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David Graham

Australia · born , Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

2major championships

Summary

  • First major 1979 PGA Championship
  • Last major 1981 U.S. Open

Wins

  1. 1979 PGA Championship Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course) · 272 (-8) · won a playoff against Ben Crenshaw
  2. 1981 U.S. Open Merion G.C. · 273 (-7) · by 3 strokes from George Burns and Bill Rogers

Near misses

  1. 1985 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T3 · 284 (+4)
  2. 1990 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T8 · 279 (-9)

Rivals

Beaten in finals and playoffs

Next in the chain: Ben Crenshaw's rivals →

Moments

  1. 1979 PGA Championship Leading by two on the 72nd hole, David Graham made double bogey, which turned a likely 63 into a 65 and forced a playoff.
  2. 1979 PGA Championship In the playoff Graham holed par and birdie putts on the first two extra holes, then won with a birdie on the third. Sam Snead, 67, made his last major cut.

Results by championship

    Best day

    1981 U.S. Open

    Merion G.C., Ardmore, PA · 273 (-7) · by 3 strokes from George Burns and Bill Rogers

    Chosen by rule: his widest winning margin in a major. Year page: 1981.

    Career line, 1979–1990

    PGA Championship
    1979 PGA Championship: won
    U.S. Open
    1981 U.S. Open: won
    The Open
    1985 The Open: finished T31990 The Open: finished T8
    198019851990

    4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.

    • Major win
    • Top 10

    David Graham was born on May 23, 1946, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Graham won 2 major championships: 1 PGA Championship (1979) and 1 U.S. Open (1981).

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    The record

    Wins in the majors (2)

    1. 1979 PGA Championship Oakland Hills Country Club (South Course), Bloomfield Township, Michigan · 272 (-8) · won a playoff against Ben Crenshaw (Graham 4-4-2; Crenshaw 4-4-unknown)
    2. 1981 U.S. Open Merion G.C., Ardmore, PA · 273 (-7) · by 3 strokes from George Burns and Bill Rogers

    Near misses

    Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.

    1. 1985 The Open Royal St George's Golf Club · finished T3 · 284 (+4)
    2. 1990 The Open Old Course, St Andrews · finished T8 · 279 (-9)

    U.S. Open top-10 finishes in his career: 4 (GNN U.S. Open room data).

    Sources

    Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.

    1. where2golf
    2. Golf Compendium PGA Tour career wins
    3. Golf Compendium winners list
    4. Golf Compendium 1979
    5. PGA of America 2012 media guide
    6. The Golf News Net history table (2026)
    7. Today's Golfer purse history
    8. PGA of America 1979 leaderboard
    9. Golf Compendium playoff results
    10. PGA of America 2013 media guide, p. 51
    11. PGA of America 2012 media guide, p. 148
    12. GNN U.S. Open room (champions data)
    13. R&A 1985
    14. R&A 1990