Mike_Harwood
Mike Harwood
Australian professional golfer (born 1959)
Michael Geoffrey Harwood (born 8 January 1959) is an Australian professional golfer.
| Mike Harwood | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Michael Geoffrey Harwood | ||
| Born | (1959-01-08) 8 January 1959 (age 65) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | ||
| Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Australia | ||
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Spouse | Donna | ||
| Children | 5 | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1979 | ||
| Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour | ||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia | ||
| Professional wins | 34 | ||
| Highest ranking | 20 (22 September 1991)[1] | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 5 | ||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 | ||
| European Senior Tour | 1 | ||
| Other | 26 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 1991, 1992 | ||
| U.S. Open | T49: 1991 | ||
| The Open Championship | 2nd: 1991 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Harwood was born in Sydney.
In 1979, Harwood turned professional and has extensive experience on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. His first Australian title was the 1986 Australian PGA Championship. He won five times on the European Tour; the first was at the 1988 Portuguese Open and the second was the 1989 PLM Open. In 1990, his first of three major Europe wins was the European Tour's flagship tournament at Wentworth, which was then called the Volvo PGA Championship, later that year he won the Volvo Masters at Valderrama, two weeks later in Australia he won the West End South Australian Open by five strokes. He achieved a career best European Tour Order of Merit ranking of sixth that year.
The following year, 1991, he was runner-up to fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, several weeks later he won the GA European Open at Walton Heath. In his prime, he played occasionally in the United States but never had a top-10 finish in any PGA Tour event.[2] In late 1991, Harwood achieved his highest world ranking of #20. His round of 61 at the Australian PGA Championship at Concord in 1992 was his best professional score recorded. Harwood served as a board member of the Australian PGA in the early 2000s.
Senior career
Harwood won his first title on the European Senior Tour at the season ending OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship by three strokes. Harwood to finish 9th on the 2009 final money list and earned him the title of Rookie of the Year. Despite over 100 Pro-Am victories, it marked his first professional tournament win in 18 years. He again finished in the top-10 of the European Senior Tour Order of Merit in 2011.
Harwood won the Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year honours on the Australian Senior Tour (PGA Legends Tour) in 2009. He won the Order of Merit a second time in 2015, by a significant margin. He has won over 75 events on the senior tour including the Australian Senior Open, Australian PGA Seniors Championship, and twice winning the Senior TPC Championship.
In 2019, he won the first two event of season, the Victorian Senior Masters and Victorian Senior PGA Championship. He also won 2019 Legend Tour Player of year.
Harwood won 2009 Australian PGA Legends Tour Rookie of the Year
European Tour wins (5)
| Legend |
| Flagship events (1) |
| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other European Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 May 1988 | Portuguese Open | −8 (73-70-68-69=280) | 1 stroke |  Eamonn Darcy |
| 2 | 20 Aug 1989 | PLM Open | −13 (66-70-67-68=271) | 1 stroke | Peter Senior |
| 3 | 28 May 1990 | Volvo PGA Championship | −17 (69-68-67-67=271) | 1 stroke |  John Bland,  Nick Faldo |
| 4 | 28 Oct 1990 | Volvo Masters | +2 (70-72-73-71=286) | 1 stroke | Steven Richardson,  Sam Torrance |
| 5 | 1 Sep 1991 | GA European Open | −11 (70-72-70-65=277) | 2 strokes | Sandy Lyle |
PGA Tour of Australia wins (2)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Nov 1986 | Toshiba Australian PGA Championship | −13 (69-69-73-64=275) | 2 strokes | Greg Norman |
| 2 | 18 Nov 1990 | West End South Australian Open | −14 (66-71-73-68=278) | 5 strokes | Paul Moloney,  Simon Owen |
Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 May 1986 | Naturgas Open | −2 (73-72-69=214) | 3 strokes |  Per-Arne Brostedt |
Other wins (4)
- 1984 Fiji Open, Pacific Harbour Open (Fiji), Western Samoan Open
- 1996 Victorian PGA Championship
European Senior Tour wins (1)
| Legend |
| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other European Senior Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 Nov 2009 | OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship | −13 (65-72-66=203) | 3 strokes |  Ángel Franco |
Other senior wins (21)
- 2009 Australian Senior Open, Tasmanian Senior Open, NSW PGA Championship
- 2010 NZ Handa PGA Championship, Tasmanian Senior Open, Queensland PGA Senior Championship
- 2011 City of South Perth Masters Pro Am (Asia Pacific Champions Tour), NSW PGA Championship
- 2012 Australian PGA Seniors Championship,[3] Tasmanian Senior Open, Sri Lankan Airlines Senior Golf Masters
- 2013 Victorian Senior Open, TPC Championship
- 2015 Tasmanian Senior Open,[4] SA PGA Senior Championship, Fijian Senior Open, NSW PGA Championship
- 2016 Tasmanian Senior Open
- 2018 Australian Legends Tour Championship
- 2019 Victorian Senior PGA, Victorian Masters
| Tournament | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | T49 | CUT | |||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T39 | CUT | 2 | T45 | T73 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | CUT | CUT |
Note: Harwood never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
- World Cup (representing Australia): 1984, 1991
- Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1991
- Four Tours World Championship (representing Australasia): 1991
- "Week 38 1991 Ending 22 Sep 1991" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Mike Harwood – Career". PGA Tour. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- "Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List" (PDF). PGA Australia.
- "Harwood claims fourth Open win". The Advocate. Retrieved 3 August 2015.
- Mike Harwood at the European Tour official site
- Mike Harwood at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Mike Harwood at the Official World Golf Ranking official site