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Terry Gale

Australian professional golfer (born 1946)

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birth_place	Yelbeni, Western Australia
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weight	80 kg
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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
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Asia Golf Circuit PGA Tour of Australasia European Seniors Tour Terry R. Gale (born 7 June 1946) is an Australian professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career

In 1946, Gale was born in Yelbeni, Western Australia. Gale was also a talented cricketer in his youth, representing his state on occasion, although never at First Class level. Gale originally worked as a sheep farmer before transitioning to pro golf.

While working as a farmer, Gale had much success playing amateur golf. He won the Western Australian Amateur four times in his young adulthood. He also won the 1974 Australian Amateur. He also had success at professional events. He won his home state's open, the Western Australian Open, twice while an amateur. He also won the Nedlands Masters, another prominent professional event in Western Australia, three times during his amateur days.

Professional career

In 1976, at a relatively advanced age of 30, Gale turned professional. In March 1977, Gale won his first event on the PGA Tour of Australia, the Forbes Open. He ultimately won 16 times on the Australian Tour. He also played extensively on the Japan Golf Tour and the Asia Golf Circuit during his career, winning on both circuits.

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 also worked as the second Chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Personal life

Gale's son, Mark Gale was a professional Australian rules footballer.

Amateur wins

1969 Western Australian Amateur
1972 Western Australian Amateur
1974 Australian Amateur, Western Australian Amateur
1975 Western Australian Amateur

Professional wins (44)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runners-up
1	20 Jun 1982	Yomiuri Open	−16 (70-70-68-68=276)	3 strokes	JPN Masahiro Kuramoto, JPN Tsuneyuki Nakajima,
JPN Namio Takasu, JPN Nobumitsu Yuhara
2	23 Apr 1989	Dunlop Open1	−4 (73-74-68-69=284)	1 stroke	TWN Chen Tze-ming, AUS Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1983	Japan Open Golf Championship	JPN Isao Aoki	Lost to par on second extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Mar 1978	Singapore Open	−6 (68-70-72-68=278)	1 stroke	MYA Mya Aye
2	6 Mar 1983	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	−9 (67-71-71-70=279)	2 strokes	USA Jay Cudd
3	1 Apr 1984	Indonesia Open	−8 (70-70-71-69=280)	2 strokes	TWN Lu Chien-soon
4	10 Mar 1985	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (2)	−14 (68-64-69-69=270)	7 strokes	TWN Chen Tze-chung
5	8 Mar 1987	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (3)	−8 (66-75-70-69=280)	Playoff	USA Greg Twiggs
6	23 Apr 1989	Dunlop Open1	−4 (73-74-68-69=284)	1 stroke	TWN Chen Tze-ming, AUS Peter Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1982	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	USA Kurt Cox, USA Tom Sieckmann	Cox won with par on fourth extra hole
Gale eliminated by par on first hole
2	1987	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	USA Greg Twiggs	Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	6 Mar 1977	Forbes Classic	−3 (285)	Playoff	AUS Bill Dunk
2	25 Mar 1979	Royal Fremantle Open	−8 (69-73-67-71=280)	1 stroke	AUS Ray Hore
3	5 Aug 1979	Nedlands Masters	−9 (69-68-71-71=279)	5 strokes	AUS Stewart Ginn
4	31 Aug 1980	Western Australian Open	−2 (71-74-69-72=286)	3 strokes	AUS Peter Randall
5	10 May 1981	Halls Head Western Open	−7 (69-69-67-76=281)	2 strokes	AUS Bob Shaw
6	17 May 1981	CIG Channel 9 Nedlands Masters (2)	−4 (70-69-70-71=280)	1 stroke	AUS Vaughan Somers
7	29 Nov 1981	New Zealand PGA Championship	−11 (66-67-68-68=269)	Playoff	NZL Bob Charles
8	23 May 1982	Town and Country Western Australian Open (2)	−13 (71-68-65-71=275)	Playoff	AUS Vaughan Somers
9	28 Nov 1982	New Zealand BP Open	−4 (75-66-74-69=284)	2 strokes	NZL Bob Charles
10	5 Dec 1982	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−7 (66-68-65-74=273)	Playoff	AUS Wayne Grady
11	23 Jan 1983	Ford Dealers South Australian Open	−7 (69-72-72-68=281)	1 stroke	AUS Wayne Grady
12	22 May 1983	Town and Country Western Australian Open (3)	−8 (70-68-68-74=280)	Playoff	AUS Jack Newton
13	29 May 1983	National Panasonic Nedlands Masters (3)	−20 (62-67-67-72=268)	3 strokes	AUS Wayne Grady
14	26 May 1985	Halls Head Estates Nedlands Masters (4)	−13 (72-66-66-71=275)	5 strokes	AUS Lyndsay Stephen
15	11 Dec 1988	Air New Zealand Shell Open (2)	−9 (69-69-68-65=271)	4 strokes	USA Hale Irwin, AUS Ossie Moore,
AUS Jeff Woodland
16	1 Nov 1992	Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship	−8 (71-69-68=208)	Playoff	AUS Ken Trimble

