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Mike Harwood
Mike Harwood
Personal information
Full name	Michael Geoffrey Harwood
Born	8 January 1959 (age 65); Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Spouse	Donna
Children	5
Career
Turned professional	1979
Current tour(s)	European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour; PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	34
Highest ranking	20 (22 September 1991)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	5
PGA Tour of Australasia	2
European Senior Tour	1
Other	26
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	CUT: 1991, 1992
U.S. Open	T49: 1991
The Open Championship	2nd: 1991
Achievements and awards
European Senior Tour; Rookie of the Year
European Senior Tour; Rookie of the Year	2009

Michael Geoffrey Harwood (born 8 January 1959) is an Australian professional golfer.

Early life edit

Harwood was born in Sydney.

Professional career edit

In 1979, Harwood turned professional and has extensive experience on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. His first Australian title was the 1986 Australian PGA Championship. He won five times on the European Tour; the first was at the 1988 Portuguese Open and the second was the 1989 PLM Open. In 1990, his first of three major Europe wins was the European Tour's flagship tournament at Wentworth, which was then called the Volvo PGA Championship, later that year he won the Volvo Masters at Valderrama, two weeks later in Australia he won the West End South Australian Open by five strokes. He achieved a career best European Tour Order of Merit ranking of sixth that year.

The following year, 1991, he was runner-up to fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, several weeks later he won the GA European Open at Walton Heath. In his prime, he played occasionally in the United States but never had a top-10 finish in any PGA Tour event.^[2] In late 1991, Harwood achieved his highest world ranking of #20. His round of 61 at the Australian PGA Championship at Concord in 1992 was his best professional score recorded. Harwood served as a board member of the Australian PGA in the early 2000s.

Senior career edit

Harwood won his first title on the European Senior Tour at the season ending OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship by three strokes. Harwood to finish 9th on the 2009 final money list and earned him the title of Rookie of the Year. Despite over 100 Pro-Am victories, it marked his first professional tournament win in 18 years. He again finished in the top-10 of the European Senior Tour Order of Merit in 2011.

Harwood won the Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year honours on the Australian Senior Tour (PGA Legends Tour) in 2009. He won the Order of Merit a second time in 2015, by a significant margin. He has won over 75 events on the senior tour including the Australian Senior Open, Australian PGA Seniors Championship, and twice winning the Senior TPC Championship.

In 2019, he won the first two event of season, the Victorian Senior Masters and Victorian Senior PGA Championship. He also won 2019 Legend Tour Player of year.

Awards and honors edit

Harwood won 2009 Australian PGA Legends Tour Rookie of the Year

Professional wins (34) edit

European Tour wins (5) edit

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Tour Championships (1)
Other European Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	1 May 1988	Portuguese Open	−8 (73-70-68-69=280)	1 stroke	Eamonn Darcy
2	20 Aug 1989	PLM Open	−13 (66-70-67-68=271)	1 stroke	Peter Senior
3	28 May 1990	Volvo PGA Championship	−17 (69-68-67-67=271)	1 stroke	John Bland, Nick Faldo
4	28 Oct 1990	Volvo Masters	+2 (70-72-73-71=286)	1 stroke	Steven Richardson, Sam Torrance
5	1 Sep 1991	GA European Open	−11 (70-72-70-65=277)	2 strokes	Sandy Lyle

PGA Tour of Australia wins (2) edit

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	2 Nov 1986	Toshiba Australian PGA Championship	−13 (69-69-73-64=275)	2 strokes	Greg Norman
2	18 Nov 1990	West End South Australian Open	−14 (66-71-73-68=278)	5 strokes	Paul Moloney, Simon Owen

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1) edit

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	25 May 1986	Naturgas Open	−2 (73-72-69=214)	3 strokes	Per-Arne Brostedt

Other wins (4) edit

1984 Fiji Open, Pacific Harbour Open (Fiji), Western Samoan Open
1996 Victorian PGA Championship

European Senior Tour wins (1) edit

Legend
Tour Championships (1)
Other European Senior Tour (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	8 Nov 2009	OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship	−13 (65-72-66=203)	3 strokes	Ángel Franco

Other senior wins (21) edit

2009 Australian Senior Open, Tasmanian Senior Open, NSW PGA Championship
2010 NZ Handa PGA Championship, Tasmanian Senior Open, Queensland PGA Senior Championship
2011 City of South Perth Masters Pro Am (Asia Pacific Champions Tour), NSW PGA Championship
2012 Australian PGA Seniors Championship,^[3] Tasmanian Senior Open, Sri Lankan Airlines Senior Golf Masters
2013 Victorian Senior Open, TPC Championship
2015 Tasmanian Senior Open,^[4] SA PGA Senior Championship, Fijian Senior Open, NSW PGA Championship
2016 Tasmanian Senior Open
2018 Australian Legends Tour Championship
2019 Victorian Senior PGA, Victorian Masters