Brian Waites

Brian Waites
Personal information
Full name	Brian J. Waites
Born	(1940-03-01) 1 March 1940 Lancashire, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sporting nationality	England
Residence	Minehead, Somerset, England
Career
Turned professional	1957
Current tour(s)	European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	32
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
European Senior Tour	4
Other	24 (regular) 2 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T19: 1983

Brian J. Waites (born 1 March 1940) is an English professional golfer.

Waites turned professional in 1957 and played on the European Tour through most of the 1970s and 1980s. He was in his prime between 1978 and 1984, ranking between 10th and 22nd on the Order of Merit in each of those seven years. He won two European Tour events. Waites was a member of the losing 1983 European Ryder Cup team and represented England three times at the World Cup.

Waites joined the European Seniors Tour in its 1992 debut season and had a successful career at that level, winning four tournaments and making the top ten on the Order of Merit four times. He was the first man to play 100 tournaments on the European Seniors Tour. Waites was also the club professional at Notts Golf Club between 1969 and 1998. He won the Nottinghamshire Championship seven times, the Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship seven times and the Notts Professional Matchplay Championship five times.

Professional wins

European Tour wins (2)

• 1978 Tournament Players Championship
• 1982 Car Care Plan International

Other regular career wins (24)

• 1969 Nottinghamshire Championship, Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship, Notts Professional Matchplay Championship
• 1971 Nottinghamshire Championship, Notts Professional Matchplay Championship
• 1972 Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship
• 1973 Nottinghamshire Championship
• 1974 Nottinghamshire Championship
• 1975 Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship, Notts Professional Matchplay Championship
• 1977 Notts Professional Matchplay Championship
• 1978 Nottinghamshire Championship
• 1980 Benson & Hedges Kenya Open, Mufulira Open, Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship
• 1981 Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship
• 1982 Mufulira Open, Zambia Open, Nottinghamshire Championship
• 1985 Cock of the North (Zambia)
• 1986 Nottinghamshire Championship, Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship
• 1989 Notts Professional Strokeplay Championship, Notts Professional Matchplay Championship

European Seniors Tour wins (4)

• 1994 D Day Seniors Open
• 1995 Northern Electric Seniors
• 1997 Credit Suisse Private Banking Seniors Open
• 1998 Elf Seniors Open

Other senior career wins (2)

• 1990 PGA Seniors Championship
• 1991 PGA Seniors Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T34

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Open Championship	DNP	T58	DNP	DNP	51	T40	CUT	T52	DNP	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
The Open Championship	T32	T50	T47	T19	CUT

Note: The Open Championship was the only major Waites played.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1976 and 1984 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1983
• World Cup (representing England): 1980, 1982, 1983
• Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1980 (winners), 1982 (winners), (representing England) 1984 (winners)
• PGA Cup/Diamondhead Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland/Europe): 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (winners), 1979 (winners), 1990
• Praia D'el Rey European Cup: 1997, 1998

External links

• Brian Waites at the European Tour official site