Craig Parry
Joined Tour: 1986
Yearly Tournaments: 0
Official Tour Victories: 1987 NSW Open / 1992 NSW Open / 1992/1994/1996 Australian Masters / 1992 Australian PGA / 1995 Canon Challenge / 1995 Greg Norman’s Holden Classic / 1997 Schweppes Coolum Classic / 1999 Ford Open / 2002 New Zealand Open / 2005 Heineken Classic / 2007 MFS Australian Open.
Other Victories: 1989 ASO Open (Japan) / 1989 German Open (European Tour) / 1989 Four Stars Pro-Am (European Tour) / 1991 Italian Open (European Tour) / 1991 Scottish Open (European Tour) / 1997 Japan Open (Japan) / 2002 WGC - NEC Invitational / 2004 Ford Championship at Doral.
Scoring Average: 72 (20 rnds, 2006)
Season Lowround: 65 (-7) Rd3, 2006 Johnnie Walker Classic, Perth WA
Best OOM Finish: 1 (1995, 2002 & 2007)
Career Lowround: 64 (-8), 1997 Honda Classic, TPC at Heron Bay, 1999 Ford Open, Kooyonga Golf Club.
Highlights: 2010: Parry will be playing in his 25th consecutive season as a member of the Australasian Tour. Played two events at the start of the Australasian Tour season, MC at at the NZ Open, T21 at the Moonah Classic. Will head to the Japan Golf Tour in April.
2009: Finished 11th on the Final Australasian Tour OOM. Played 8 events, making seven cuts with three top 20 finishes. His best result a T4 at the Michael Hill NZ Open where he finished five shots off the lead as the best Aussie alongside Peter Senior, Andrew Bonhomme and Stephen Dartnall. Finished T20 the week before at the HSBC NZ PGA Championship. Other Top 20 finish was T18 at the Australian Open. Also played 18 events on 2009 Japan Golf Tour making seven cuts with best result T5 at season opening Token Homemate Cup. Finished 86th on Money List.
2008: Played Japan and Australasian Tours. Played only three events on 2008 Australasian Tour after a knee injury (& operation) forced him to withdraw from the three season opening events. Played end of year Australian Masters, PGA and Open. Made cut at the Australian PGA Championship where he finished T18.
Best finishes 2008 Japan Tour: 10T Munsingwear Open KSB Cup
Dec 2007: Claimed his first national title and third Order of Merit crown after winning the MFS Australian Open by one shot at The Australian Golf Club in Sydney....Won the title by one shot from fellow aussies Won Joon Lee, 2006 Order of Merit Champion Nick O’Hern and American Brandt Snedeker.
2007: Fired a bogey-free course-record equaling 64 in the second round of the 2007 Australian Open at The Australian Golf Club.
2007: After 15 years on the PGA Tour, headed to play on the Japanese PGA Tour for 2007 season.
2007 Australasian Tour Results: Jacobs Creek Open - T5/
NZ PGA: T19/ Johnnie Walker Classic: T52 / NZ Open: T4/
PGA Champs : T26/ MFS Australian Open: 1
Best results in 2007
1 - Australian Open / T5 - Jacobs Creek Open / T10 - KBC Augusta / T19 - HSBC NZ PGA / T5 - Japan PGA/ T8 - Muningswear Open KSB Cup/ T15 - Dunlop Pheonix
T9 - Suntory Open/ T20 - Token Homemate Cup
Feb: Equalled his course record 8 under 64 (previously set when he won the 1999 Jacob's Creek Open) in the second round of the 2007 Jacob's Creek Open to take half way lead.
2006 Australasian Tour Results: Johnnie Walker Classic: T18/
HSBC Champions Event: T35/ MFS Australian Open: MC/ MasterCard Masters: T17 / Blue Chip NZ Open: T46
Cadbury Schweppes Aust PGA: T24
One of Australia's premier and best loved golfers since turning professional in 1986, and has 22 career victories. Prolific international performer through 1990s. Won in Australasia, Europe, Japan, Asia, Canada.
His first career victory came at the 1987 New South Wales Open.
In 1992 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). 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 US PGA Tour & in 2007 will play on the Japan Golf Tour so he can spend more time with his family.
Winner 2002 Interim Order of Merit (Australasian Tour).
Highlight of career came with victory at 2002 WGC - NEC Invitational, his first victory on the US Tour in 236 starts, followed that up in 2004 with a victory at the Ford Championship at Doral ... made a miraculous eagle from the fairway on the par-4 18th, the first play-off hole, to beat Scott Verplank ... his eagle, a 6-iron from 176 yards, came on the Blue Monster's signature hole -- the toughest on TOUR to that point in 2004.
Finished 2004 ranked 55th in Money Leaders on the US PGA TOUR.
Won 2005 Heineken Classic in play-off over Nick O'Hern on Australasian 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