- Peter Oosterhuis
Peter Oosterhuis (born
May 3 1948 ) is an Englishgolf er and golf analyst.Oosterhuis was born in
London . Before turning professional, Oosterhuis representedGreat Britain in the 1967Walker Cup and in the 1968Eisenhower Trophy . He played on theEuropean Tour in the early years of his professional career, and won four consecutive Order of Merit titles from 1971 to 1974. He was also the leading money winner in 1972 and 1974 (the two did not necessarily coincide at that time, because the Order of Merit was based on a points system). He then moved to the U.S.-basedPGA Tour , which he played full time from 1975 until 1986, winning theCanadian Open in 1981. In all he collected 20 victories worldwide. He was the runner-up inThe Open Championship in 1974 and 1982, and in 1973 ledThe Masters after three rounds before finishing third. He also ledThe Open Championship after the first and second rounds in 1975 before finishing tied for seventh, just three shots off the lead.Oosterhuis played on six
Ryder Cup teams forGreat Britain orEurope from 1971 to 1981. His notable Ryder Cup singles victories include wins overArnold Palmer andJohnny Miller .From 1987 to 1993, he was Director of Golf at
Forsgate Country Club in Jamesburg,New Jersey , and at theRiviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades,California .In 1994, Oosterhuis was hired to cover the
PGA Tour by Britain'sSky Sports and covered two Open Championships for theBBC . From 1995 to 1997, he was the lead analyst for theGolf Channel 's coverage of the European Tour.In 1998, Oosterhuis joined the
CBS Sports golf announcer team full time. In addition to hisCBS analyst duties, he also serves as a contributing analyst for the Golf Channel's Pre and Post-Game Show.Oosterhuis lives in Scottsdale,
Arizona in the United States with his wife, Ruth Ann.Professional wins (12)
European Tour wins (7)
*1972
Penfold Bournemouth Tournament
*1973Piccadilly Medal ,French Open ,Viyella PGA Championship
*1974French Open ,Italian Open , El Paraiso OpenPGA Tour wins (1)
*1981
Canadian Open Other wins (4)
"This list may be incomplete"
*1971Piccadilly Medal ,Agfa-Gavaert Tournament , Sunbeam Electric Tournament
*1989New Jersey PGA Championship External links
* [http://www.pgatour.com/players/00/18/97/ Profile on PGA Tour's official site]
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.