-up at the 1960 PGA (to Jay Hebert) at age 45. Passionate. Of his eight wins through the 2018 season, three were WGC tournaments, twice he won the winners-only PGA Tour season-opener, and then there's that 2006 U.S. Open title. Played in the first four editions of the Presidents Cup, including the 1998 triumph by the Internationals. Little-known Australian golfer Steve Allan has earned an impossible spot at the US Open and will be caddied by his 16-year-old son at the famous course. Marsh turned pro in 1969 at age 25 and accumulated 36 trophies during the 1970s. It was a win many felt was a long time coming but which now gives him the opportunity to play his way onto the DP World Tour in 2024. Tournament victories: 13Best Major results: 2nd, British Open (1975); T-2nd, Masters (1980)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. She won and successfully defended the Australian Womens Amateur (2013, 2014). She also teamed with Karrie Webb to win the Womens World Cup of Golf in 2000. He holds the record for most appearances (nine) by an International at the Presidents Cup. That year she won her first two events as a professional on the Futures Tour. Her final LPGA victory came in 1987 when she won three titles in a season for the third time. Unbeknown to many golf fans in his homeland is the fact that an Australian has been plying his trade as a Tournament Official on the PGA Tour in relative anonymity for the past 14 years. Evonne Goolagong-Cawley, a Wiradjuri woman, was famous in the early 1970s and was named Australian of the year in 1971, made an officer of the Order of Australia in 1983 and . Burmester, New Zealand's Danny Lee, Belgium's Thomas Pieters and American Brendan Steele completed the 48-player field of 12 four-man teams for the opener at Mexico's Mayakoba resort. 489 views, 10 likes, 11 loves, 10 comments, 6 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from We Are Calvary: Hey Calvary! He registered 16 top-10 results in Majors, including five consecutive top-10s at the British Open (1964-1968). He was a Champions Tour winner in 2003. Produced one of the most scintillating weekend performances in Major championship history en route to capturing the Auld Claret Jug. For good measure, he added a fifth Open title in 1965, plus nine other Top 10 finishes in the tournament. The career of Craig Parry deserves more credence for the manner in which he competed against taller power hitters with greater leverage. This year will give us further data to fine-tune those assessments. The last of 10 Australasian victories came at the 1993 Australian PGA before he suffered a notorious form slump, failing to finish all 29 PGA Tour events he entered in in 1995-1996. 2 Jason Day (Australian Professional Golfer) 19 3 {value.full_name}} Nationality {{value.nat_desc}} Represents {{value.represents}} Residence {{value.residence}} See Full Profile His 20 titles on the Japan Golf Tour are still the most by a foreigner. A powerful straight driver, a daring shotmaker with exquisite touch and a charismatic presence on the fairways. Newton pushed Seve Ballesteros all the way at the 1980 Masters. Even though the house was relatively small, they thought of it as their forever home, because they were told they couldn't have kids. Baddeley successfully defended the Open as a 19-year-old pro at Kingston Heath and claimed the PGA Tour of Australasias 2000/01 Order of Merit. Rory McIlroy: Biography of Ireland's Best Golfer, Golfer Retief Goosen Is a 2-Time U.S. Open Champ, Mark O'Meara: A Consistent Career Topped By One Great Year. He had played mostly on the Australasian Tour to that point (a tour on which he eventually won 61 times). He is committed to the 14-event LIV Golf schedule and - at this point - will be eligible to play in all four majors. Came closest to winning a Major at the 2007 US Open when he led by two strokes through 54 holes. He has married in 2009 and his wife was named Ellie . Remarkably, Pearce was so busy at his brothers sheep farm that he hadnt picked up a club all year until he arrived in Sydney three weeks before the Open. His defining moment came at the 1991 Open at Royal Birkdale where he fell two strokes shy of compatriot Ian Baker-Finch in his only Major top-10. 