Carl Mason
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Stuart Carl Mason |
| Born | 25 June 1953 Buxton, Derbyshire |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Nationality |  England |
| Residence | Adderbury, Oxfordshire |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1973 |
| Current tour(s) | European Seniors Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 30 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 2 |
| European Seniors Tour | 25 (1st all-time)[1] |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T4: 1980 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Achievements and awards | |
| Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year |
1974 |
| European Seniors Tour Order of Merit winner |
2003, 2004, 2007 |
Stuart Carl Mason (born 25 June 1953) is an English professional golfer.
Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments, before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994.[2] His biggest successes, however, have come after turning 50. Since then he has become the highest career money winner on the European Seniors Tour, picked up 25 tournament victories and headed the Order of Merit three times.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Regular career
Mason turned professional in 1973, following an outstanding amateur career playing out of Goring and Streatley Golf Club, and was a rookie on the European Tour the following year. He finished in 67th place on the Order of Merit that year and was recipient of the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. He made the top 100 on the European Tour Order of Merit twenty three years in a row up to 1996, with a best ranking of 19th in 1994. In 1980, he finished tied for 4th with Jack Nicklaus in The Open Championship held at Muirfield.
Despite those successes, Mason only won twice on the European Tour, both times in 1994. His first victory came at the 455th attempt, in the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia, and the second in the Scottish Open just a few months later.[3] He also won three times on the Safari Circuit in Africa.
[edit] European Seniors Tour
After a spell working for the PGA European Tour as a tournament referee, he joined the European Seniors Tour on turning fifty. He was immediately successful as a senior, winning four of his first eleven events and topping the Order of Merit in 2003 and 2004. He was Order of Merit runner-up in in each of the following two seasons before recapturing top spot in 2007. That year, after winning the European Senior Masters, he surpassed Tommy Horton as the highest career money earner on the European Seniors Tour.[4] The next week he won the PGA Seniors Championship, and went on to finish the 2007 season with earnings of €412,376, a new record for money won in a season on the tour, breaking his previous record of €354,775 set in 2004. In 2010, he won his 23rd EST event, which placed him in a tie with Tommy Horton for the most EST wins.[5] In May 2011, Mason who his 24th event, the OKI Open de Espana Senior.[1] He won his 25th event at the Benahavis Senior Masters in October 2011.
[edit] Amateur wins (1)
- 1973 British Youths Amateur Open Championship
[edit] Professional wins (30)
[edit] European Tour wins (2)
[edit] Other wins (3)
- 1975 Lusaka Open (Zambia)
- 1984 Zambia Open
- 1987 555 Kenya Open
[edit] European Seniors Tour wins (25)
- 2003 (4) The Mobile Cup, The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz Seniors Match Play Championship, Merseyside English Seniors Open, Estoril Seniors Tour Championship
- 2004 (5) Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic, AIB Irish Seniors Open, The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz European Seniors Match Play Championship, De Vere PGA Seniors Championship, ADT English Seniors Open
- 2005 (2) De Vere Northumberland Seniors Classic, Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open
- 2006 (3) European Senior Masters, English Seniors Open, Seniors Open of Portugal
- 2007 (5) Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open, Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open, European Senior Masters, PGA Seniors Championship, Spanish Senior Open
- 2008 (1) Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
- 2009 (2) The De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship, Benahavis Senior Masters
- 2010 (1) Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open
- 2011 (2) OKI Open de Espana Senior, Benahavis Senior Masters
[edit] Results in major championship
The only major that Mason has played in is The Open Championship.
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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| CUT | 62 | DNP | DNP | T24 | T50 |
| 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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| T4 | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP | CUT | T56 | T44 | T58 | DNP |
| 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
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| DNP | DNP | DNP | T39 | T67 | CUT | T22 | CUT |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] Team appearances
Professional
- World Cup (representing England): 1980
- Hennessy-Cognac Cup: 1980 (winners)
- UBS Cup (Rest of the World team): 2003 (tie), 2004
[edit] References
- ^ a b Record-breaker Mason makes history in Spain
- ^ Glover, Tim (28 February 1994). "Mason's memorable end to his 20-year odyssey: A 40-year-old journeyman celebrates long-awaited victory". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf-masons-memorable-end-to-his-20year-odyssey-a-40yearold-journeyman-celebrates-longawaited-victory-1397075.html. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ Glover, Tim (11 July 1994). "Mason chips his way to unqualified success". London: The Independent. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf-mason-chips-his-way-to-unqualified-success-1413141.html. Retrieved 2007-07-13.
- ^ "Mason makes history at Woburn". PGA European Tour. 2 September 2007. http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pageid=127&pagegid={AEFB93B0-EFF5-4C05-AB0F-FD08D947D944}&infosid=3&eventid=2007854&reportid=58762. Retrieved 2009-06-17.[dead link]
- ^ Ace Mase equals record with victory in Switzerland
[edit] External links
- Carl Mason at the European Tour official site
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