Graham Marsh

Graham Marsh (born 14 January 1944 in Kalgoorlie, Australia) was one of the leading Australian golfers of his generation. He attended the University of Western Australia and Claremont Teachers College before turning professional in 1969.

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.

European Tour wins

*1972 Swiss Open, German Open
*1973 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open
*1976 Benson & Hedges International Open
*1977 Lancome Trophy
*1977 Piccadilly World Match Play Championship
*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 regular career wins

*1977 Heritage Classic (PGA Tour), Piccadilly World Match Play Championship (unofficial European Tour)

Champions Tour wins

*1995 Bruno's Memorial Classic
*1996 World Seniors Invitational, Franklin Quest Championship
*1997 Nationwide Championship, U.S. Senior Open
*1999 The Tradition

Marsh's senior majors are shown in bold.

Other senior career wins

*1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with John Bland)
*1998 Japan Senior Open
*1999 Japan Senior Open

External links

*Profile on the PGA Tour's official site
*Graham Marsh Golf Design