Peter Butler (golfer)

Peter Butler
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name	Peter J. Butler
Born	25 March 1932 Birmingham, West Midlands, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality	England
Residence	Leatherhead, Surrey, England
Career
Turned professional	1947
Former tour(s)	European Tour European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	19
Number of wins by tour
European Seniors Tour	1
Other	18
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T13: 1964, 1966
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	6th: 1973
PGA Championship	DNP

Peter J. Butler (born 25 March 1932) is an English professional golfer.^[1]

Butler was born in Birmingham. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 (most of those seasons falling before the formal debut of the European Tour in 1972. He won fourteen European-Tour equivalent tournaments in the pre-Tour era, that last of them in 1971. He was Captain of the PGA in 1972.

The best finish for Butler in a major championship was a solo sixth at the 1973 Open Championship. He was also 36 hole co-leader at the 1966 Masters Tournament before finishing tied for thirteenth.^[2]

Butler was one of the founders of the European Seniors Tour and finished fourth on the Order of Merit in its 1992 debut season, even though at sixty he was ten years past the minimum age. His only senior win came the following year at the Lawrence Batley Seniors.

Butler played in the Ryder Cup in 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1973. At the 1973 Ryder Cup at Muirfield, he recorded the first ever hole-in-one in the history of the event.^[3] He also represented England at the World Cup in 1969, 1970 and 1973.

Professional wins (19)

Other wins (18)

• 1959 Swallow-Penfold Tournament
• 1962 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament
• 1963 Schweppes PGA Close Championship, Bowmaker Tournament, Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes (with P D Kelley)
• 1964 Cox Moore Tournament
• 1965 Piccadilly Tournament, Martini International
• 1967 Bowmaker Tournament, Piccadilly Tournament
• 1968 Penfold Tournament, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament
• 1969 R.T.V. International Trophy
• 1971 Classic International, Grand Bahama Open
• 1972 Grand Bahama Open
• 1974 Sumrie-Bournemouth Better Ball (with Clive Clark)
• 1975 Colombian Open

European Seniors Tour (1)

• 1993 Lawrence Batley Seniors

Results in major championships

Tournament	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	DNP	CUT	T30	CUT	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T13	CUT	T13	T24	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship	35	T20	CUT	CUT	T30	CUT	T16	CUT	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T25	T15	6	31	DNP	T10	T15	59	CUT

Note: Butler only played in The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = Missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Yellow background for top-10

Summary

Tournament	Wins	2nd	3rd	Top-5	Top-10	Top-25	Events	Cuts made
Masters Tournament	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	3
U.S. Open	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
The Open Championship	0	0	0	0	2	7	23	12
PGA Championship	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0	0	2	10	30	15

• Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (1971 Open Championship – 1978 Open Championship)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)

Team appearances

• Ryder Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1965, 1969, 1971, 1973
• World Cup (representing England): 1969, 1970, 1973
• Amateurs–Professionals Match (representing the Professionals): 1960 (winners)

References

1. Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 220. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
2. Harney, Butler forge into lead at Masters
3. Gay rally for Yanks

External links

• Peter Butler at the European Tour official site