Mike Harwood
| Mike Harwood | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Michael Geoffrey Harwood |
| Born | 8 January 1959 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) |
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Spouse | Donna |
| Children | Rhys, Megan, Kendall, Casey, Corey |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1979 |
| Current tour(s) | European Seniors Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Professional wins | 30 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 5 |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 |
| European Seniors Tour | 1 |
| Other | 22 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T49: 1991 |
| The Open Championship | 2nd: 1991 |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 1991, 1992 |
Michael Geoffrey Harwood (born 8 January 1959) is an Australian professional golfer.
Harwood was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1979 and has extensive experience on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. He won five times in Europe, including a 1990 victory in the European Tour's home tournament at Wentworth, which was then called the Volvo PGA Championship. He achieved a career best European Tour Order of Merit ranking of sixth that year. The following year he was runner-up to fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, several weeks later he won the GA European Open at Walton Heath, In his prime he played occasionally in the United States, but he never had a top ten finish in any PGA Tour event other than the Open Championship. In the early 1990s, Harwood achieved his highest world ranking of 20 overall. His round of 61 at the Australian PGA Championship at Concord in 1992 was his best professional score recorded. Prior to joining the European Seniors Tour, Harwood served as a board member of the Australian PGA in the early 2000s.
Harwood won his first title on the European Seniors Tour at the season ending OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship by three strokes. The win caused Harwood to finish 9th on the 2009 final money list and earning him the title of Rookie of the Year. Despite over 100 Pro-Am victories, it marked his first professional tournament win in 18 years. Harwood continues to play on the Tour. He again finished in the top-10 in the Order of Merit in 2011. Harwood won multiple events on the Australian Senior Tour (PGA Legends Tour) as well. Harwood's success has not diminished in recent years, taking out the Australian Seniors Order of Merit by a significant margin in 2015, for the second time (previously 2009) that year being his first as a Senior he also won rookie of the year.
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Professional wins (30)
European Tour (5)
- 1988 Portuguese Open
- 1989 PLM Open
- 1990 Volvo PGA Championship, Volvo Masters
- 1991 GA European Open
PGA Tour of Australasia (2)
Other wins (5)
- 1984 Fijian Open, Pacific Harbour Open (Fiji), Western Samoan Open
- 1986 Naturgas Open (Sweden)
- 1996 Victorian PGA Championship
European Seniors Tour wins (1)
Other senior wins (17)
- 2009 Australian Open Championship, Tasmanian Senior Open, NSW PGA Championship
- 2010 NZ Handa PGA Championship, Tasmanian Senior Open, Queensland PGA Senior Championship
- 2011 City of South Perth Masters Pro Am (Asia Pacific Champions Tour), NSW PGA Championship
- 2012 Australian PGA Championship, Tasmanian Senior Open, Sri Lankan Airlines Senior Golf Masters
- 2013 Victorian Senior Open
- 2015 Tasmanian Senior Open,[1] SA PGA Senior Championship, Fijian Senior Open, NSW PGA Championship
- 2016 Tasmanian Senior Open
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
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| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T49 | CUT | DNP | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T39 | CUT | 2 | T45 | T73 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | CUT | DNP | DNP |
Note: Harwood never played in the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Australia): 1984, 1991
- Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1991
- Four Tours World Championship (representing Australasia): 1991
References
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External links
- Mike Harwood at the European Tour official site
- Mike Harwood at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
