Peter_Baker_(golfer)
Peter Baker (golfer)
English professional golfer
Peter Alan Baker (born 7 October 1967) is an English professional golfer. He had three wins on the European Tour, one in 1988 and two in 1993. He represented Europe in the 1993 Ryder Cup.
| Peter Baker | |||||
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| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Peter Alan Baker | ||||
| Born | (1967-10-07) 7 October 1967 (age 56) Shifnal, Shropshire, England | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||
| Weight | 168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||||
| Residence | Tettenhall, Wolverhampton, England | ||||
| Spouse |
Helen (m. 1990) | ||||
| Children | 2 | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 1986 | ||||
| Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour | ||||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 15 | ||||
| Highest ranking | 54 (29 May 1994)[1] | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| European Tour | 3 | ||||
| Challenge Tour | 3 | ||||
| European Senior Tour | 5 | ||||
| Other | 4 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | CUT: 1994 | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 1994 | ||||
| U.S. Open | T39: 1994 | ||||
| The Open Championship | T15: 1998 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Baker learned golf at his father's nine-hole Himley Hall course and was taught by Sandy Lyle's father Alex. In 1985, he was the joint winner of the Brabazon Trophy, after a tie with Roger Roper. He represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1985 Walker Cup and turned professional the following year.
Baker was a consistent performer on the European Tour from the late 1980s until the early years of the new Millennium, with three tournament wins on the tour and a highest Order of Merit finish of seventh in 1993. His one Ryder Cup appearance for Europe came in the losing 1993 team. He won three of his four matches, winning two fourball matches, playing with Ian Woosnam, and beating Corey Pavin in the singles.
In 2007 Baker won two events on the second-tier Challenge Tour, the Credit Suisse Challenge and the Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d’Armor Bretagne on his 40th birthday. He also won the Mauritius Open at the end of 2007, beating José-Filipe Lima by three shots. In 2009 he had his third Challenge Tour success, winning the Credit Suisse Challenge for the second time.
Since reaching 50, he has played on the European Senior Tour. He won the 2019 Arras Open Senior Hauts de France, 5 strokes ahead of James Kingston.
Baker was one of Ian Woosnam's vice-captains at the 2006 Ryder Cup.
- 1983 Peter McEvoy Trophy, Carris Trophy
- 1985 Carris Trophy, Brabazon Trophy (tie with Roger Roper)
European Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 Aug 1988 | Benson & Hedges International Open | −17 (68-68-66-69=271) | Playoff | Nick Faldo |
| 2 | 6 Jun 1993 | Dunhill British Masters | −22 (67-64-72-63=266) | 7 strokes | Carl Mason |
| 3 | 1 Aug 1993 | Scandinavian Masters | −10 (67-71-68-72=278) | Playoff |  Anders Forsbrand |
European Tour playoff record (2–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1988 | Benson & Hedges International Open | Nick Faldo |
Won with eagle on second extra hole |
| 2 | 1993 | Scandinavian Masters | Anders Forsbrand |
Won with par on second extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (3)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 Jun 2007 | Credit Suisse Challenge | −20 (72-67-66-67=272) | 1 stroke |  Andrew McArthur |
| 2 | 7 Oct 2007 | Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne | −13 (64-67-65-71=267) | Playoff | Ross McGowan |
| 3 | 5 Jul 2009 | Credit Suisse Challenge (2) | −18 (70-71-66-67=274) | 1 stroke |  Florian Praegant |
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2007 | Open AGF-Allianz Côtes d'Armor Bretagne | Ross McGowan |
Won with par on first extra hole |
Other wins (4)
- 1990 UAP European Under-25 Championship
- 1994 Tournoi Perrier de Paris (with David J. Russell)
- 1998 Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship
- 2007 Mauritius Open
European Senior Tour wins (5)
| Legend |
| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other European Senior Tour (4) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 Jun 2019 | Arras Open Senior Hauts de France | −13 (66-70-67=203) | 5 strokes |  James Kingston |
| 2 | 25 Jun 2023 | Irish Legends | −18 (66-63-69=198) | 7 strokes |  Ricardo González |
| 3 | 5 Aug 2023 | JCB Championship | −6 (69-69=138)* | 1 stroke |  Vijay Singh |
| 4 | 27 Aug 2023 | Staysure PGA Seniors Championship | −12 (69-66-69-72=276) | 6 strokes | Greg Owen |
| 5 | 10 Dec 2023 | MCB Tour Championship (Mauritius) | −15 (67-67-67=201) | 1 stroke |  Peter Fowler, Patrik Sjöland |
*Note: The 2023 JCB Championship was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
| Tournament | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | |||||||||||
| U.S. Open | T39 | CUT | ||||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T63 | T21 | T55 | T68 | CUT | T15 | T37 | |||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||||||
| U.S. Open | ||||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||||
| PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Amateur
- Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1983 (winners), 1984 (winners), 1985 (winners)
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing England: 1984, 1985 (winners)[2][3][4]
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1985
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1985
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1986 (winners)
Professional
- "Week 22 1994 Ending 29 May 1994" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "...och europamästare i lag, EM Boys" [...and European team champions, European Boys' Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 6/1983. August 1983. pp. 58, 78. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- "Scots top of class in Europe". The Glasgow Herald. 16 July 1984. p. 13. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- Malone, Roger (16 July 1984). "European Boys' Team Championship: Britons' experience proves decesive". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 January 2023.
- Peter Baker at the European Tour official site
- Peter Baker at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- BBC interview