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Terry Gale

Terry Gale
Personal information
Full nameTerry R. Gale
Born (1946-06-07) 7 June 1946 (age 78)
Yelbeni, Western Australia
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidencePerth, Western Australia
Career
Turned professional1976
Former tour(s)PGA of Japan Tour
Asia Golf Circuit
PGA Tour of Australasia
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins43
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia16
European Senior Tour7
Other18
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT13: 1979

Terry R. Gale (born 7 June 1946) is an Australian professional golfer.

Professional career

Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s he won regularly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, and the Asia Golf Circuit. Once he turned 50, he joined the European Seniors Tour, where he won seven tournaments. His best season on that tour was 2003, when he finished third on the Order of Merit. He also played on the Japanese Seniors Tour.

Personal life

Gale originally worked as a sheep farmer.[1]

Off the course, Gale was the second Chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia. His son, Mark Gale was a professional Australian rules footballer. Gale was also a talented cricketer in his youth, representing his state on occasion, although never at First Class level.

Amateur wins

  • 1969 Western Australian Amateur
  • 1972 Western Australian Amateur
  • 1974 Australian Amateur, Western Australian Amateur
  • 1975 Western Australian Amateur

Professional wins (44)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runners-up
1 20 Jun 1982 Yomiuri Open −16 (70-70-68-68=276) 3 strokes Japan Masahiro Kuramoto, Japan Tsuneyuki Nakajima,
Japan Namio Takasu, Japan Nobumitsu Yuhara
2 23 Apr 1989 Dunlop Open1 −4 (73-74-68-69=284) 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Tze-ming, Australia Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1983 Japan Open Golf Championship Japan Isao Aoki Lost to par on second extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (6)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 26 Mar 1978 Singapore Open −6 (68-70-72-68=278) 1 stroke Myanmar Mya Aye
2 6 Mar 1983 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open −9 (67-71-71-70=279) 2 strokes United States Jay Cudd
3 1 Apr 1984 Indonesia Open −8 (70-70-71-69=280) 2 strokes Taiwan Lu Chien-soon
4 10 Mar 1985 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (2) −14 (68-64-69-69=270) 7 strokes Taiwan Chen Tze-chung
5 8 Mar 1987 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (3) −8 (66-75-70-69=280) Playoff United States Greg Twiggs
6 23 Apr 1989 Dunlop Open1 −4 (73-74-68-69=284) 1 stroke Taiwan Chen Tze-ming, Australia Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1982 Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open United States Kurt Cox, United States Tom Sieckmann Cox won with par on fourth extra hole
Gale eliminated by par on first hole
2 1987 Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open United States Greg Twiggs Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (16)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 6 Mar 1977 Forbes Classic −3 (285) Playoff Australia Bill Dunk
2 25 Mar 1979 Royal Fremantle Open −8 (69-73-67-71=280) 1 stroke Australia Ray Hore
3 5 Aug 1979 Nedlands Masters −9 (69-68-71-71=279) 5 strokes Australia Stewart Ginn
4 31 Aug 1980 Western Australian Open −2 (71-74-69-72=286) 3 strokes Australia Peter Randall
5 10 May 1981 Halls Head Western Open −7 (69-69-67-76=281) 2 strokes Australia Bob Shaw
6 17 May 1981 CIG Channel 9 Nedlands Masters (2) −4 (70-69-70-71=280) 1 stroke Australia Vaughan Somers
7 29 Nov 1981 New Zealand PGA Championship −11 (66-67-68-68=269) Playoff New Zealand Bob Charles
8 23 May 1982 Town and Country Western Australian Open (2) −13 (71-68-65-71=275) Playoff Australia Vaughan Somers
9 28 Nov 1982 New Zealand BP Open −4 (75-66-74-69=284) 2 strokes New Zealand Bob Charles
10 5 Dec 1982 Air New Zealand Shell Open −7 (66-68-65-74=273) Playoff Australia Wayne Grady
11 23 Jan 1983 Ford Dealers South Australian Open −7 (69-72-72-68=281) 1 stroke Australia Wayne Grady
12 22 May 1983 Town and Country Western Australian Open (3) −8 (70-68-68-74=280) Playoff Australia Jack Newton
13 29 May 1983 National Panasonic Nedlands Masters (3) −20 (62-67-67-72=268) 3 strokes Australia Wayne Grady
14 26 May 1985 Halls Head Estates Nedlands Masters (4) −13 (72-66-66-71=275) 5 strokes Australia Lyndsay Stephen
15 11 Dec 1988 Air New Zealand Shell Open (2) −9 (69-69-68-65=271) 4 strokes United States Hale Irwin, Australia Ossie Moore,
Australia Jeff Woodland
16 1 Nov 1992 Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship −8 (71-69-68=208) Playoff Australia Ken Trimble

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (6–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1977 Forbes Classic Australia Bill Dunk Won with birdie on second extra hole
2 1981 New Zealand PGA Championship New Zealand Bob Charles Won with birdie on first extra hole
3 1982 Town and Country Western Australian Open Australia Vaughan Somers Won with par on first extra hole
4 1982 Air New Zealand Shell Open Australia Wayne Grady Won with birdie on second extra hole
5 1983 Town and Country Western Australian Open Australia Jack Newton Won with birdie on first extra hole
6 1992 Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship Australia Ken Trimble Won with par on first extra hole

Other Australian wins (11)

European Seniors Tour wins (7)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 25 Aug 1996 The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship −4 (72-70-72-70=284) 1 stroke England Tommy Horton
2 7 Sep 2002 GIN Monte Carlo Invitational −10 (62-67-68=197) 1 stroke England Keith MacDonald
3 29 Mar 2003 Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open −10 (70-64-72=206) 6 strokes United States Jerry Bruner, Australia Brian Jones
4 5 Apr 2003 Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic −13 (68-70-65=203) 3 strokes Scotland John Chillas
5 31 Aug 2003 Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open −11 (69-66-70=205) 2 strokes England Nick Job, New Zealand Barry Vivian
6 16 May 2004 Bosch Italian Seniors Open −5 (69-74-68=211) 1 stroke England David J. Russell
7 14 Aug 2005 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open −11 (67-66-66=199) 2 strokes Argentina Luis Carbonetti, France Géry Watine

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1998 AIB Irish Seniors Open Republic of Ireland Joe McDermott, Australia Noel Ratcliffe McDermott won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Ratcliffe eliminated by par on first hole
2 2004 Digicel Jamaica Classic Argentina Luis Carbonetti Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Australian senior wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
The Open Championship T13 CUT T44 T42 T29 T28 CUT CUT

Note: Gale only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1980 and 1985 Open Championships)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

References

  1. ^ "The two golfers to watch in the Singapore Open". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Gale by 5". The Age. 13 August 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Golf: Gale's WA open". The Canberra Times. 1 September 1980. p. 21. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Australian PGA Senior C'ship". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 1997. p. 52. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List" (PDF). PGA Australia.
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