Peter Oosterhuis

Peter Oosterhuis (London, 3 may 1948) is an English professional golfer.



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[hide] *1 Amateur  ==Amateur[ Edit] == Oosterhuis played as an amateur on behalf of Great Britain in the Walker Cup in 1967 and in 1968 in the Eisenhower Trophy. ==Professional[ Edit] == Oosterhuis was in 1968 as an Assistant professional and went pro work on the Dulwich & Sydenham Hill Golf Club near London. He also played on the newly founded European PGA Tour. There he won four years in a row (1971-1974), who was then the Order of Merit was based on a points system (not on earned prize money). Colin Montgomerie improved that record only in 1997. In 1972 and 1974 was the player who had the most earned Oosterhuis.
 * 2 Professional
 * Won 2.1
 * 2.1.1 European PGA Tour
 * 2.1.2 US PGA Tour
 * 2.1.3 Elsewhere
 * 2.2 Teams
 * 3 After 1987
 * 3.1 Director of golf
 * 3.2 television commentator
 * 4 Trivia
 * 5 external links

In 1972 he improved the track record on the Haagsche with a score of 64, the same week was matched by Jack Newton which made an eagle on hole 6 and hole 11.

From 1975 went Oosterhuis play on the PGA Tour where he won the Canadian Open in 1981. He won a total of 20 tournaments worldwide.

He has never won one of the Majors, but some nice results posted. In 1974 and 1982, he was runner-up at the British Open, in 1975, he was after the 1st and 2nd round in the lead and finished seventh, three strokes behind the winner and in 1978 he became 6th on St Andrews Links. In 1973, he was at the Masters after three rounds in the lead, but finished third. ===Won[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ====European PGA Tour<span class="mw-editsection" len="340" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====US PGA Tour<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== ====Elsewhere<span class="mw-editsection" len="329" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p lang="en" len="39" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">He also won among other things:
 * 1972: Penfold Bournemouth Tournament, and among other second place at the Dutch Open on the Haagsche.
 * 1973: Piccadilly Medal, French Open, Viyella PGA Championship, and among other second place at the Dutch Open on the Haagsche.
 * 1974: French Open, Italian Open, El Paraíso Open <sup len="2" style="line-height:1;">po, and among other second place at the Dutch Open at the Hilversumsche.
 * 1981: Canadian Open

===Teams<span class="mw-editsection" len="328" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Oosterhuis played 6 x in the Ryder Cup on behalf of Great Britain & Ireland and later on behalf of Europe. He won among others by Arnold Palmer and Johnny Miller.
 * 1971 Piccadilly Medal, Agfa-Gavaert: Tournament, Sunbeam Electric Tournament
 * 1989: New Jersey PGA Championship

==After 1987<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ====Director of golf<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">From 1987 to 1993 he was President of the wave at the Forsgate Country Club in New Jersey James burg in and at the Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades in California. ====Television commentator<span class="mw-editsection" len="345" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==== <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1994, Oosterhuis as commentator working for Sky Sports, and defeated the tournaments on the U.s. Tour. He also did two times the British Open. From 1995 he joined Golf Channel's, which in those years was to see the European Tour. In 1998 he came in fixed service of CBS Sports.
 * Ryder Cup: 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1981

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Oosterhuis and his wife Ruth Ann living in Scottsdale. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="330" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="108" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.399999618530273px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Oosterhuis is the son of a London resident since the war in Dutch father and English mother.