Eamonn Darcy

Eamonn Darcy
Eamonn Darcy
	Dutch Senior Open 2010
Personal information
Full name	Eamonn Christopher Darcy
Born	7 August 1952 (age 72); Delgany, County Wicklow
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Sporting nationality	Ireland
Residence	Enniskerry, County Wicklow
Career
Turned professional	1968
Current tour(s)	European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	15
Highest ranking	57 (4 August 1991)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	4
Other	11
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T5: 1991

Eamonn Christopher Darcy (born 7 August 1952) is an Irish professional golfer.

Darcy was born in Delgany, County Wicklow. He turned professional in 1968 and played on the European Tour from 1972, winning four European Tour tournaments. His best years were 1975, when he came third on the Order of Merit, and 1976, when he improved to second. While he did not fully live up to this early promise, and did not compete on a level with the "Big 5" of European golf who emerged around this time (Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer, Sandy Lyle and Ian Woosnam) he went on to enjoy a long career. He finished in the top 20 on the Order of Merit nine times in total and made the top 100 as late as 1999, when he was 47. In 2002 he joined the European Seniors Tour. He was a member of the GB & Ireland/European Ryder Cup team on four occasions, including the victorious team of 1987.^[2]

He was noted for having one of golf's strangest swings.^[3]

Professional wins (15)

European Tour wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	19 Jun 1977	Greater Manchester Open	–11 (69-67-66-67=269)	8 strokes	Brian Barnes, Ken Brown, John Morgan
2	23 Oct 1983	Benson & Hedges Spanish Open	–11 (67-71-67-72=277)	1 stroke	Manuel Piñero
3	20 Jun 1987	Volvo Belgian Open	–13 (69-67-64=200)	1 stroke	Nick Faldo, Ronan Rafferty, Ian Woosnam
4	25 Feb 1990	Emirates Airlines Desert Classic	–12 (64-68-75-69=276)	4 strokes	David Feherty

European Tour playoff record (0–4)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1976	Penfold PGA Championship	Neil Coles, Gary Player	Coles won with par on third extra hole Player eliminated by par on first hole
2	1982	Jersey Open	Bernard Gallacher, Des Smyth	Gallacher won with par on fifth extra hole Darcy eliminated by birdie on second hole
3	1983	State Express Classic	Hugh Baiocchi, Mike Sullivan	Baiocchi won with birdie on first extra hole
4	1991	Murphy's Cup	Tony Johnstone	Lost to eagle on second extra hole

Other wins (11)

1976 Cacharel Under-25 Championship, Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball (with Christy O'Connor Jnr)
1978 Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball (with Christy O'Connor Jnr)
1980 Air New Zealand Shell Open
1981 CBA West Lakes Classic, Cock of the North (Zambia)
1982 Benson & Hedges Kenya Open, Irish Professional Championship
1984 Mufulira Open (Zambia)
1988 Irish National PGA Championship
1992 Irish National PGA Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The Open Championship	CUT	T15	T34	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
The Open Championship	T45	T14	T35	T26	CUT	T11	T59	T17	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
The Open Championship	T22	T5					T33

Note: Darcy only played in The Open Championship.

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1975 and 1984 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland/Europe): 1975, 1977, 1981, 1987 (winners)
Double Diamond International (representing Ireland): 1975, 1976, 1977
Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1976 (winners), (representing Ireland) 1984 (captain)
Philip Morris International (representing Ireland): 1976
World Cup (representing Ireland): 1976, 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991
Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Ireland): 1987, 1988 (winners), 1991

References

^ "Week 31 1991 Ending 4 Aug 1991" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "1987 Muirfield Village, Ohio", BBC. Retrieved 12 July 2015
^ Mell, Randall (24 October 2012). "A history of golf's strange swings". Golf Channel. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

External links

Eamonn Darcy at the European Tour official site

[w199131-1] "Week 31 1991 Ending 4 Aug 1991" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

[2] "1987 Muirfield Village, Ohio", BBC. Retrieved 12 July 2015

[golf-chan-1-3] Mell, Randall (24 October 2012). "A history of golf's strange swings". Golf Channel. Retrieved 6 January 2016.

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