Peter Butler (golfer)

Peter Butler
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Peter Joseph Butler
Born (1932-03-25) 25 March 1932
Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality  England
Residence Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Career
Turned professional 1947
Former tour(s) European Tour
European Seniors Tour
Professional wins 21
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour 1
Other 19
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T13: 1964, 1966
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship 6th: 1973
PGA Championship DNP

Peter Joseph Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.[1]

Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 (most of those seasons falling before the formal debut of the European Tour in 1972. He won 13 important individual tournaments in Britain and Ireland between 1959 and 1971 and the French Open in 1968. He was Captain of the PGA in 1972.

The best finish for Butler in a major championship was a solo sixth at the 1973 Open Championship. He was also 36 hole co-leader at the 1966 Masters Tournament before finishing tied for thirteenth.[2]

Butler was one of the founders of the European Seniors Tour and finished fourth on the Order of Merit in its 1992 debut season, even though at sixty he was ten years past the minimum age. His only senior win came the following year at the Lawrence Batley Seniors.

Butler played in the Ryder Cup in 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1973. At the 1973 Ryder Cup at Muirfield, he recorded the first ever hole-in-one in the history of the event.[3] He also represented England at the World Cup in 1969, 1970 and 1973.

Professional wins (21)

Important European wins (14)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1 23 May 1959 Swallow-Penfold Tournament 75-72-67-66=280 1 stroke England Harry Weetman
2 23 Jun 1962 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament 70-69-67-67=273 4 strokes England Ken Bousfield
3 6 Apr 1963 Schweppes PGA Close Championship 74-79-77-76=306 2 strokes Scotland Bobby Walker
4 2 Jul 1963 Bowmaker Tournament 65-67=132 2 strokes England Ken Bousfield, Wales Brian Huggett,
Australia Kel Nagle
5 25 Apr 1964 Cox Moore Tournament 70-68-72-69=279 1 stroke England Bernard Hunt
6 22 May 1965 Martini International 70-69-67-69=275 4 strokes France Jean Garaïalde, England Bernard Hunt
7 12 Oct 1965 Piccadilly Tournament 68-65-65-69=267 2 strokes Wales Dai Rees
8 4 Jul 1967 Bowmaker Tournament 70-61=131 1 stroke Australia Peter Thomson
9 11 Oct 1967 Piccadilly Tournament 68-67-64-64=263 2 strokes Wales Brian Huggett
10 4 May 1968 Penfold Tournament 68-75-66-72=281 Playoff Wales Dave Thomas
11 18 Jul 1968 French Open 67-68-68-69=272 4 strokes Spain Sebastián Miguel, England Peter Townsend
12 17 Aug 1968 W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament 67-70-72-72=281 2 strokes England Bill Large
13 10 Aug 1969 R.T.V. International Trophy 67-67-68-71=273 3 strokes England Bernard Hunt, South Africa Cobie Legrange
14 7 Aug 1971 Classic International 68-74-68-67=277 1 stroke Wales Kim Dabson

Other wins (6)

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 30 Jul 1993 Lawrence Batley Seniors −5 (70-65-72=207) 1 stroke Republic of Ireland Michael Murphy

Results in major championships

Tournament 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP CUT T30 CUT DNP
Tournament 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP T13 CUT T13 T24 CUT CUT
The Open Championship 35 T20 CUT CUT T30 CUT T16 CUT CUT CUT
Tournament 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Masters Tournament CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT T25 T15 6 31 DNP T10 T15 59 CUT

Note: Butler only played in The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 3
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 2 7 23 12
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 2 10 30 15

Team appearances

References

  1. ↑ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
  2. ↑ Harney, Butler forge into lead at Masters
  3. ↑ Gay rally for Yanks
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