Ian Stanley (golfer)
| Ian Stanley | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ian Stanley | ||
| Born | 14 November 1948 Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1970 | ||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour European Seniors Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 28 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 1 | ||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 19 | ||
| European Senior Tour | 3 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | T30: 1986 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Ian Stanley (born 14 November 1948) is an Australian professional golfer.
Stanley was born in Melbourne. He turned professional in 1970 and was a prolific tournament winner in Australasia from the mid-1970s through to the early 1990s. He also spent seven years on the European Tour in the 1970s, where he was joint winner of the 1975 Martini International with Christy O'Connor Jnr, and finished inside the top 60 on the Order of Merit six times with a best end of season ranking of 27th in 1975.[1]
In the early 1990s, Stanley joined Australia's first pay TV sports channel, Premier Sports, commentating on European and American tournaments. This led to the highly rated Golf Show which is still successfully running on Fox Sports today.
After turning 50, Stanley joined the European Seniors Tour, and in 2001 he won the Senior British Open on his way to topping the Order of Merit.[2] In total, he has three wins on the European Seniors Tour.
On retiring from the Senior tour in 2004, Stanley joined golf design and architect firm, Thomson Perrett where his principal design stage was golf greens. Stanley also project managed courses in Australia and China. The main golf courses in Australia included Ballarat Golf Club, Sandhurst Golf Club, Silverwoods at Yarawonga, Mandalay Golf Club and Manly Golf Club, Sydney (greens and bunker designs).
Stanley is a Director of not for profit organisation Tee Up for Kids, which raises money for underprivileged children in Victoria.
Amateur wins (3)
- 1966 Victorian Schoolboys' Champion
- 1967 Victorian Junior Champion
- 1969 Victorian Junior Champion
Professional wins (28)
PGA Tour of Australia wins (19)
- 1975 Queensland Open
- 1979 Victorian PGA Championship
- 1980 Wembley Classic, Geraldton Classic
- 1981 Traralgon Classic
- 1982 Westpac Classic
- 1983 Hume Classic, Murray River Classic
- 1984 Murray River Classic, South Australian PGA Championship
- 1985 Western Australia Open, New South Wales Open, Geralston Classic
- 1986 Murray River Classic
- 1987 South West Open
- 1988 New Zealand Open
- 1989 Tasmanian Open
- 1992 Norfolk Island Open, Victorian Open
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Jun 1975 | Martini International | −5 (71-72-69-67=279) | Tie |  Christy O'Connor Jnr
|
Other wins (5)
- 1975 New Britain Open (Papua New Guinea)
- 1976 South Seas Classic (Fiji)
- 1986 Fiji Open
- 1988 Fijian Hotel Classic
- 1990 Fijian Hotel Classic
European Seniors Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Jul 2000 | Coca-Cola Kaiser Karl European Trophy | –13 (66-69-68=203) | 4 strokes |  Denis Durnian Seiji Ebihara
|
| 2 | 3 Jun 2001 | De Vere PGA Seniors Championship | –10 (71-66-68-73=278) | 2 strokes | Maurice Bembridge
|
| 3 | 29 Jul 2001 | Senior British Open | –6 (70-69-70-69=278) | Playoff |  Bob Charles
|
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T56 | 46 | CUT | CUT | CUT | DNP |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | CUT |
Note: The Open Championship was the only major Stanley played.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Australia): 1974, 1975
- UBS Warburg Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2001
See also
References
- ^ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 344. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
- ^ Callander, Colin (12 November 2001). "European Seniors Tour: Stanley takes title on merit". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
External links
- Ian Stanley at the European Tour official site