Golf Impact On Australia
How golfs impacted on Australia
Though people won’t know it golf has made quite a big impacted on Australia through sport, media and the Olympics. Australia was never very into golf, we didn’t have many aussie golfers playing in the PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) and none of them were winning anything. That was until 1947 when Peter Thomson turned professional. Thomson was a prolific tournament champion around the world, winning the national championships of ten countries (he won the New Zealand Open nine times). He competed on the PGA tour in 1953 and 1954 with little success. However, in 1956 after only playing in just eight events, he won the Rich Texas International, and achieved his best finish in one of the three majors staged in the United States (fourth at the U.S. Open), …show more content…
to finish ninth on the Money List.
Thomson had a very successful senior career. In 1985 he won nine times on the Senior PGA Tour in the United States, and finished top of the money list. His last tournament victory was in 1988, at the British PGA Seniors Championship. He was later president of the Australian PGA from 1962 to 1994 and a victorious (non-playing captain) of the international team in the 1998 at the Presidents Cup. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall Of Fame in1988 and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. Peter is one of 105 golfers to be in the World Golf Hall Of Fame and one of 5 Australian Golfers. The thing that made Australian all go and look at Peter play golf is his amazing open championship wins in 1954, 1955, 1956,1958 and 1965 (He’s one of the only men to win the tournament three years in a row). With Peter Wining all these tournaments and being in the World Golf Hall Of Fame it inspired other Australians to be
like him and do be as good as him.
The modern Olympic games have been going since 1896, after its century’s absence golf will return to Olympic competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 2016 is also the first year that Australia will have a team. The way that they decide the teams are by their world ranking. So someone like Jason Day who is currently ranked number 1 in the world will get a spot, but they only pick 5 from each country. So people like John Senden who is ranked 107 in the world but is ranked 7 In Australia will probably not make it into the team. There was a big problem with Adam Scott pulling out of the Olympics, he is currently ranked 7 in the world (has been number 1 a few times) but is ranked 2 in Australia. Adam says he has too many things planned around the time of the Olympics and will be too busy with family and golf.
Though people won’t know it golf has made quite a big impacted on Australia through sport, media and the Olympics. Australia was never very into golf, we didn’t have many aussie golfers playing in the PGA (Professional Golfers' Association) and none of them were winning anything. That was until 1947 when Peter Thomson turned professional. Thomson was a prolific tournament champion around the world, winning the national championships of ten countries (he won the New Zealand Open nine times). He competed on the PGA tour in 1953 and 1954 with little success. However, in 1956 after only playing in just eight events, he won the Rich Texas International, and achieved his best finish in one of the three majors staged in the United States (fourth at the U.S. Open), …show more content…
to finish ninth on the Money List.
Thomson had a very successful senior career. In 1985 he won nine times on the Senior PGA Tour in the United States, and finished top of the money list. His last tournament victory was in 1988, at the British PGA Seniors Championship. He was later president of the Australian PGA from 1962 to 1994 and a victorious (non-playing captain) of the international team in the 1998 at the Presidents Cup. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall Of Fame in1988 and the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1985. Peter is one of 105 golfers to be in the World Golf Hall Of Fame and one of 5 Australian Golfers. The thing that made Australian all go and look at Peter play golf is his amazing open championship wins in 1954, 1955, 1956,1958 and 1965 (He’s one of the only men to win the tournament three years in a row). With Peter Wining all these tournaments and being in the World Golf Hall Of Fame it inspired other Australians to be
like him and do be as good as him.
The modern Olympic games have been going since 1896, after its century’s absence golf will return to Olympic competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. 2016 is also the first year that Australia will have a team. The way that they decide the teams are by their world ranking. So someone like Jason Day who is currently ranked number 1 in the world will get a spot, but they only pick 5 from each country. So people like John Senden who is ranked 107 in the world but is ranked 7 In Australia will probably not make it into the team. There was a big problem with Adam Scott pulling out of the Olympics, he is currently ranked 7 in the world (has been number 1 a few times) but is ranked 2 in Australia. Adam says he has too many things planned around the time of the Olympics and will be too busy with family and golf.