PETER THOMSONFive times British Open Champion from 1954-1965, three times Australian Open Champion and nine times the New Zealand Open Champion, Peter Thomson has won a hundred tournaments worldwide, including the World Cup for Australia twice. His re-cord on the PGA Seniors Tour is scarcely less impressive; in 1985 he set the stan-dard by winning nine tournaments out of Born in the working class suburb of Brunswick in Melbourne Australia, Peter's first expe-riences of golf were brief interludes on the Royal Park course, sneaking on for a quick few holes. His natural talent was soon spotted, official membership arranged and the way cleared for him to become Club Champion just after his sixteenth birthday. From there it was only three years to win-ning the Victorian Amateur Championship, and a further two before beginning his pro-fessional career in 1949 and winning his first New Zealand Open in 1950. Initially, Peter concentrated on the European tour playing on the British courses he so loved, then in the 60's he |
put his weight behind the fledgling Asian tour. His forty year playing career takes in the Open titles of ten countries, winning several more than once, ending in 1988 on an up note with the British PGA Seniors title. In 1970 he joined with John Harris and Michael Wolveridge to form the golf design firm South Pacific Golf, now known as Thomson Perrett. As a designer he has worked on golf course projects all around the world, focusing on Japan, South East Asia, and more recently Europe. Journalist, Author, Commentator and President of the Australian Professional Golfers Association from 1962 to 1994, Peter Thomson is an honorary member of |