Craig Defoy

Craig Defoy
Craig Defoy
Personal information
Full name	Craig Bryan Defoy
Born	27 March 1947 (age 77); Kane, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality	Wales
Residence	Kingston Upon Thames, London, England
Career
Turned professional	1964
Former tour(s)	European Tour; European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	13
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	4th: 1971

Craig Bryan Defoy (born 27 March 1947) is a Welsh professional golfer. He finished fourth in the 1971 Open Championship.

Professional career[edit]

Defoy had a successful start to his tournament career, winning three age-restricted events, the Gor-Ray Under-24 Championship in 1968 and Lord Derby’s Under-23 Professional Tournament and the Energen Junior Match Play, for under-25s, in 1969.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Defoy later played on the European Tour where he did not win but had three second-place finishes: 1973 Spanish Open, 1976 Sun Alliance Match Play Championship, and 1977 Skol Lager Individual (playoff loss). Playing with Derek Small he was also runner-up in the 1974 Sumrie-Bournemouth Better-Ball, losing a playoff.^[5] He won five times on the Safari Circuit between 1970 and 1973.^[6]

Defoy also played on the European Seniors Tour where his best finish was as runner-up in the 1997 Jersey Seniors Open and in the 2001 SSL International Sodexho Match Play Championship.

Defoy represented Wales seven times in the World Cup and won the Welsh Professional Championship four times.

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	1977	Skol Lager Individual	Nick Faldo, Chris Witcher (a)	Faldo won with birdie on first extra hole

Tournament	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983
The Open Championship	T52	CUT		CUT		4	T23	T31	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT					CUT

Note: Defoy only played in the Open Championship.

Top 10

Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969, 1975 and 1983)
"T" = tied

World Cup (representing Wales): 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
Double Diamond International (representing Wales): 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977
Philip Morris International (representing Wales): 1975
PGA Cup (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1981 (tie), 1984 (winners), 1996 (tie, non-playing captain), 1998 (non-playing captain)
Hennessy Cognac Cup (representing Wales): 1984

^ "The Bird". The Kane Republican. 16 December 1976. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com. Craig DeFoy was born at Kane Community Hospital. His grandfather once operated a barber shop on Kane's West Side. Craig's father served with the Pennsylvania 28th Division troops in World War II and during the war married a girl from Cardiff, Wales. The couple came to Kane and Craig was born. Then the DeFoys moved back to Wales.
^ "Defoy's one shot win in Gor-Ray tournament". The Glasgow Herald. 17 May 1968. p. 8.
^ "De Foy in a fine finish". The Times. 25 July 1969. p. 16.
^ "Energen victory for Defoy". The Glasgow Herald. 15 October 1969. p. 6.
^ "Butler settles it with birdie". The Glasgow Herald. 20 May 1974. p. 5.
^ "European Seniors Tour profile". PGA European Tour. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2012.