7:49. Below is a list of male golfers, professional and amateurs, sorted alphabetically. Nathan Green (golfer) Richard Green (golfer) Tony Gresham Matthew Griffin H Ashley Hall (golfer) Jack Harris (golfer) Kevin Hartley Mike Harwood Harry Hattersley Eustace Headlam Scott Hend Mark Hensby Lucas Herbert (golfer) Jake Higginbottom Nathan Holman Ray Hore Tom Howard (golfer) Harry Howden Jim Howden (golfer) Bradley Hughes (golfer) I However, he played the British circuit in 1950 where he captured the Irish Open and finished third on the order of merit. Grady won five times at home, including two PGA Championships and two Australian Senior Opens. Sagittarius Golfer #11. Scott had a pretty good career goingeight PGA Tour wins, including the 2004 Players Championship and a WGC winbut was stuck on those "best golfers without a major" lists. It was the best of Wendy Doolans three LPGA Tour titles (equal fifth by an Australian). Acquired a legendary reputation for setting course records, estimated to be more than 80 in pro-ams and professional events. Almost snatched the 2010 Womens British Open from Yani Tseng and led the 2017 Evian Championship with three holes to play. Winner of the 1988 Womens British Open, Corinne Dibnah never received the recognition her achievements warranted. Born in Maldon, near Bendigo in central Victoria, Travis emigrated to America at the age of 24. Bruce Crampton was the first Australian golfer to win more than $1 million in prize money on the US PGA Tour, placing him among famous names such as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper and Lee Trevino. Genius & Inventor My World, Inc. Apr 1942 - Present 81 years 1 . Apart from eight victories on the PGA Tour, Graham triumphed at the 1976 World Match Play and trounced a star-studded field to win the 1977 Australian Open (when Kerry Packer recruited the best Americans). Watson won. Ian Baker-Finch scorched Royal Birkdale in 64-66 to win the 1991 British Open by two shots from compatriot Mike Harwood. Henry Cotton. Who beat him? Upon turning 50, he set his sights on the now PGA Tour Champions where he won 20 times, the last of which came at age 61. The 2001 Australian Open and 2010 Australian Masters champion came closest to winning a Major when he reached a four-man playoff at the 2002 British Open won by Ernie Els. In 1923 Kirkwood departed for America and won nine tournaments in two years on what became the PGA Tour before joining Walter Hagen to play exhibition matches and give clinics. Thank you for joining us for our online. He was the best player in Europe let alone Australia where he won three Opens (1950, 1952, 1953) and four PGAs in the matchplay format (1946, 1948, 1950, 1951). Popeye produced one of the most miraculous shots in PGA Tour history, holing out from the fairway to win the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral in a playoff. His 19 top-10 finishes in mens Majors is second only to Greg Norman and Peter Thomson. Ivo Whitton, who honed his game in the paddocks surrounding the family home in Melbournes Armadale, was a dominant force of Australian golf in the early 20th century. Liked by Dean Manz. But he also won during the 1960s at the French Open and Canadian Open, among other titles, and from 1960-66 finished in the Top 5 at the British Open all but one year. One of the greatest Australian golfers ever, Norman was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. Growing up on a dairy farm near Cohuna on the Murray River, Stuart Appleby scaled great heights in a superb career spanning 23 seasons on the PGA Tour. As an amateur he won 12 tournaments against professionals. Birth Name: Marc Leishman Occupation: Golfer Born In: Australia Birthdate: October 24, 1983 Age: 39 years old (as of 2023) Ethnicity: Unknown Nationality: Australian Sexuality: N/A Marc Leishman was born on the 24th of October, 1983. Coming hot on the heels of the AFL's Gather round, the LIV Adelaide tournament is shaping to be a freewheeling event both on and off the course. Wayne Grady held off Fred Couples by three strokes in Alabama to become Australias third PGA champion and emerge from the shadow of Greg Norman. With her fifth LPGA victory at the 2019 LA Open she rose to world No.2. He would win again 11 months later at the 1994 Hawaiian Open. Tournament victories: 16Best Major result: Won British Open (1991)Highest ranking on OWGR: 10th. In an illustrious