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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 | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 14 November 1948||
Died | 29 July 2018 69) | (aged||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
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, Victoria. At the age of 14, he started playing 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. He honed his game under the apprenticeship 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.
In 1970, Stanley 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]
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.
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.
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).
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]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 14 Jun 1975 | Martini International | −5 (71-72-69-67=279) | Shared title with ![]() |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 28 Sep 1975 | Queensland Open | +1 (74-71-70-66=281) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 14 Oct 1979 | Garden State Victorian PGA Championship | −2 (71-70-73-72=286) | Playoff | ![]() |
3 | 1 Feb 1981 | Traralgon Classic | −9 (72-68-68-71=279) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
4 | 31 Oct 1982 | Westpac Classic | −7 (69-67-77-72=285) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
5 | 19 May 1985 | National Panasonic Western Australian Open | −12 (63-72-75-66=276) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
6 | 20 Oct 1985 | National Panasonic New South Wales Open | −3 (68-67-73-73=281) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() |
7 | 18 Dec 1988 | Nissan-Mobil New Zealand Open | −11 (64-68-69-72=273) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
8 | 22 Oct 1989 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | −1 (68-69-73-69=279) | Playoff | ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australia playoff record (2–3)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1974 | Australian PGA Championship | ![]() |
Lost 18 hole playoff; Dunk: −1 (71), Stanley: E (72) |
2 | 1976 | Tasmanian Open | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Good won with birdie on fifth extra hole Ginn and Stanley eliminated by par on first hole |
3 | 1978 | Griffith Golf Classic | ![]() |
Lost to par on fifth extra hole |
4 | 1979 | Garden State Victorian PGA Championship | ![]() |
Won with par on second extra hole |
5 | 1989 | Tattersall's Tasmanian Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Source:[5]
Legend |
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Senior major championships (1) |
Other Senior PGA Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 29 Jul 2001 | Senior British Open | −6 (70-69-70-69=278) | Playoff | ![]() |
Senior PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2001 | Senior British Open | ![]() |
Won with par on first extra hole |
Legend |
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Senior major championships (1) |
Other European Seniors Tour (2) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 2 Jul 2000 | Coca-Cola Kaiser Karl European Trophy | −13 (66-69-68=203) | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 3 Jun 2001 | De Vere PGA Seniors Championship | −10 (71-66-68-73=278) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 29 Jul 2001 | Senior British Open | −6 (70-69-70-69=278) | Playoff | ![]() |
European Seniors Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2001 | Senior British Open | ![]() |
Won with par on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T56 | 46 | CUT | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | T30 |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Open Championship |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 |
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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
Year | Championship | Winning Score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2001 | Senior British Open | −6 (70-69-70-69=278) | Playoff1 | ![]() |
1Defeated Charles with a par at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
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