Mike Miller (golfer)

Michael John Miller (born 22 April 1951) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Mike Miller
Personal information
Full nameMichael John Miller
Born (1951-04-22) 22 April 1951
Lenzie, Scotland
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Nationality Scotland
ResidenceTorrance, Scotland
Career
Turned professional1978
Current tour(s)European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
European Senior Tour1
Other4 (regular)
1 (senior)
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT32: 1982, 1991
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year
1979

Miller was born in Lenzie, East Dunbartonshire, near Glasgow. He turned professional in 1978 at a relatively late age, and was the European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year in 1979. That year he lost a playoff to Mark James at the Welsh Golf Classic. He never came closer than that to winning a European Tour event, though he finished second in the 1983 Kronenbourg Open. His best ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit was forty-seventh in 1981. However he has won several professional tournaments, including one each on the Challenge Tour and the European Seniors Tour, which he joined in 2001.

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 25 Feb 1996 Kenya Open −12 (68-66-66-72=272) Playoff Phil Harrison, Robert Lee

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1996 Kenya Open Phil Harrison, Robert Lee Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (4)

  • 1981 Sierra Leone Open
  • 1982 Sierra Leone Open
  • 1987 Dunbar Professional Championship
  • 1998 Sunderland of Scotland Masters

European Senior Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 24 Aug 2003 Nigel Mansell Classic −11 (67-66-72=205) 2 strokes Delroy Cambridge, Denis Durnian,
Terry Gale, Denis O'Sullivan,
Ian Stanley

Other senior wins (1)

  • 2001 Belleisle Hotels Giles insurance Scottish PGA Seniors Championship

Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1979 Welsh Golf Classic Mark James, Eddie Polland James won with par on third extra hole
Polland eliminated by birdie on second hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
The Open Championship T44 CUT T32 CUT
Tournament 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
The Open Championship T32 T70 CUT

Note: Miller only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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