Peter Fowler
Name:
Peter Randall FowlerCountry:
AustraliaBorn:
June 9, 1959 in Hornsby, NSW, Australia.Original/Home Club:
Occupation:
Professional golferTurned Pro:
1977Multiple European Tour and international tour winner.
Australasian Tour, European Tour, Asian Tour and European Senior Tour player.
Europe
MCB
Played as the MCB Tour Championship - Seychelles (Dec 5-7; second of three European Senior Tour final series events). Second-placed James Kingston (RSA) finished 1 shot behind Peter Fowler (Aus). [Constance Lemuria Resort, Praslin, Seychelles].
Europe
Willow
Played as the Willow Senior Golf Classic (Aug 24-26). Second-placed Clark Dennis (USA) and Gary Orr (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Peter Fowler (Aus). [Hanbury Manor CC, Ware, Herts].
Europe
ISPS Handa
Played as the ISPS Handa PGA Seniors Championship (June 11-14; next played in 2018). Second-placed Gordon Manson (Scot/Aut) finished 3 shots behind Peter Fowler (Aus), who recorded back-to-back wins on the European Senior Tour. [Westwood Colt course, Close House Hotel & GC, Heddon-on-the-Wall, nr Newcastle upon Tyne].
Europe
Acorn
Played as the Acorn Jersey Open (June 4-6; last played in 2010). Second-placed Anders Forsbrand (Swe) finished 1 shot behind Peter Fowler (Aus), who claimed his fourth European Senior Tour win. [La Moye GC, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands].
Europe
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Played as the French Riviera Masters (Sept 20-22). Second-placed Santiago Luna (Esp) and Andrew Oldcorn (Scot) finished 3 shots behind Fowler (Aus). [Château course, Terre Blanche GC, Tourettes, Provence].
Aus/NZ
ISPS Handa
Played as the ISPS Handa Australian Senior Open (Nov 19-21; Aus Legend Tr event). Second-placed Michael Harwood (Aus) and David Merriman (Aus) finished 6 shots behind Fowler (Aus). [Royal Perth GC, South Perth, Australia].
Europe
Bad Ragaz
Played as the Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open (July 1-3). Second-placed Andrew Oldcorn (Scot) finished 2 shots behind Peter Fowler (Aus), who recorded his second European Senior Tour win. [GC Bad Ragaz, Switzerland].
Europe
Handa
Played as the ISPS Handa Senior Masters presented by The Stapleford Forum (June 3-5). Second-placed Andrew Oldcorn (Scot) finished 3 shots behind first-time European Snr Tour winner Fowler (Aus). [Stapleford Park Estate, nr Melton Mowbray, Leics, England].
Awards
Eurpn Snr Tr
Fowler (Aus) won the Eurpn Snr Tr 2011 Order of Merit and associated John Jacobs Trophy, with earnings of €302,327 on the Tour. Barry Lane (Eng) was second with €271,173; Andrew Oldcorn (Scot) was third with €188,981.
Europe
BMW
Played as the BMW International Open (Aug 5-8). Second-placed Ian Woosnam (Wales) finished 3 shots behind 34-year-old Peter Fowler (Aus), who recorded his first and only European Tour win. [Golfclub München Eichenried, nr Munich, Germany].
Aus/NZ
AMP
Played as the AMP New Zealand Open (Feb 11-14; Aus Tr event). Second-placed Elliot Boult (NZ) finished 2 shots behind Fowler (Aus), who recorded the last of his four Australasia Tour wins. [Paraparaumu Beach GC, Paraparaumu, NZ].
Europe
Philip Morris
Second-placed José María Cañizares (Esp) and Anders Sorensen (Den) finished 1 shot behind Fowler (Aus), who won the International Trophy for best individual score in the World Cup of Golf. Team winners of the Cup: Peter Fowler & Wayne Grady (Aus). Reduced to 36-holes; heavy rain washed-out the final two days. [Royal (Real) Las Brisas, Nueva Andalucía, Costa del Sol; at the time known as Las Brisas GC].
Asia
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Played as the Singapore Open. Fowler (Aus) beat Jeff Maggert (USA) and Sheng-san Hsu (Taiw) with a birdie at the third playoff hole (par-4 8th). [Bukit course, Singapore Island CC, Singapore].
Aus/NZ
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Played as the Australian Open (Nov 17-20). Second-placed Ian Baker-Finch (Aus) finished 3 shots behind 24-year-old Fowler (Aus), who recorded his first significant win as a professional. [Kingston Heath GC, Melbourne, Australia].
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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