Peter Butler (golfer)

Peter Butler
Peter Butler
Personal information
Full name	Peter Joseph Butler
Born	25 March 1932 (age 92); Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sporting nationality	England
Residence	Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Career
Turned professional	1947
Former tour(s)	European Tour; European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	21
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour	1
Other	19
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	T13: 1964, 1966
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	6th: 1973

Peter Joseph Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.^[1]

Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 (most of those seasons falling before the formal debut of the European Tour in 1972. He won 13 important individual tournaments in Britain and Ireland between 1959 and 1971 and the French Open in 1968. He was Captain of the PGA in 1972.

The best finish for Butler in a major championship was a solo sixth at the 1973 Open Championship. He was also 36 hole co-leader at the 1966 Masters Tournament before finishing tied for thirteenth.^[2]

Butler was one of the founders of the European Seniors Tour and finished fourth on the Order of Merit in its 1992 debut season, even though at sixty he was ten years past the minimum age. His only senior win came the following year at the Lawrence Batley Seniors.

Butler played in the Ryder Cup in 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1973. At the 1973 Ryder Cup at Muirfield, he recorded the first ever hole-in-one in the history of the event.^[3] He also represented England at the World Cup in 1969, 1970 and 1973.

Professional wins (21)

Important European wins (14)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	23 May 1959	Swallow-Penfold Tournament	75-72-67-66=280	1 stroke	Harry Weetman
2	23 Jun 1962	Yorkshire Evening News Tournament	70-69-67-67=273	4 strokes	Ken Bousfield
3	6 Apr 1963	Schweppes PGA Close Championship	74-79-77-76=306	2 strokes	Bobby Walker
4	2 Jul 1963	Bowmaker Tournament	65-67=132	2 strokes	Ken Bousfield, Brian Huggett, Kel Nagle
5	25 Apr 1964	Cox Moore Tournament	70-68-72-69=279	1 stroke	Bernard Hunt
6	22 May 1965	Martini International	70-69-67-69=275	4 strokes	Jean Garaïalde, Bernard Hunt
7	12 Oct 1965	Piccadilly Tournament	68-65-65-69=267	2 strokes	Dai Rees
8	4 Jul 1967	Bowmaker Tournament	70-61=131	1 stroke	Peter Thomson
9	11 Oct 1967	Piccadilly Tournament	68-67-64-64=263	2 strokes	Brian Huggett
10	4 May 1968	Penfold Tournament	68-75-66-72=281	Playoff	Dave Thomas
11	18 Jul 1968	French Open	67-68-68-69=272	4 strokes	Sebastián Miguel, Peter Townsend
12	17 Aug 1968	W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament	67-70-72-72=281	2 strokes	Bill Large
13	10 Aug 1969	R.T.V. International Trophy	67-67-68-71=273	3 strokes	Bernard Hunt, Cobie Legrange
14	7 Aug 1971	Classic International	68-74-68-67=277	1 stroke	Kim Dabson

Other wins (6)

1961 Midland Professional Championship
1963 Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes Tournament (with David Kelley)
1971 Grand Bahama Open
1972 Grand Bahama Open
1974 Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball (with Clive Clark)
1975 Colombian Open

European Seniors Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	30 Jul 1993	Lawrence Batley Seniors	−5 (70-65-72=207)	1 stroke	Michael Murphy

Results in major championships

Tournament	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	T30	CUT	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T13	CUT	T13	T24	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	35	T20	CUT	CUT	T30	CUT	T16	CUT	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T25	T15	6	31	DNP	T10	T15	59	CUT

Note: Butler only played in The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	3	7	3
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0
The Open Championship	2	7	23	12
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0
Totals	2	10	30	15

Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1971 Open Championship – 1978 Open Championship)
Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Team appearances

Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1965, 1969, 1971, 1973
World Cup (representing England): 1969, 1970, 1973
Amateurs–Professionals Match (representing the Professionals): 1960 (winners)
Double Diamond International (representing England): 1971 (winners), 1972 (winners), 1976 (winners)
Philip Morris International (representing England): 1976
Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1976 (winners)
PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1978 (winners), 1979 (winners), 1981, 1982, 1984 (winners)

References

^ Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
^ Harney, Butler forge into lead at Masters
^ Gay rally for Yanks

External links

Peter Butler at the European Tour official site

[alliss-1] Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.

[2] Harney, Butler forge into lead at Masters

[3] Gay rally for Yanks

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