Ian Stanley (golfer)
Ian Stanley (14 November 1948 – 29 July 2018) was an Australian professional golfer.
| Ian Stanley | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Ian Stanley | ||
| Born | 14 November 1948 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | ||
| Died | 29 July 2018 (aged 69) | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Nationality | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1970 | ||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia European Tour European Seniors Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 30 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 1 | ||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 8 | ||
| PGA Tour Champions | 1 | ||
| European Senior Tour | 3 | ||
| Other | 23 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | DNP | ||
| The Open Championship | T30: 1986 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Stanley was born in Melbourne. He started playing at the age of 14 at the old Amstel Golf Club which backed onto his parents' home in Ian Grove, Mount Waverley. In 1966, he won both the Club Championship and Junior Championship and, later in the same year, won the Victorian School Boys at Huntingdale Golf Club. As Amstel was moving to a new site in Cranbourne, Stanley was asked to join Huntingdale, where he honed his game under the watchful eye of club professional Geoff Flanagan. In 1967, he won the Victorian Junior Championship at Huntingdale and in 1969, he went on to win both the Junior and Senior Club Championships (also played at Huntingdale). He followed this up with his second Victorian Junior Championship win all in the same year.
Career
After turning professional in 1970, Ian served a three-year apprenticeship under the guidance of Geoff Flanagan. Stanley was a prolific tournament winner in Australasia from the mid-1970s through the early 1990s. He also spent seven years on the European Tour in the 1970s, where he was joint winner of the 1975 Martini International with Christy O'Connor Jnr, and finished inside the top-60 on the Order of Merit six times with a best end of season ranking of 27th in 1975.[1]
In the early 1990s, Stanley joined Australia's first pay TV sports channel, Premier Sports, commentating on European and American tournaments. This led to the highly rated Golf Show which is still successfully running on Fox Sports today.
From 1977 to 1978, Stanley worked with David Inglis in establishing the Australian Masters and obtaining sponsorships for the first tournament in 1979.
After the tragic accident which injured Jack Newton in July 1983, Stanley, with other businessmen, set up the Jack Newton Trust. Stanley travelled around Australia raising money through exhibitions and guest speaking engagements. This concluded with a sell-out sportsmen's night held at the Southern Cross Hotel in September 1983.
In 1983, Stanley was approached by the PGA to take Newton's position on the board where Stanley tried to establish an Accident & Sickness policy for each player; this was voted down in the 1986 PGA annual meeting.
After turning 50, Stanley joined the European Seniors Tour, and in 2001 he won the PGA Seniors Championship, then the Senior British Open on his way to topping the Order of Merit.[2] In total, he has three wins on the European Seniors Tour.
On retiring from the Senior tour in 2004, Stanley joined golf design and architect firm Thomson Perrett, where his principal design stage was golf greens. Stanley also project managed courses in Australia and China. The main golf courses in Australia included Ballarat Golf Club, Sandhurst Golf Club, Silverwoods at Yarawonga, Mandalay Golf Club and Manly Golf Club, Sydney (greens and bunker designs).
Personal life
Stanley was a director of not-for-profit organisation Tee Up for Kids, which raises money for underprivileged children in Victoria.
