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Peter Lonard
Personal information
Full namePeter Lawrence Lonard
Born (1967-07-17) 17 July 1967 (age 57)
Epping, Sydney, Australia
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceWindermere, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional1989
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)European Tour
PGA Tour
Web.com Tour
Professional wins12
Highest ranking23 (22 May 2005)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia9
Other2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
PGA ChampionshipT17: 2002
U.S. Open11th: 2002
The Open ChampionshipT14: 2002
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		1996–97, 2003

Peter Lawrence Lonard (born 17 July 1967) is an Australian professional golfer who has played mainly on the U.S.-based PGA Tour.

Early life

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Lonard was born at Epping, Sydney.

Professional career

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Lonard turned professional in 1989 and began his career on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He played on the European Tour in 1991 and 1992, where he had very moderate results. He was sidelined for nearly 18 months in 1993–94 after contracting Ross River Fever, a mosquito-carried virus which caused damage to his eyes. He worked as a club professional at Sydney's prestigious Oatlands Golf Club for three years before returning to tournament golf, topping the PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit in 1996/97. He returned to the European Tour in 1997 and has performed steadily with a best Order of Merit placing of 18th in 2002.

Lonard joined the United States–based PGA Tour in 2002 and settled in well, winning over $1 million in his first season. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit for a second time in 2003. His first win in the U.S. came at the 2005 MCI Heritage. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking. In 2009 he finished outside the top 150 of the money list and lost his PGA Tour card. He has mainly focused on the PGA Tour of Australasia and Web.com Tour since losing his PGA Tour card.

Lonard was a member of the International Team at the Presidents Cup in 2003 and 2005.

After turning 50, Lonard played in the Senior Open Championship in 2017 and finished T3.

Professional wins (12)

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PGA Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 17 Apr 2005 MCI Heritage 62-74-66-75=277 −7 2 strokes United States Billy Andrade, Northern Ireland Darren Clarke,
United States Jim Furyk, United States Davis Love III

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (9)

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Legend
Flagship events (2)
Tour Championships (1)
Other PGA Tour of Australasia (6)
No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 16 Feb 1997 Ericsson Masters 69-69-69-69=276 −16 Playoff Australia Peter O'Malley
2 10 Dec 2000 Ford South Australian Open 69-65-67-68=269 −19 6 strokes Australia Paul Gow
3 25 Feb 2001 ANZ Tour Championship 67-67-69-66=269 −15 1 stroke Australia Nathan Green
4 1 Dec 2002 Australian PGA Championship 64-68-71-68=271 −17 Shared title with Australia Jarrod Moseley
5 8 Dec 2002 MasterCard Masters (2) 70-72-71-66=279 −9 Playoff Australia Gavin Coles, Australia Adam Scott
6 21 Dec 2003 Australian Open 68-72-70-69=279 −9 1 stroke Australia Chris Downes, Australia Stephen Leaney
7 28 Nov 2004 Hillross Australian Open (2) 71-71-71-68=281 −3 1 stroke Australia Stuart Appleby
8 5 Dec 2004 Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship (2) 69-65-71-65=270 −18 2 strokes Australia James Nitties
9 9 Dec 2007 Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship (3) 66-69-68-65=268 −20 3 strokes New Zealand David Smail

*Lonard and Moseley agreed to share the 2002 Australian PGA Championship after failing light caused play to halt after one hole of a playoff.

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–1–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1997 Ericsson Masters Australia Peter O'Malley Won with par on second extra hole
2 2002 Australian PGA Championship Australia Jarrod Moseley Playoff abandoned after one hole due to darkness; tournament shared
3 2002 MasterCard Masters Australia Gavin Coles, Australia Adam Scott Won with par on third extra hole
Scott eliminated by par on first hole
4 2006 Cadbury Schweppes Australian PGA Championship Australia Nick O'Hern Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 21 Nov 2004 NSW Open 69-65-67-69=270 −18 2 strokes Australia Anthony Summers

Other wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score To par Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 17 Nov 2002 Hyundai Team Matches
(with United States Rich Beem) 		2 and 1 United States Mark Calcavecchia and United States Fred Couples

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Masters Tournament CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT
U.S. Open T66 11 T20 T31 T42
The Open Championship T24 T49 T47 T14 T59 CUT 66 T16
PGA Championship CUT CUT T17 T29 CUT CUT CUT T68
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

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Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 5
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 7
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 3
Totals 0 0 0 0 0 6 26 15
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (1999 Open Championship – 2002 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in The Players Championship

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Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
The Players Championship T56 CUT CUT T45 T6 CUT CUT
  Top 10

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf championships

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Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Match Play 4 R32 R64 R64
Championship T54 37 T23 T37
Invitational T19 T23 T32 T36 T71 T4 T6
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied

Results in senior major championships

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Tournament 2017 2018
The Tradition
Senior PGA Championship T23
U.S. Senior Open
Senior Players Championship T24
Senior British Open Championship T3 T24
  Top 10
  Did not play

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Week 21 2005 Ending 22 May 2005" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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