Terry Gale

Terry Gale
Terry Gale
Personal information
Full name	Terry R. Gale
Born	7 June 1946 (age 78); Yelbeni, Western Australia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Perth, Western Australia
Career
Turned professional	1976
Former tour(s)	PGA of Japan Tour; Asia Golf Circuit; PGA Tour of Australasia; European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	43
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	2
PGA Tour of Australasia	16
European Senior Tour	7
Other	18
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T13: 1979

Terry R. Gale (born 7 June 1946) is an Australian professional golfer.

Professional career

Gale had a successful amateur career before turning professional at a relatively advanced age in 1976. From the mid-1970s to the early 1990s he won regularly on the PGA Tour of Australasia, the Japan Golf Tour, and the Asia Golf Circuit. Once he turned 50, he joined the European Seniors Tour, where he won seven tournaments. His best season on that tour was 2003, when he finished third on the Order of Merit. He also played on the Japanese Seniors Tour.

Personal life

Gale originally worked as a sheep farmer.^[1]

Off the course, Gale was the second Chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia. His son, Mark Gale was a professional Australian rules footballer. Gale was also a talented cricketer in his youth, representing his state on occasion, although never at First Class level.

Amateur wins

1969 Western Australian Amateur
1972 Western Australian Amateur
1974 Australian Amateur, Western Australian Amateur
1975 Western Australian Amateur

Professional wins (44)

PGA of Japan Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	20 Jun 1982	Yomiuri Open	−16 (70-70-68-68=276)	3 strokes	Masahiro Kuramoto, Tsuneyuki Nakajima, Namio Takasu, Nobumitsu Yuhara
2	23 Apr 1989	Dunlop Open¹	−4 (73-74-68-69=284)	1 stroke	Chen Tze-ming, Peter Senior

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asia Golf Circuit

PGA of Japan Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1983	Japan Open Golf Championship	Isao Aoki	Lost to par on second extra hole

Asia Golf Circuit wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Mar 1978	Singapore Open	−6 (68-70-72-68=278)	1 stroke	Mya Aye
2	6 Mar 1983	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	−9 (67-71-71-70=279)	2 strokes	Jay Cudd
3	1 Apr 1984	Indonesia Open	−8 (70-70-71-69=280)	2 strokes	Lu Chien-soon
4	10 Mar 1985	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (2)	−14 (68-64-69-69=270)	7 strokes	Chen Tze-chung
5	8 Mar 1987	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open (3)	−8 (66-75-70-69=280)	Playoff	Greg Twiggs
6	23 Apr 1989	Dunlop Open¹	−4 (73-74-68-69=284)	1 stroke	Chen Tze-ming, Peter Senior

¹Co-sanctioned by the PGA of Japan Tour

Asia Golf Circuit playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1982	Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open	Kurt Cox, Tom Sieckmann	Cox won with par on fourth extra hole Gale eliminated by par on first hole
2	1987	Benson & Hedges Malaysian Open	Greg Twiggs	Won with birdie on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (16)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	6 Mar 1977	Forbes Classic	−3 (285)	Playoff	Bill Dunk
2	25 Mar 1979	Royal Fremantle Open	−8 (69-73-67-71=280)	1 stroke	Ray Hore
3	5 Aug 1979	Nedlands Masters	−9 (69-68-71-71=279)	5 strokes	Stewart Ginn
4	31 Aug 1980	Western Australian Open	−2 (71-74-69-72=286)	3 strokes	Peter Randall
5	10 May 1981	Halls Head Western Open	−7 (69-69-67-76=281)	2 strokes	Bob Shaw
6	17 May 1981	CIG Channel 9 Nedlands Masters (2)	−4 (70-69-70-71=280)	1 stroke	Vaughan Somers
7	29 Nov 1981	New Zealand PGA Championship	−11 (66-67-68-68=269)	Playoff	Bob Charles
8	23 May 1982	Town and Country Western Australian Open (2)	−13 (71-68-65-71=275)	Playoff	Vaughan Somers
9	28 Nov 1982	New Zealand BP Open	−4 (75-66-74-69=284)	2 strokes	Bob Charles
10	5 Dec 1982	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−7 (66-68-65-74=273)	Playoff	Wayne Grady
11	23 Jan 1983	Ford Dealers South Australian Open	−7 (69-72-72-68=281)	1 stroke	Wayne Grady
12	22 May 1983	Town and Country Western Australian Open (3)	−8 (70-68-68-74=280)	Playoff	Jack Newton
13	29 May 1983	National Panasonic Nedlands Masters (3)	−20 (62-67-67-72=268)	3 strokes	Wayne Grady
14	26 May 1985	Halls Head Estates Nedlands Masters (4)	−13 (72-66-66-71=275)	5 strokes	Lyndsay Stephen
15	11 Dec 1988	Air New Zealand Shell Open (2)	−9 (69-69-68-65=271)	4 strokes	Hale Irwin, Ossie Moore, Jeff Woodland
16	1 Nov 1992	Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship	−8 (71-69-68=208)	Playoff	Ken Trimble

