Graham Marsh
Graham Vivian Marsh MBE was one of the leading Australian professional golfers of his generation. During his career he won over 70 tournaments around the world, including ten on the European Tour and twenty on the Japan Golf Tour, plus two senior major championships.
Career outlined
Marsh was born in Kalgoorlie, Australia. He attended the University of Western Australia and Claremont Teachers College before turning professional in 1969.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 Japan, winning the Asia Golf Circuit overall title in 1972 and 1973, 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 Colgate 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. He was voted Australian Sportsman of the year in 1977.
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, Europe and the United States. His work has included courses such as The Vines Resort, Palm Meadows Resort Old Silo, Twin Creeks Golf and Country Club and Terrey Hills Golf & Country Club just to name a few.
In 1984, Marsh was made 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.
Professional wins (70)
PGA Tour wins (1)
European Tour wins (10)
European Tour playoff record| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 1975 | Scandinavian Enterprise Open |  George Burns | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Japan Golf Tour wins (20)
Japan Golf Tour playoff record
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 1973 | World Friendship |  Isao Aoki,  Lu Liang-Huan | Lu won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1974 | Pepsi-Wilson Tournament | Hsieh Yung-yo | Won with birdie on fourth extra hole |
| 3 | 1976 | Pepsi-Wilson Tournament |  Brian Jones, Shozo Miyamoto, Peter Thomson | Thomson won with par on fourteenth extra hole Jones eliminated by par on fourth hole Miyamoto eliminated by par on first hole |
| 4 | 1976 | KBC Augusta | Haruo Yasuda | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 5 | 1978 | Japan Open Golf Championship |  Seve Ballesteros | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
| 6 | 1982 | Fujisankei Classic | Tommy Nakajima | Lost to par on first extra hole |
| 7 | 1982 | Mitsubishi Galant Tournament | Teruo Sugihara | Won with par on first extra hole |
| 8 | 1983 | Pocari-Sweat Hakuryuko Open | Saburo Fujiki, Shinsaku Maeda, Hiroshi Makino | |
| 9 | 1983 | Yomiuri Open | Tōru Nakamura | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
| 10 | 1986 | Suntory Open | Isao Aoki | Won with par on first extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (7)
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 1976 | Victorian Open |  Guy Wolstenholme | Lost to birdie on third extra hole |
| 2 | 1982 | Dunhill Queensland Open | Wayne Grady | Won with par on first extra hole |
Asia Golf Circuit wins (5)
Other European wins (3)
- 1970 Swiss Open
- 1977 Lancome Trophy, Colgate World Match Play Championship
Other Japan wins (5)
- 1972 Dunlop Tournament
- 1973 Japan vs Australia Match individual
- 1975 Dunlop Wizard
- 1976 Dunlop Wizard
- 1977 Dunlop Wizard
Other Australasian wins (8)
- 1966 Nedlands Masters
- 1967 Nedlands Masters
- 1968 Western Australian Open
- 1969 Western Australia PGA Championship
- 1970 Wattie's Tournament
- 1971 Spalding Masters
- 1976 Western Australian Open
- 19?? Bay Classic
Other Asian wins (1)
- 1976 Dunhill International Match-Play
Champions Tour wins (6)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
| 1 | 4 Jun 1995 | Bruno's Memorial Classic | −15 | 5 strokes | J. C. Snead |
| 2 | 5 May 1996 | PaineWebber Invitational | −10 | 1 stroke |  Brian Barnes, Tom Wargo |
| 3 | 1 Sep 1996 | Franklin Quest Championship | −14 | 2 strokes | Kermit Zarley |
| 4 | 22 Jun 1997 | Nationwide Championship | −18 | 1 stroke | Hale Irwin |
| 5 | 29 Jun 1997 | U.S. Senior Open | −8 | 1 stroke |  John Bland |
| 6 | 4 Apr 1999 | The Tradition | −8 * | 3 strokes | Larry Nelson |
Champions Tour playoff record
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
| 1 | 2004 | MasterCard Classic | Ed Fiori | Lost to par on third extra hole |
Other senior wins (4)
- 1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf
- 1998 Japan Senior Open
- 1999 Japan Senior Open
- 2010 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf – Raphael Division
Results in major championships
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Summary
- Most consecutive cuts made – 16
- Longest streak of top-10s – 2
Champions Tour major championships
Wins (2)
Team appearances
- Dunhill Cup : 1985
- Four Tours World Championship : 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991