Noel Ratcliffe

Noel Ratcliffe
At the Dutch Senior Open, 2010
Personal information
Full name	Noel Anthony Ratcliffe
Born	17 January 1945 (1945-01-17) (age 66) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Nationality	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Career
Turned professional	1974
Current tour(s)	European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	15
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
European Seniors Tour	8
Other	3 (regular) 2 (senior)
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T38: 1988
PGA Championship	DNP
Achievements and awards
European Seniors Tour Order of Merit winner	2000

Noel Anthony Ratcliffe (born 17 January 1945) is an Australian professional golfer.

Ratcliffe turned to golf exceptionally late for a future professional, and didn't own a set of clubs until he was twenty-one. He studied pharmacy and worked for an insurance company and in public service before turning professional in 1974. Like many Australian golfers of his era, he divided his time between the PGA Tour of Australia and the European Tour. In his regular career he won three titles in Australasia and two in Europe, where his best year was 1978 when he finished 11th on the Order of Merit.

Since turning fifty he has been successful on the European Seniors Tour, where he topped the Order of Merit in 2000, made the top five on four other occasions, and won eight tournaments. He was the second man to win over one million Euro on the tour.

Professional wins

European Tour wins (2)

• 1978 Belgian Open
• 1987 Benson & Hedges International Open

Australasian wins (3)

• 1974 Australian PGA Assistants Championship
• 1976 Huon Open (Papua New Guinea)
• 1977 South Australian Open

European Seniors Tour wins (8)

• 1997 Manadens Affarer Seniors Open, Senior German Open
• 2000 The Scotsman Scottish Seniors Open, TEMES Seniors Open
• 2001 Beko Classic, De Vere Hotels Seniors Classic
• 2003 AIB Irish Seniors Open
• 2005 AIB Irish Seniors Open

Other senior wins (2)

• 2001 Australian PGA Seniors Championship
• 2008 Polygiene Australian PGA Seniors Championship

Results in major championships

Tournament	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT	T41	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	T38
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1979 & 1981 Open Championships)
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

External links

• Noel Ratcliffe at the European Tour official site

Persondata
Name	Ratcliffe, Noel
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	17 January 1945
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Date of death
Place of death