LPGA career, Webb was a two-time Player of the Year (1999, 2000), three-time leading money winner and three-time Vare Trophy winner for best scoring average. Nevertheless he has won four PGA Tour titles. She won twice on the 1995 Ladies European Tour at the German and Spanish Opens. In total, he won four Opens (1946, 1947, 1948, 1954) and three Australian PGAs (1947, 1953, 1955) among his 32 Australian titles. Thats why its tricky to compare the careers of Ossie Pickworth and Billy Dunk with Rachel Hetherington and Katherine Kirk. Peter Thomson Born: 1929 Died: 2018 Tour Wins: 85 Majors: 5 Arguably the greatest Open Championship golfer ever, Thomson won that particular major five times and had 13 other top-10s in it. This is a list of golfers, ordered alphabetically by place of origin or residence. Originally from Cairns in North Queensland, Harris moved to Melbourne two years ago to further her golf and has already won the adidas Junior 6s World Final at Kingston Heath and the Yarra Yarra Golf Club club championship. Tournament victories: 96Best Major result: Won British Open (1960)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Surly. Gregory John Norman was born on February 10, 1955 in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. Cremin twice completed the double of winning the Australian PGA and NSW PGA (1937, 1938) in his early-20s. Norman von Nida was a tour de force on the European circuit post-World War II. In 2004 Jones tackled America when he had a victory and three seconds on the now Korn Ferry Tour from just eight appearances. Travis immersed himself in the game and reached the semi-finals of the 1898 US Amateur. PGA TOUR, PGA TOUR Champions, and the Swinging Golfer design are registered trademarks. Australia; Follow. Historically, the Australian circuit provided plenty of opportunities for men, especially Opens and PGAs at state level. It was a spectacular performance to upstage the likes of Greg Norman, Colin Montgomerie and Nick Faldo and become the first amateur in 39 years to lift the Stonehaven Cup. Karrie Webb. At age 24, Lee has registered 51 LPGA top-10s and accumulated $US6.65 million in prizemoney. The Victorian left-hander made up for lost time in 2022 with two victories in Europe, back-to-back wins on the SParms PGA Legends Tour in Australia and medalist honours at Champions Tour Qualifying School in December. . He is famous for being a Golfer. Rory McIlroy. Mark Latham, Ross Cameron and Rowan Dean, or "Trump's Aussie Mates", have teamed up for a new panel show on Sky News called Outsiders. He was the first champion to break the 300 barrier and it took 14 years for his score to be bettered. Yes. In 1990 Ogle tasted victory in Europe and captured the Australian PGA Championship. Prior to her win at the Women's PGA Tour, Karrie Webb was the last female Australian golfer to win a major golf competition. Marsh was also a member of Australias successful team at the inaugural Alfred Dunhill Cup in 1985. 18 greatest Aussie golfers of all time. All 10 of his PGA Tour victories (seventh best by Australians) came in the 1990s. To put that in perspective, Adam Scott, Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Appleby, Robert Allenby and Greg Norman won six titles collectively. Follow along as we publish live pga news coverage of your favorite tour player and their performance each week. The year 2023 just may give us an indicator of how good she can be. He also made the cut in 20 consecutive Majors (1979-1984). Associated Press. PGA. Should he have won more? He won nine times at home from 1997-2004. The 1977 Heritage Classic remains his sole PGA Tour victory, however he won six times on the Champions Tour including two so-called Majors (1997 US Senior Open, 1998 Tradition). In 2009, he was named in Queensland's Q150 Icons list as a sports legend. Perth, Western Australia . Tournament victories: 12Best Major result: T-2nd, British Open (2015)Highest ranking on OWGR: 12th. Tournament victories: 45Best Major results: 2nd, PGA Championship (1973, 1975); 2nd, US Open (1972); T-2nd, Masters (1972)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Stuart Appleby, nine PGA Tour wins and a round of 59. He moved to America to try the USPGA Tour in the 1940s, and he was winning tournaments there from 1944 through 196118 wins in