Peter Townsend (golfer)

Peter Townsend
Personal information
Full name	Peter Michael Paul Townsend
Born	(1946-09-16) 16 September 1946 (age 70) Cambridge, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Nationality	England
Residence	St Albans, England
Career
Turned professional	1966
Former tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	14
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	42nd: 1969
U.S. Open	CUT: 1969
The Open Championship	T13: 1972, 1974
PGA Championship	DNP

Peter Michael Paul Townsend (born 16 September 1946) is an English professional golfer.

Townsend was born in Cambridge. Following a successful amateur career, during which he won both the Brabazon Trophy and Lytham Trophy, he turned professional at the end of 1966. He went on to win a number of major tournaments around the world during the 1960s and 70s, including the Dutch Open in 1967, the British PGA Closed Championship in 1968, the Venezuela Open in 1969 and the Swiss Open in 1971.

Having had such a promising start to his career, Townsend moved to the United States and qualified for the PGA Tour. However he did not enjoy the same success, although he did have several top 10 finishes, and returned to Europe, going on to end both the 1971 and 72 seasons inside the top 5 on the Order of Merit.

Townsend represented Great Britain twice in the Ryder Cup, in 1969 and 1971. After retiring from tournament golf, he worked as a club professional and was elected Captain of the Professional Golfers' Association in 1994.

Townsend is the father of sons Stuart, an actor, and Dylan, and daughter, Chloe, by his first wife, model Lorna Townsend (née Hogan). He and his Swedish wife, Sofia, have two children, Hugo and Ella.

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

Note: Townsend never played in the PGA Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Amateur

Professional

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