Terry Gale | |
Fullname: | Terry R. Gale |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1946 |
Birth Place: | Yelbeni, Western Australia |
Weight: | 800NaN0 |
Residence: | Perth, Western Australia |
Yearpro: | 1976 |
Extour: | PGA of Japan Tour Asia Golf Circuit PGA Tour of Australasia European Seniors Tour |
Prowins: | 43 |
Japwins: | 2 |
Auswins: | 16 |
Seneurowins: | 7 |
Otherwins: | 18 |
Masters: | DNP |
Usopen: | DNP |
Open: | T13: 1979 |
Pga: | DNP |
Terry R. Gale (born 7 June 1946) is an Australian professional golfer.
Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s he won regularly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, and the Asia Golf Circuit. Once he turned 50, he joined the European Seniors Tour, where he won seven tournaments. His best season on that tour was 2003, when he finished third on the Order of Merit. He also played on the Japanese Seniors Tour.
Gale originally worked as a sheep farmer.[1]
Off the course, Gale was the second Chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia. His son, Mark Gale was a professional Australian rules footballer. Gale was also a talented cricketer in his youth, representing his state on occasion, although never at First Class level.
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up | |
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1 | 20 Jun 1982 | Yomiuri Open | −16 (70-70-68-68=276) | 3 strokes | Masahiro Kuramoto, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Namio Takasu, Nobumitsu Yuhara | |
2 | 23 Apr 1989 | Dunlop Open1 | −4 (73-74-68-69=284) | 1 stroke | Chen Tze-ming, Peter Senior |
PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 26 Mar 1978 | Singapore Open | −6 (68-70-72-68=278) | 1 stroke | Mya Aye | |
2 | 6 Mar 1983 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open | −9 (67-71-71-70=279) | 2 strokes | Jay Cudd | |
3 | 1 Apr 1984 | Indonesia Open | −8 (70-70-71-69=280) | 2 strokes | Lu Chien-soon | |
4 | 10 Mar 1985 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (2) | −14 (68-64-69-69=270) | 7 strokes | Chen Tze-chung | |
5 | 8 Mar 1987 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (3) | −8 (66-75-70-69=280) | Playoff | Greg Twiggs | |
6 | 23 Apr 1989 | Dunlop Open1 | −4 (73-74-68-69=284) | 1 stroke | Chen Tze-ming, Peter Senior |
Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 1982 | Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open | Kurt Cox, Tom Sieckmann | Cox won with par on fourth extra hole Gale eliminated by par on first hole | |
2 | 1987 | Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open | Greg Twiggs | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 6 Mar 1977 | Forbes Classic | −3 (285) | Playoff | Bill Dunk | |
2 | 25 Mar 1979 | Royal Fremantle Open | −8 (69-73-67-71=280) | 1 stroke | Ray Hore | |
3 | 5 Aug 1979 | Nedlands Masters | −9 (69-68-71-71=279) | 5 strokes | Stewart Ginn | |
4 | 31 Aug 1980 | Western Australian Open | −2 (71-74-69-72=286) | 3 strokes | Peter Randall | |
5 | 10 May 1981 | Halls Head Western Open | −7 (69-69-67-76=281) | 2 strokes | Bob Shaw | |
6 | 17 May 1981 | CIG Channel 9 Nedlands Masters (2) | −4 (70-69-70-71=280) | 1 stroke | Vaughan Somers | |
7 | 29 Nov 1981 | New Zealand PGA Championship | −11 (66-67-68-68=269) | Playoff | Bob Charles | |
8 | 23 May 1982 | Town and Country Western Australian Open (2) | −13 (71-68-65-71=275) | Playoff | Vaughan Somers | |
9 | 28 Nov 1982 | New Zealand BP Open | −4 (75-66-74-69=284) | 2 strokes | Bob Charles | |
10 | 5 Dec 1982 | Air New Zealand Shell Open | −7 (66-68-65-74=273) | Playoff | Wayne Grady | |
11 | 23 Jan 1983 | Ford Dealers South Australian Open | −7 (69-72-72-68=281) | 1 stroke | Wayne Grady | |
12 | 22 May 1983 | Town and Country Western Australian Open (3) | −8 (70-68-68-74=280) | Playoff | Jack Newton | |
13 | 29 May 1983 | National Panasonic Nedlands Masters (3) | −20 (62-67-67-72=268) | 3 strokes | Wayne Grady | |
14 | 26 May 1985 | Halls Head Estates Nedlands Masters (4) | −13 (72-66-66-71=275) | 5 strokes | Lyndsay Stephen | |
15 | 11 Dec 1988 | Air New Zealand Shell Open (2) | −9 (69-69-68-65=271) | 4 strokes | Hale Irwin, Ossie Moore, Jeff Woodland | |
16 | 1 Nov 1992 | Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship | −8 (71-69-68=208) | Playoff | Ken Trimble |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (6–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result | |
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1 | 1977 | Forbes Classic | Bill Dunk | Won with birdie on second extra hole | |
2 | 1981 | New Zealand PGA Championship | Bob Charles | Won with birdie on first extra hole | |
3 | 1982 | Town and Country Western Australian Open | Vaughan Somers | Won with par on first extra hole | |
4 | 1982 | Air New Zealand Shell Open | Wayne Grady | Won with birdie on second extra hole | |
5 | 1983 | Town and Country Western Australian Open | Jack Newton | Won with birdie on first extra hole | |
6 | 1992 | Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship | Ken Trimble | Won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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1 | 25 Aug 1996 | The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship | −4 (72-70-72-70=284) | 1 stroke | Tommy Horton | |
2 | 7 Sep 2002 | GIN Monte Carlo Invitational | −10 (62-67-68=197) | 1 stroke | Keith MacDonald | |
3 | 29 Mar 2003 | Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open | −10 (70-64-72=206) | 6 strokes | Jerry Bruner, Brian Jones | |
4 | 5 Apr 2003 | Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic | −13 (68-70-65=203) | 3 strokes | John Chillas | |
5 | 31 Aug 2003 | Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open | −11 (69-66-70=205) | 2 strokes | Nick Job, Barry Vivian | |
6 | 16 May 2004 | Bosch Italian Seniors Open | −5 (69-74-68=211) | 1 stroke | David J. Russell | |
7 | 14 Aug 2005 | Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open | −11 (67-66-66=199) | 2 strokes | Luis Carbonetti, Géry Watine |
European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result | |
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1 | 1998 | AIB Irish Seniors Open | Joe McDermott, Noel Ratcliffe | McDermott won with birdie on fifth extra hole Ratcliffe eliminated by par on first hole | |
2 | 2004 | Digicel Jamaica Classic | Luis Carbonetti | Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
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