all, including his one major. Returned to Europe in his 50s and won four Senior Tour events. Kirkwoods 13 PGA Tour wins is fifth by an Australian, while his 16-stroke victory at the 1924 Corpus Christi Open shares the tour record for largest winning margin. Tournament victories: 10Best Major result: Won PGAChampionship (1990)Highest ranking on OWGR: 25th. Tournament victories: 17Best Major result: T-24th, PGA Championship (2009)Highest ranking on OWGR: 52nd. Dean Dixon is a PGA Pro registered with the Professional Golfers Association of Australia. Swing. At his two Australian Open victories (1957, 1961), Phillips beat Peter Thomson, Kel Nagle and Gary Player. Crampton has the distinction of finishing second behind Jack Nicklaus at four Majors. Among his seven European Tour victories was the prestigious British PGA Championship at Wentworth in 1986. He was individual medallist at the 1992 World Cup in Spain. He is an Australian golfer who has a net worth of $40 million. Tournament victories: 33Best Major result: 12th, British Open (1964)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. BY Brentley Romine April 11, 2023 Two days after Brooks Koepka called he and Viktor Hovland out for playing "brutally slow" Sunday at the Masters, Patrick Cantlay got a chance to defend himself.. He was the PGA Tour's leading money winner three times, its scoring leader three times, and its Player of the Year in 1995. He was 72 . Open but didnt retain his card. Lester was surrounded by horses from a young age. June 13, 2022 By Live Sports Adam Scott is an international professional Australian golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. TOKYO - Australia's Ariarne Titmus lit up the pool with a stunning victory over Katie Ledecky at the Tokyo Games on Monday, but when it comes to celebrations it was her wide-eyed, hip-thrusting. Tournament victories: 57Best Major result: 7 wins Nabisco Championship [now ANA Inspiration] (2000, 2006), Womens PGA Championship (2001), US Womens Open (2000, 2001), du Maurier Classic (1999), Womens British Open (2002),Highest ranking on RWWGR: 3rd. Has carried the PGA Tour of Australasia for two decades, winning the Australian Open, PGA (twice), Masters (twice) and a World Cup of Golf (with Jason Day). He collected 24 tournament wins in Australia and New Zealand. Her victory at the 2009 Australian Ladies Masters was the best of six ALPG tournament wins. Greg Norman is probably so well-known for his lossesa combination of some chokes (such as the 1996 Masters) and some rotten luck (such as the 1987 Masters)that his successes are often overlooked. Nagle dominated at home where he won 77 titles in Australia and New Zealand, including six Australian PGAs, seven NSW PGAs, seven New Zealand Opens and seven New Zealand PGAs (the last of which came at age 54). After serving in the US Army during World War II, Ferrier won 18 times on the PGA Tour from 1944-1961 (second most by an Australian). After securing her LPGA card as co-medallist at qualifying school, an 18-year-old Lee became an LPGA champion in her 11th start as a tour member at the 2015 Kingsmill Championship. A prolific winner in Australia post-WWII, Eric Cremin enjoyed some epic battles with Norman von Nida, Ossie Pickworth and Kel Nagle. Overseas, he won twice in Japan, six times in Asia and seven times on the European Senior Tour. Aaron Baddeley burst into the spotlight as a precocious 18-year-old when he won the 1999 Australian Open at Royal Sydney. After a successful 2018 campaign Lee received the Greg Norman Medal. But he missed many playing opportunities in his prime (age 25-31) due to WWII. DEAN, Los Angeles. Five starts later she won her second LPGA title at the Cambia Portland Classic, earning the 2019 Greg Norman Medal as the best Australian golfer on the world stage. Hence, we make no apologies for the absence of many fine amateurs. With nine events on the 2022/2023 ISPS HANDA PGA Tour of Australasia schedule still to play, Micheluzzi sits second on the Order of Merit behind Australian PGA champion Cameron Smith. In team play, he helped Australia to victory at the 1970 World Cup (with Bruce Devlin) and twice at the Dunhill Cup in St Andrews (1985, 1986). Young Amelia might feature on this list for many years to come. He won the biggest championship to date in was Masters Tournament 