Mike Miller (golfer)
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Michael John Miller (born 22 April 1951) is a Scottish professional golfer. Miller was born in
Lenzie Lenzie () is an affluent town by the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway in the East Dunbartonshire council area of Scotland. It is about north-east of Glasgow city centre and south of Kirkintilloch. At the 2011 census, it had a population of 8,873. ...
,
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, near
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. He turned professional in 1978 at a relatively late age, and was the
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in 1979. That year he lost a playoff to Mark James at the Welsh Golf Classic. He never came closer than that to winning a European Tour event, though he finished second in the 1983 Kronenbourg Open. His best ranking on the European Tour Order of Merit was forty-seventh in 1981. However he has won several professional tournaments, including one each on the
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and the
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, which he joined in 2001.


Professional wins (8)


Challenge Tour wins (1)

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)


Other wins (5)

*1981 Sierra Leone Open *1982 Sierra Leone Open *1986 Dunbar Professional Championship *1990
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*1998 Sunderland of Scotland Masters


European Senior Tour wins (1)


Other senior wins (1)

*2001 Belleisle Hotels Giles insurance Scottish PGA Seniors Championship


Playoff record

European Tour playoff record (0–1)


Results in major championships

''Note: Miller only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied


Team appearances

*
Europcar Cup The Europcar Cup was a professional team golf tournament played yearly in Biarritz, France, from 1985 to 1988. The tournament was designated as an "Approved Special Event" on the European Tour schedule. A further event was planned in 1989 but was ...
(representing Scotland): 1988


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Mike Scottish male golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Lenzie People from Torrance, East Dunbartonshire 1951 births Living people