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (6–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1977	Forbes Classic	Bill Dunk	Won with birdie on second extra hole
2	1981	New Zealand PGA Championship	Bob Charles	Won with birdie on first extra hole
3	1982	Town and Country Western Australian Open	Vaughan Somers	Won with par on first extra hole
4	1982	Air New Zealand Shell Open	Wayne Grady	Won with birdie on second extra hole
5	1983	Town and Country Western Australian Open	Jack Newton	Won with birdie on first extra hole
6	1992	Pioneer Singapore PGA Championship	Ken Trimble	Won with par on first extra hole

Other Australian wins (11)

1969 Nedlands Masters (as an amateur)
1970 Nedlands Masters (as an amateur)
1971 Nedlands Masters (as an amateur)
1972 Western Australian Open (as an amateur)
1975 Western Australian Open (as an amateur)
1976 Nedlands Masters
1979 Mandurah Classic^[2]
1980 Mandurah Classic^[3]
1981 Western Australia PGA Championship
1990 Western Australian Open
1992 Nedlands Masters

European Seniors Tour wins (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	25 Aug 1996	The Belfry PGA Seniors Championship	−4 (72-70-72-70=284)	1 stroke	Tommy Horton
2	7 Sep 2002	GIN Monte Carlo Invitational	−10 (62-67-68=197)	1 stroke	Keith MacDonald
3	29 Mar 2003	Royal Westmoreland Barbados Open	−10 (70-64-72=206)	6 strokes	Jerry Bruner, Brian Jones
4	5 Apr 2003	Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic	−13 (68-70-65=203)	3 strokes	John Chillas
5	31 Aug 2003	Charles Church Scottish Seniors Open	−11 (69-66-70=205)	2 strokes	Nick Job, Barry Vivian
6	16 May 2004	Bosch Italian Seniors Open	−5 (69-74-68=211)	1 stroke	David J. Russell
7	14 Aug 2005	Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open	−11 (67-66-66=199)	2 strokes	Luis Carbonetti, Géry Watine

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1998	AIB Irish Seniors Open	Joe McDermott, Noel Ratcliffe	McDermott won with birdie on fifth extra hole Ratcliffe eliminated by par on first hole
2	2004	Digicel Jamaica Classic	Luis Carbonetti	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Australian senior wins (2)

1997 Australian PGA Seniors Championship^[4]
2006 Australian PGA Seniors Championship^[5]

Results in major championships

Tournament	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986
The Open Championship	T13	CUT	T44	T42	T29	T28	CUT	CUT

Note: Gale only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1980 and 1985 Open Championships)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 1970, 1972, 1974
Commonwealth Tournament (representing Australia): 1971
Sloan Morpeth Trophy (representing Australia): 1969 (winners)

Professional

World Cup (representing Australia): 1983
Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Australasia): 1995 (non-playing captain)

References

^ "The two golfers to watch in the Singapore Open". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
^ "Gale by 5". The Age. 13 August 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Golf: Gale's WA open". The Canberra Times. 1 September 1980. p. 21. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Trove.
^ "Australian PGA Senior C'ship". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 1997. p. 52. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
^ "Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List" (PDF). PGA Australia.

External links

Terry Gale at the Japan Golf Tour official site
Terry Gale at the European Tour official site
Terry Gale at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
Profile on CricketArchive

[1] "The two golfers to watch in the Singapore Open". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Retrieved 17 January 2022.

[2] "Gale by 5". The Age. 13 August 1979. p. 28. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Golf: Gale's WA open". The Canberra Times. 1 September 1980. p. 21. Retrieved 24 February 2023 – via Trove.

[4] "Australian PGA Senior C'ship". The Sydney Morning Herald. 6 October 1997. p. 52. Retrieved 25 June 2021.

[5] "Australian PGA Seniors Championship Winners List" (PDF). PGA Australia.

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