Peter Townsend (golfer)

Peter Townsend
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Peter Michael Paul Townsend
Born (1946-09-16) 16 September 1946
Cambridge, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality  England
Residence St Albans, England
Career
Turned professional 1966
Former tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins 14
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament 42nd: 1969
U.S. Open CUT: 1969
The Open Championship T13: 1972, 1974
PGA Championship DNP

Peter Michael Paul Townsend[1] (born 16 September 1946) is an English professional golfer.

Life and career

Townsend was born in Cambridge. Following a successful amateur career, during which he won both the Brabazon Trophy and Lytham Trophy, he turned professional at the end of 1966. He went on to win a number of major tournaments around the world during the 1960s and 70s, including the Dutch Open in 1967, the British PGA Closed Championship in 1968, the Venezuela Open in 1969 and the Swiss Open in 1971.

Having had such a promising start to his career, Townsend moved to the United States and qualified for the PGA Tour. However he did not enjoy the same success, although he did have several top 10 finishes, and returned to Europe, going on to end both the 1971 and 72 seasons inside the top 5 on the Order of Merit.[2]

Townsend represented Great Britain twice in the Ryder Cup, in 1969 and 1971. After retiring from tournament golf, he worked as a club professional and was elected Captain of the Professional Golfers' Association in 1994.

Townsend is the father of sons Stuart, an actor, and Dylan, and daughter, Chloe, by his first wife, model Lorna Townsend (née Hogan). He and his Swedish wife, Sofia, have two children, Hugo and Ella.[3]

Amateur wins

Professional wins

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 16 Mar 2002 Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open −4 (71-71-70=212) 1 stroke Chile Guillermo Encina

Results in major championships

Tournament 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP 42 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T23 DNP CUT T16 T45 T40 T13 55 T13 T57 CUT DNP CUT DNP CUT T19 T54

Note: Townsend never played in the PGA Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Peter Michael Paul Townsend". Companies House.
  2. ↑ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
  3. ↑ Egan, Barry (14 February 2010). "Stuart finds his life goes on after Theron". Independent Woman. Retrieved 7 October 2013.
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