Peter Senior


Peter Albert Charles Senior is an Australian professional golfer who has won more than twenty tournaments around the world.
Senior has competed mainly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, where he has had the most success and won the Order of Merit on four occasions, and the European Tour. He has also played occasionally on the Japan Golf Tour and the United States-based PGA Tour.
Senior has represented Australia in international competitions several times, and was a member of the International Team at the first two stagings of the Presidents Cup. He has also represented Australia twice at the World Cup.

Personal life

Senior was born in Singapore. He lives in Hope Island, Queensland with his wife June, whom he married in 1984. They have three children: Krystlle, Jasmine and Mitchell.
In his spare time Peter enjoys fishing, reading and spending time with his family. Peter also owns various other businesses unrelated to his golfing career.

Professional career

Senior turned professional in 1978 and joined the PGA Tour of Australia, now the PGA Tour of Australasia. During his career, he has won 21 tournaments on the tour, including the Australian PGA Championship in 1989, 2003 and 2010, the Australian Open in 1989 and 2012, and the Australian Masters in 1991, 1995 and 2015. Senior has won professional events on the main men's tour in five separate decades, a feat achieved by very few players previously anywhere in the world. He also has the distinction of winning the Australian PGA, Open and Masters tournaments after he turned 50. He also topped the tour's Order of Merit in 1987, 1989 and 1993. Even after reaching the age of fifty, he remained competitive on the tour, through until his retirement from golf in 2016.
Between 1984 and 1992, Senior competed on the European Tour full-time, winning four tournaments and finishing a career best of 7th on the Order of Merit in 1987. He also played regularly on the Japanese Tour, winning three tournaments before rejoining the European Tour in 1998. Through the 2007 season he continued to play in a small number of tournaments on the tour.
In 1985, Senior finished 5th at the PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament to earn his card for the following season. He did not have much success, making just two cuts in the first half of the season, before he elected to return to Europe. He did play in several PGA Tour events in other seasons, notably finishing tied for second in The International in 1990, but never tried to qualify for the tour again.
Senior made his debut on the over-50 circuit the Champions Tour in February 2010 at The ACE Group Classic. Senior has yet to win on the Champions Tour, but has finished as a runner up on six occasions, with three playoff defeats. One of these came in February 2012 at the Allianz Championship, when Senior birdied the final hole of regulation to make the playoff before losing to Corey Pavin with a birdie on the first playoff hole.
Senior announced his retirement during the second round of the 2016 Australian Open held at The Royal Sydney Golf Club. Senior suffered a hip injury on the sixth hole and announced his retirement from professional golf shortly after.

Professional wins (34)

European Tour wins (4)

European Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11992Benson & Hedges International Open Tony JohnstoneWon with par on first extra hole

Japan Golf Tour wins (3)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (21)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 Feb 1979Dunhill South Australian Open−6 Playoff Graham Stevens
214 Oct 1984Stefan Queensland Open−6 7 strokes Wayne Grady
325 Nov 1984Honeywell Classic−18 2 strokes Ossie Moore
425 Jan 1987U-Bix Classic −19 1 stroke Gerry Taylor
51 Mar 1987Rich River Classic−15 2 strokes Mike Ferguson
618 Oct 1987Queensland PGA Championship−10 Playoff Jeff Woodland
712 Nov 1989Australian PGA Championship−14 1 stroke Jim Benepe
83 Dec 1989Australian Open−17 7 strokes Peter Fowler
910 Dec 1989Johnnie Walker Australian Classic−12 5 strokes Greg Norman
1017 Feb 1991Pyramid Australian Masters−14 1 stroke Greg Norman
118 Dec 1991Johnnie Walker Classic −10 1 stroke Rodger Davis, Frank Nobilo
1231 Jan 1993Heineken Classic−13 3 strokes Michael Campbell
1327 Feb 1994Canon Challenge−12 Playoff Chris Gray
1419 Feb 1995Australian Masters −12 1 stroke Wayne Grady, Lucas Parsons,
Tom Watson
1525 Feb 1996Canon Challenge −10 2 strokes Robert Allenby, Brad King,
Robert Willis
161 Dec 1996Greg Norman's Holden Classic−7 1 stroke Greg Norman
1723 Feb 1997Canon Challenge −14 Playoff Steven Alker
1814 Dec 2003Australian PGA Championship −17 1 stroke Rod Pampling
1912 Dec 2010Australian PGA Championship1 −12 Playoff Geoff Ogilvy
209 Dec 2012Emirates Australian Open1 −4 1 stroke Brendan Jones
2122 Nov 2015Uniqlo Masters −8 2 strokes Bryson DeChambeau, Andrew Evans,
John Senden

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11979Dunhill South Australian Open Graham Stevens Won with birdie on first extra hole
21987Queensland PGA Championship Jeff WoodlandWon with bogey on first extra hole
31993Microsoft Australian Masters Bradley HughesLost to par on first extra hole
41994Canon Challenge Chris GrayWon with birdie on first extra hole
51997Canon Challenge Steven AlkerWon with birdie on fourth extra hole
62010Australian PGA Championship Geoff OgilvyWon with par on second extra hole

Other wins (5)

Playoff record

Champions Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12011Songdo IBD Championship Jay Don Blake, John Cook,
Mark O'Meara		Blake won with birdie on fifth extra hole
O'Meara and Senior eliminated with par on third hole
22011Regions Tradition Tom LehmanLost to par on second extra hole
32012Allianz Championship Corey PavinLost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

1Cancelled due to 9/11
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances