| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | January 14 1944 Kalgoorlie, Australia |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg/13.4 st) |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| College | University of Western Australia Claremont Teachers College |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1969 |
| Current tour | Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 65 (European Tour: 11, PGA Tour: 1, Other regular: 44, Champions Tour: 6, Other senior: 3) |
| Best Results in Major Championships | |
| Masters | T9: 1976 |
| U.S. Open | T16: 1979 |
| British Open | 4th: 1983 |
| PGA Championship | T7: 1978 |
Graham Vivian Marsh MBE (born 14 January 1944) was one of the leading Australian golfers of his generation. He was born in Kalgoorlie, Australia. He attended the University of Western Australia and Claremont Teachers College before turning professional in 1969.
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Career outline
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Marsh was a regular winner on the European Tour, the Japan Golf Tour and the PGA Tour of Australasia. He also won several events in Asia outside of Japan and one on the U.S. based PGA Tour, the 1977 Heritage Classic. Marsh had an outstanding win rate on the European Tour, where he accumulated eleven titles even though he never played more than seven events in Europe in a season. He also won the World Match Play Championship, which was not an official money European Tour event at the time, in England in 1977. He had 56 wins in all in his regular career, making him one of the most successful players of his era not to win a major championship. As a senior Marsh has played extensively in the United States on the Champions Tour winning six events including two senior majors, the 1997 U.S. Senior Open and the 1999 Tradition. He has also won the Japan Senior Open twice. Marsh is also active in golf course design through Graham Marsh Golf Design which he established in 1986. The company's early projects were in Australia and Japan, but it later branched out to other parts of Asia and to Europe and the United States. In 1984 Marsh was an MBE for services to golf. He is a past chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia. His younger brother Rod Marsh was a distinguished Australian cricketer and coach.
Professional wins (65)
European Tour wins (11)
- 1972 Swiss Open, German Open
- 1973 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open
- 1976 Benson & Hedges International Open
- 1977 Lancome Trophy
- 1979 Dutch Open, Dunlop Masters
- 1980 Benson & Hedges International Open
- 1981 Dixcel Tissues European Open
- 1985 Lawrence Batley International Golf Classic, KLM Dutch Open
Other European wins (3)
- 1970 Swiss Open (pre-European Tour)
- 1976 Dunhill Match-Play (PGA Tour bio list wins in both 1976 and 1977 but his bio at his Golf Design web site lists only one win in that tournament (year unspecified))
- 1977 World Match Play Championship (unofficial European Tour)
Australasia wins (11)
- 1970 Watties Tournament
- 1971 Spaulding Masters
- 1976 Western Australia Open
- 1978 Western Australia PGA
- 1982 Ford Dealers South Australian Open, Australian Masters, Mayn Nickless Australian PGA Championship, Dunhill Queensland Open
- 1983 Resch's Pilsner Tweed Classic, New Zealand PGA Championship
- 19?? Bay Classic (Not listed on PGA Tour bio, year unknown)
Japan wins (25)
- 1972 Dunlop International
- 1973 Fujisankei Classic
- 1974 Fujisankei Classic, Dunlop Wizard, Tokyo Open, Pepsi-Wilson, Bridgestone Open
- 1975 Dunlop Wizard, Sapporo Tokyu Open
- 1976 Dunlop Open, Suntory Open, Dunlop Phoenix, KBC Augusta
- 1977 Dunlop Wizard, Chunichi Crowns
- 1979 ANA Sapporo Open
- 1981 Chunichi Crowns, Pepsi-Wilson
- 1982 Mitsubishi Galant Tournament
- 1983 Yomiuri Open
- 1985 Tokai Classic
- 1986 Suntory Open
- 1987 Visa Taiheiyo Masters
- 1989 Sapporo Tokyu Open
- 1990 Tokai Classic
- Note: Japan Golf Tour official site lists Graham with 20 JGT wins (1973-1990), it is unclear which of the wins listed here are unofficial or erroneous.
Asian wins (5)
- 1971 Indian Open
- 1973 Thailand Open, Indian Open
- 1974 Malaysian Open
- 1975 Malaysian Open
PGA Tour wins (1)
- 1977 Heritage Classic
Champions Tour wins (6)
- 1995 Bruno's Memorial Classic
- 1996 World Seniors Invitational, Franklin Quest Championship
- 1997 Nationwide Championship, U.S. Senior Open
- 1999 The Tradition
Senior major championships are shown in bold.
Other senior wins (3)
- 1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with John Bland)
- 1998 Japan Senior Open
- 1999 Japan Senior Open
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T31 | T22 | T9 | T31 | DNP | T28 |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T35 | CUT | T16 |
| The Open Championship | T25 | 57 | T50 | T31 | T44 | 6 | T17 | T15 | CUT | T7 |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T58 | T7 | T16 |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | T33 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T45 | T19 | T25 | 4 | T9 | T20 | T56 | T11 | T38 | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| The Open Championship | DNP | T44 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
