Mike Harwood

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

Mike Harwood
Personal information
Full name	Michael Geoffrey Harwood
Born	(1959-01-08) 8 January 1959 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	200 lb (91 kg; 14 st)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Spouse	Donna
Children	Rhys, Megan, Kendall, Casey, Corey
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)[1]
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

Harwood was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1979 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 in Europe, first being the 1988 Portuguese Open, his second European Tour victory in 1989 was the PLM Openn in Sweden. 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 he never had a top-10 finish in any PGA Tour event other than the Open Championship.[2] In late 1991, Harwood achieved his highest world ranking of 20 overall. His round of 61 at the Australian PGA Championship at Concord in 1992 was his best professional score recorded. Prior to joining the European Senior Tour Harwood served as a board member of the Australian PGA in the early 2000s.

Harwood won his first title on the European Senior Tour at the season ending OKI Castellón Senior Tour Championship by three strokes. The win caused 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 in the 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 Open, Australian PGA Championship and twice winning the TPC Championship.

In 2019, he won the first two event of season, the Victorian Senior Masters and Victorian Senior PGA Championship, he also won the Legends Player of the Year.