2013. Mediocre putting haunted Lonard on the international stage, but he did win once on the PGA Tour (2005 MCI Heritage) and made two Presidents Cup appearances (2003, 2005). Stephensons amateur career included five consecutive NSW Schoolgirl titles and three NSW Juniors. Deane Lester was born at Dromana, and spent most of his childhood on stud farms on the Mornington Peninsula. Appleby accumulated nine PGA Tour titles, five Presidents Cup appearances (1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2007) and $US29.82 million in prizemoney. In a stellar amateur career, Lee became the first Australian to win the US Girls Junior. By Martin Inglis 26 January, 2016. South African Dean Burmester is among the latest players to join LIV Golf ahead of Friday's season opener. Jason Day's wife Ellie hilariously live-tweeted the Australian golfer's entire final round of his US PGA Championship win. Tournament victories: 48Best Major result: T-3rd, British Open (1948)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. A four-time West Australian Amateur winner and the 1974 Australian Amateur champion, Terry Gale made three Eisenhower Trophy appearances. Ferrier was runner-up at the 1931 Australian Open as a 16-year-old and finished second on two more occasions before claiming the 1938 and 1939 national championships. He finished the third season of the talent shows Australian Idol in the year 2006. Tournament victories: 31Best Major result: T-2nd, British Open (1987)Highest ranking on OWGR: 7th. Australian. The guy who misses the best is going to win. Until the emergence of Gary Player, Ferrier was the most successful non-American in the history of the PGA Tour. Jason Day lost his father to stomach cancer when he was 12 and ran off the rails before discovering a passion for golf. Name: Dean Boxall Home country: Australia Known for: Coaching swimmers, demonstrative celebrations, being a "personality" Why he might be a jerk: On Sunday night, NBC viewers were treated to a . How to watch the Open Championship 2022 Live Streaming. Australia Day. As well as the stud horses on the farm, Lester had his own Shetland pony. In 2007 at age 19, Day became the youngest winner of a PGA Tour-sanctioned event when he triumphed on the now Korn Ferry Tour. Opportunities slipped away at the Majors (1992 Masters and 1999 British Open), however Parry is one of just four Australians to win a prestigious WGC event. Dean Stanley Geyer is a singer, songwriter, martial artist, and actor belonging to South Africa. Born in Sydney, Crampton won half a dozen titles at home, including the 1956 Australian Open before emigrating to America where he was the first Australian to win $1 million. Tournament victories: 34Best Major result: 2nd, British Open (1991)Highest ranking on OWGR: 20th. Tournament victories: 68Best Major result: 4th, British Open (1983)Highest ranking on OWGR: 29th (in the inaugural ranking in 1986). Thomson has 88 professional wins, 6 of which came on the PGA tour. An unassuming country lad from Warrnambool who is the only Australian to claim PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (2009). Last Updated: March 2023. Cameron Smith has proved himself part of the great Australian tradition of fine wind players and great scrappers. Tournament victories: 36Best Major result: Won PGA Championship (1947)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Won his sixth WA Open at age 48 26 years after his first as an amateur. Bruce Devlin had shown his potential by leading Australia to victory at the 1958 Eisenhower Trophy and capturing the 1959 Australian Amateur. Six Presidents Cup appearances for the Internationals are bettered only by Adam Scott, Ernie Els and Vijay Singh. A golfer is a person who plays golf. We also factored in playing opportunities. By the time Dean Jones departed the international scene, he was history's man. During his PGA Tour career, he had eight victories all of which occurred between 1964 . Bruce William Devlin (born 10 October 1937) is an Australian professional golfer, sportscaster and golf course designer.. Devlin was born in Armidale, Australia.He turned pro in 1961 and joined the PGA Tour in 1962 after an amateur career in Australia which included a win at the Australian Amateur in 1959. 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