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Graham Marsh (born 14 Jan 1944 in Kalgoorlie,
Australia) was one of the leading Australian
golfers of his generation. He attended the
University of Western Australia and Claremont
Teachers College, before turning professional in
1969.

==Career outline==
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s Marsh was a regular
winner on the European Tour, the Japan Golf Tour
and the PGA Tour of Australasia. He also won
several events in Asia outside of Japan and one on
the U.S. based PGA Tour, the 1977 Heritage Classic
(golf)|Heritage Classic. Marsh had an outstanding
win rate on the European Tour, where he
accumulated eleven titles even though he never
played more than seven events in Europe in a
season. He also won the HSBC World Match Play
Championship|World Match Play Championship, which
was not an official money European Tour event at
the time, in England in 1977. He had 56 wins in
all in his regular career, making him one of the
most successful players of his era not to win a
major championship. 

As a senior Marsh has played extensively in the
United States on the Champions Tour winning six
events including two senior majors, the 1997 U.S.
Senior Open and the 1999 The Tradition|Tradition.
He has also won the Japan Senior Open twice. 

Marsh is also active in golf course design through
Graham Marsh Golf Design which he established in
1986. The company's early projects were in
Australia and Japan, but it later branched out to
other parts of Asia and to Europe and the United
States. 

In 1984 Marsh was an Order of the British
Empire|MBE for services to golf. He is a past
chairman of the PGA Tour of Australasia.

==European Tour wins==
*1972 Swiss Open, German Open golf)|German Open
*1973 Sunbeam Electric Scottish Open
*1976 Benson & Hedges International Open
*1977 Lancome Trophy
*1979 Dutch Open, Dunlop Masters
*1980 Benson & Hedges International Open
*1981 Dixcel Tissues European Open
*1985 Lawrence Batley International Golf Classic,
KLM Dutch Open

==Champions Tour wins== 
*1995  Bruno's Memorial Classic  
*1996  World Seniors Invitational,  Franklin Quest
Championship  
*1997  Nationwide Championship,  U.S. Senior Open 
*1999  The Tradition 

Marsh's senior majors are shown in bold.

==Other senior career wins==
*1997 Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf (with John
Bland) 
*1998 Japan Senior Open 
*1999 Japan Senior Open

==External links==
*http://www.pgatour.com/players/bio/149789 Profile
on the PGA Tour's official site
*http://users.bigpond.net.au/BradT/start.htm
Graham Marsh Golf Design