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Craig Parry

Craig Parry
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Craig David Parry
Nickname Popeye
Born (1966-01-12) 12 January 1966 (age 51)
Sunshine, Victoria, Australia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st)
Nationality  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Orlando, Florida, U.S.
Spouse Jenny Parry
Children three
Career
Turned professional 1985
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Japan Golf Tour
Professional wins 23
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
European Tour 6
Japan Golf Tour 2
Asian Tour 1
PGA Tour of Australasia 14
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T13: 1992
U.S. Open T3: 1993
The Open Championship T4: 1999
PGA Championship T19: 1994
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner
1995, 2002, 2007

Craig David Parry (born 12 January 1966) is an Australian professional golfer. He has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1985, and has 23 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.

His first career victory came at the 1987 New South Wales Open, (an event he later won again in 1992) and later that year won the Canadian TPC. In 1992 he won three of Australia's top four tournaments, placing first at the Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open and the Australian Masters, a tournament he has won three times (in 1992, 1994 and 1996).

He won six events on the European Tour, the latest being his play-off victory over fellow Australian Nick O'Hern at the 2005 Heineken Classic, an event which had been dominated by South African superstar Ernie Els the preceding three years. He played the European Tour on a regular basis from 1988 to 1991 and had two top-10 finishes on the Order of Merit: third in 1989 and fifth in 1991. From 1992 until 2006 he played mainly on the PGA Tour, while continuing to compete around the world. Since 2007 he has concentrated on playing the Japan Golf Tour and PGA Tour of Australasia. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

He has been an integral part of Australian national teams and has been a member of the International Team in three Presidents Cups: 1994, 1996, and 1998. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit in 1995, 2002 and 2007.


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