CRAIG PARRY

'Craig Parry' (born January 12, 1966) has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1986, and has 22 career victories, two of those wins being events on the PGA Tour; the 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational and the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.
Parry was born in Sunshine, Victoria. His first career victory came at the 1987 New South Wales Open, (an event he later won again in 1992) and later that year won the Canadian TPC. In 1992 he won three of Australia's top four tournaments, placing first at the Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open and the Australian Masters, a tournament he has won three times (in '92, '94 and '96). He has also won six events on the European Tour, the latest being his play-off victory over fellow Australian Nick O'Hern at the 2005 Heineken Classic, an event which had been dominated by South African superstar Ernie Els the preceding three years. He played the European Tour on a regular basis from 1988 to 1991 and had two top ten finishes on the Order of Merit: 3rd in 1989 and 5th in 1991. Since 1992 he has played mainly on the PGA Tour, while continuing to compete around the world.
He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
He has been an integral part of Australian national teams and has been a member of the International Team in three Presidents Cups: 1994, 1996, and 1998. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit in 1995 and 2002.
Over the years there has been criticism over his unorthodox swing - he is one of very few professional golfers who swing the club "over-the-top" on the downswing, a trait usually associated with less skilled golfers. Nonetheless, he continues to perform on golf's greatest stage at the highest of standards.
Parry is married with 3 children. He now has residences in both. Sydney, Australia and Orlando, Florida, USA.He is the Western Bulldogs (AFL Team) number one ticket holder

Contents

Professional wins

Team appearances

Results in major championships

External links

Professional wins

'PGA Tour of Australasia'

★ 1987 Panasonic New South Wales Open

★ 1992 Australian PGA Championship, New South Wales Open, Microsoft Australian Masters

★ 1994 Pyramid Australian Masters

★ 1995 Canon Challenge, Greg Norman's Holden Classic

★ 1996 Ericsson Masters

★ 1997 Coolum Classic

★ 1999 Ford Open

★ 2002 New Zealand Open, WGC-NEC Invitational (multi-sanctioned)

★ 2005 Heineken Classic (co-sanctioned with European Tour)
'European Tour'

★ 1989 Wang Four Stars, German Open

★ 1991 Bell's Scottish Open, Italian Open

★ 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational (multi-sanctioned)

★ 2005 Heineken Classic (co-sanctioned with Australasian Tour)
'PGA Tour'

★ 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational (multi-sanctioned)

★ 2004 Ford Championship at Doral
'Other'

★ 1987 Canadian TPC

★ 1989 Bridgestone ASO (Japan Golf Tour)

★ 1997 Japan Open (Japan Golf Tour), Satelindo Indonesia Open (Asia Tour)

Team appearances

★ Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999

★ World Cup: (representing Australia): 2002

★ Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners)

★ 4 Tours World Championship: 1988, 1989, 1990 (winners), 1991

Results in major championships

Tournament	1988	1989
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP

Tournament	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
The Masters	CUT	DNP	T13	T45	T30	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T48
U.S. Open	46	T11	T33	T3	T25	DNP	T90	T43	DNP	T34
The Open Championship	T22	8	T28	T49	T77	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	T4
PGA Championship	T40	T43	DNP	T31	T19	CUT	T65	CUT	T71	CUT

Tournament	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
The Masters	T25	DNP	DNP	T39	CUT	T25
U.S. Open	T37	DNP	CUT	CUT	T60	CUT
The Open Championship	T36	DNP	CUT	T59	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	T55	CUT

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10

External links

★ PGA Tour of Australasia profile

★ pgatour.com profile

★ europeantour.com profile

★ Craig Parry's Official Homepage

★ Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site