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David Creamer
British table tennis player and golfer
David Creamer (born 9 December 1942) is a former international table tennis player and professional golfer from England.[1]
| David Creamer | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | (1942-12-09) 9 December 1942 (age 81) Perivale, Middlesex, England |
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1966 |
| Former tour(s) | European Seniors Tour |
| Professional wins | 1 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Senior Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 1980 |
Creamer represented England at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Chester Barnes, Ian Harrison and Bryan Merrett.[2][3] He also won an English National title in 1964, in the doubles with Johnny Leach.[4]
Creamer turned professional in 1966. Until he reached 50, Creamer played little top-level golf, although he qualified for the 1980 Open Championship at Muirfield where he missed the cut.[1][5] He played regularly on the European Senior Tour from 1993 to 2007, competing in over 200 events.[5] He was twice in the top 10 of the money list, in 1997 and 2000.[5] Creamer won once, the Energis Senior Masters at Wentworth in 2000. He was a runner-up 6 times, including the PGA Seniors Championship in 1994 and the Lawrence Batley Seniors in 2002, where he lost in a playoff.[5]
European Seniors Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 Aug 2000 | Energis Senior Masters | −8 (66-70-72=208) | 1 stroke |  Ian Stanley |
European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2002 | Lawrence Batley Seniors | Neil Coles,  Steve Stull |
Coles won with par on third extra hole Stull eliminated by par on second hole |
- Diamondhead Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1974
- Praia d'El Rey European Cup: 1997 (winners)
- "Seniors Tour: Creamer the man to catch". The Telegraph.
- "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- "1963 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- Nichols, Peter (8 June 2014). "Johnny Leach obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- "Player Profile David Creamer". European Tour. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
- David Creamer at the European Tour official site
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