Mike Harwood
Michael Geoffrey Harwood is an Australian professional golfer.
Career
In 1959, Harwood was born in Sydney, Australia.In 1979, Harwood turned professional and has extensive experience on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the European Tour. His first Australian title was the 1986 Australian PGA Championship. He won five times on the European Tour; the first was at the 1988 Portuguese Open and the second was the 1989 PLM Open. In 1990, his first of three major Europe wins was the European Tour's flagship tournament at Wentworth, which was then called the Volvo PGA Championship, later that year he won the Volvo Masters at Valderrama, two weeks later in Australia he won the West End [South Australian Open] by five strokes. He achieved a career best European Tour Order of Merit ranking of sixth that year.
The following year, 1991, he was runner-up to fellow Australian Ian Baker-Finch at the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, several weeks later he won the GA European Open at Walton Heath. In his prime, he played occasionally in the United States but never had a top-10 finish in any PGA Tour event. In late 1991, Harwood achieved his highest world ranking of #20. His round of 61 at the Australian PGA Championship at Concord in 1992 was his best professional score recorded. Harwood served as a board member of the Australian PGA in the early 2000s.
Senior career
Harwood won his first title on the European Senior Tour at the season ending OKI Castellón [Senior Tour Championship] by three strokes. Harwood to finish 9th on the 2009 final money list and earned him the title of Rookie of the Year. Despite over 100 Pro-Am victories, it marked his first professional tournament win in 18 years. He again finished in the top-10 of the European Senior Tour Order of Merit in 2011.Harwood won the Order of Merit and Rookie of the Year honours on the Australian Senior Tour in 2009. He won the Order of Merit a second time in 2015, by a significant margin. He has won over 75 events on the senior tour including the Australian Senior Open, Australian PGA Seniors Championship, and twice winning the Senior TPC Championship.
In 2019, he won the first two event of season, the Victorian Senior Masters and Victorian Senior PGA Championship. He also won 2019 Legend Tour Player of year.
Awards and honors
- In 2009, Harwood won the European Senior Tour Rookie of the Year award.
- Also in 2009, Harwood earned Australian PGA Legends Tour Rookie of the Year honors.
Professional wins (34)
European Tour wins (5)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 May 1988 | Portuguese Open | −8 | 1 stroke |  Other wins (4)
European Senior Tour wins (1)
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|1990