Stanley married his wife, Pam, in 1971. They had three daughters. Stanley died from cancer on 29 July 2018.[3][4]
Amateur wins
- 1966 Victorian Schoolboys' Champion
- 1967 Victorian Junior Champion
- 1969 Victorian Junior Champion
Professional wins (30)
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Jun 1975 | Martini International | −5 (71-72-69-67=279) | Shared title with  Christy O'Connor Jnr | |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (8)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Sep 1975 | Queensland Open | +1 (74-71-70-66=281) | 4 strokes | Mike Ferguson |
| 2 | 14 Oct 1979 | Garden State Victorian PGA Championship | −2 (71-70-73-72=286) | Playoff | Stewart Ginn |
| 3 | 1 Feb 1981 | Traralgon Classic | −9 (72-68-68-71=279) | 3 strokes | Garry Merrick |
| 4 | 31 Oct 1982 | Westpac Classic | −7 (69-67-77-72=285) | 3 strokes | Stewart Ginn |
| 5 | 19 May 1985 | National Panasonic Western Australian Open | −12 (63-72-75-66=276) | 1 stroke | Paul Foley |
| 6 | 20 Oct 1985 | National Panasonic New South Wales Open | −3 (68-67-73-73=281) | 1 stroke | Peter Senior, Lyndsay Stephen |
| 7 | 18 Dec 1988 | Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open | −11 (64-68-69-72=273) | 3 strokes | Mike Clayton |
| 8 | 22 Oct 1989 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | −1 (68-69-73-69=279) | Playoff | Peter O'Malley |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1974 | Australian PGA Championship | Bill Dunk |
Lost 18 hole playoff; Dunk: −1 (71), Stanley: E (72) |
| 2 | 1976 | Tasmanian Open | Stewart Ginn, David Good, Brian Jones |
Good won with birdie on fifth extra hole Ginn and Stanley eliminated by par on first hole |
| 3 | 1978 | Griffith Golf Classic | Randall Vines |
Lost to par on fifth extra hole |
| 4 | 1979 | Garden State Victorian PGA Championship | Stewart Ginn |
Won with par on second extra hole |
| 5 | 1989 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | Peter O'Malley |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Source:[5]
Other Australasian wins (11)
- 1980 Wembley Classic, Geraldton Classic
- 1983 Hume Classic, Murray River Classic
- 1984 Murray River Classic, South Australian PGA Championship
- 1985 Geraldton Classic
- 1986 Murray River Classic
- 1987 South West Open
- 1992 Norfolk Island Classic,[6] Victorian Open (non-tour event)
Other wins (5)
- 1975 New Britain Open (Papua New Guinea)
- 1976 South Seas Classic
- 1986 Fiji Open
- 1988 Fijian Hotel Classic
- 1990 Fijian Hotel Classic
Senior PGA Tour wins (1)
| Legend |
| Senior major championships (1) |
| Other Senior PGA Tour (0) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 Jul 2001 | Senior British Open | −6 (70-69-70-69=278) | Playoff |  Bob Charles |
Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 | Senior British Open | Bob Charles |
Won with par on first extra hole |
European Senior Tour wins (3)
| Legend |
| Senior major championships (1) |
| Other European Senior Tour (2) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Jul 2000 | Coca-Cola Kaiser Karl European Trophy | −13 (66-69-68=203) | 4 strokes |  Denis Durnian,  Seiji Ebihara |
| 2 | 3 Jun 2001 | De Vere PGA Seniors Championship | −10 (71-66-68-73=278) | 2 strokes | Maurice Bembridge |
| 3 | 29 Jul 2001 | Senior British Open | −6 (70-69-70-69=278) | Playoff | Bob Charles |
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2001 | Senior British Open | Bob Charles |
Won with par on first extra hole |
Other senior wins (2)
- 1998 Australian Senior PGA Championship, Ipswich Senior Classic
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T56 | 46 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | T30 |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT |
Note: Stanley only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1973, 1976 and 1977 Open Championships)
"T" = tied
Senior major championships
Wins (1)
| Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Senior British Open | −6 (70-69-70-69=278) | Playoff1 | Bob Charles |
1Defeated Charles with a par at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
Team appearances
- World Cup (representing Australia): 1974, 1975
- UBS Warburg Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2001
References
- Alliss, Peter (1983). The Who's Who of Golf. Orbis Publishing. p. 344. ISBN 0-85613-520-8.
- Callander, Colin (12 November 2001). "European Seniors Tour: Stanley takes title on merit". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 12 August 2009.
- Schlink, Leo (29 July 2018). "Australian golf champion Ian Stanley dies following a long battle with cancer". Herald Sun. Retrieved 29 July 2018.
- "Death Notice: Stanley - Ian". Herald Sun. 30 July 2018. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- 2006 Media Guide. PGA Tour of Australasia. pp. 145, 170–171.
- "Golf". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 June 1992. p. 44.
External links
- Ian Stanley at the European Tour official site
- Ian Stanley at the Official World Golf Ranking official site