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (6–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1977	Forbes Classic	AUS Bill Dunk	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1981	New Zealand PGA Championship	NZL Bob Charles	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1982	Town and Country Western Australian Open	AUS Vaughan Somers	Won with par on first extra hole
4	1982	Air New Zealand Shell Open	AUS Wayne Grady	Won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1983	Town and Country Western Australian Open	AUS Jack Newton	Won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1992	Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship	AUS Ken Trimble	Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (11)

1969 Nedlands Masters (as an amateur)
1970 Nedlands Masters (as an amateur)
1971 Nedlands Masters (as an amateur)
1972 Western Australian Open (as an amateur)
1975 Western Australian Open (as an amateur)
1976 Nedlands Masters
1979 Mandurah Classic
1980 Mandurah Classic
1981 Western Australia PGA Championship
1990 Western Australian Open
1992 Nedlands Masters

European Seniors Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of
victory	Runner(s)-up
1	25 Aug 1996	The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship	−4 (72-70-72-70=284)	1 stroke	ENG Tommy Horton
2	7 Sep 2002	GIN Monte Carlo Invitational	−10 (62-67-68=197)	1 stroke	ENG Keith MacDonald
3	29 Mar 2003	Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open	−10 (70-64-72=206)	6 strokes	USA Jerry Bruner, AUS Brian Jones
4	5 Apr 2003	Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic	−13 (68-70-65=203)	3 strokes	SCO John Chillas
5	31 Aug 2003	Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open	−11 (69-66-70=205)	2 strokes	ENG Nick Job, NZL Barry Vivian
6	16 May 2004	Bosch Italian Seniors Open	−5 (69-74-68=211)	1 stroke	ENG David J. Russell
7	14 Aug 2005	Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open	−11 (67-66-66=199)	2 strokes	ARG Luis Carbonetti, FRA Géry Watine

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1998	AIB Irish Seniors Open	IRL Joe McDermott, AUS Noel Ratcliffe	McDermott won with birdie on fifth extra hole
Ratcliffe eliminated by par on first hole
2	2004	Digicel Jamaica Classic	ARG Luis Carbonetti	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other senior wins (2)

1997 Australian PGA Seniors Championship
2006 Australian PGA Seniors Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
The Open Championship	T13	CUT	T44	T42	T29	T28	CUT	CUT

Note: Gale only played in The Open Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1980 and 1985 Open Championships)

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1970, 1972, 1974
Commonwealth Tournament (representing Australia): 1971
Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing Australia): 1969 (winners)

Professional

World Cup (representing Australia): 1983
Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Australasia): 1995 (non-playing captain)

References

"The two golfers to watch in the Singapore Open".
(March 7, 1977). "Gale wins in playoff".
(1979-08-13). "Gale by 5". The Age.
(1980-09-01). "Golf: Gale's WA open". The Canberra Times.
(1997-10-06). "Australian PGA Senior C'ship". The Sydney Morning Herald.
"Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List". PGA Australia.

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