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Peter Thomson (born Melbourne 1929) is an
Australian golfer. He is best remembered for his
five wins in The Open Championship.

Thomson's Open Championship wins came in 1954,
1955, 1956, 1958, and 1965. He was the only man to
win the tournament for three consecutive years in
the 20th century.

Thomson was a prolific tournament champion around
the world, winning the national championships of
ten countries, including the New Zealand Open nine
times. He did not play in the United States very
often, and he only won one event on the PGA Tour.
His best finish in one of the three majors staged
in the United States was a fourth place at the
1956 U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open.

Thomson enjoyed a successful senior career. In
1985 he won nine times on the Senior PGA Tour in
the United States, and finished top of the money
list. His last tournament victory came at the 1988
British PGA Senior Tournament. He was president of
the Australian PGA from 1962 to 1994 and a
victorious non-playing captain of the
international team in the 1998 Presidents Cup.

==Wins==
*1947 Australian Foursomes Shield (with H.R.
Payne)
*1948 Victoria Amateur Championship, leading
amateur at the Australian Open (golf)|Australian
Open
*1950 New Zealand Open 
*1951 Australian Open (golf)|Australian Open, New
Zealand Open 
*1953 New Zealand Open, New Zealand PGA
Championship 
*1954 The Open Championship, British PGA
Championship, World Cup of Golf|Canada Cup (with
Kel Nagle)
*1955 The Open Championship, New Zealand Open  
*1956 The Open Championship
*1957 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament
*1958 The Open Championship, Dunlop Tournament
(United Kingdom), Daks Tournament (tied)
*1959 World Cup of Golf|Canada Cup (with Kel
Nagle), New Zealand Open, Italian Open, Spanish
Open (golf)|Spanish Open 
*1960 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament, New
Zealand Open, Daks Tournament, Bowmaker
Tournament, New Zealand Open, German Open, Hong
Kong Open (golf)|Hong Kong Open
*1961 British PGA Match Play Championship,
Yorkshire Evening News Dunlop Masters, Esso Golden
(tied), New Zealand Open 
*1962 Piccadilly Tournament, Martini International
*1963 Indian Open 
*1964 Philippines Open 
*1965 The Open Championship, Daks Tournament, Hong
Kong Open (golf)|Hong Kong Open, New Zealand Open
*1966 British PGA Match Play Championship
*1967 New Zealand Caltex Tournament, British PGA
Match Play Championship, Alcan International,
Australian PGA Championship, Australian Open
(golf)|Australian Open (golf)
*1968 Dunlop Masters (UK)
*1972 Australian Open (golf)|Australian Open
(golf), Wills Tournament (United Kingdom) 
*1973 Victorian Open (Australia)
*1976 Indian Open

==See also==
*List of golfers with most major title wins