Craig Parry

Craig David Parry (born 12 January 1966) is an Australian professional golfer. He has been one of Australia's premier golfers since turning professional in 1985, and has 23 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 theAustralian 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 theEuropean 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 superstarErnie 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. From 1992 until 2006 he played mainly on the PGA Tour, while continuing to compete around the world. Since 2007 he has concentrated on playing the Japan Golf Tourand PGA Tour of Australasia.

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, 2002 and 2007.

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 andOrlando, Florida, United States.

Professional wins (23)

[edit]PGA Tour wins (2)

• 2002 WGC-NEC Invitational (multi-sanctioned)
• 2004 Ford Championship at Doral

[edit]European Tour wins (6)

• 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)

[edit]PGA Tour of Australasia (14)

• 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 South Australian Open
• 2002 New Zealand Open, WGC-NEC Invitational (multi-sanctioned)
• 2005 Heineken Classic (co-sanctioned with European Tour)
• 2007 MFS Australian Open

[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (2)

• 1989 Bridgestone ASO Open
• 1997 Japan Open

[edit]Asian Tour wins (1)

• 1998 Satelindo Indonesia Open

[edit]Other wins (1)

• 1987 Victoria Open (Canada)

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