Simon Owen (born 10 December 1950) is a professional

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er from New Zealand.

Early life

Owen was born in

Wanganui Whanganui (; ), also spelled Wanganui, is a city in the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand. The city is located on the west coast of the North Island at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand's longest navigable waterway. Whang ...

Professional career

He turned professional in 1971 and has won several tournaments in Australasia. He played on the

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from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s, winning the 1974 German Open and the 1976 Double Diamond Individual Championship. His best finish on the European Tour Order of Merit was eleventh in 1974. His best finish in a major was at the 1978

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, when he finished tied for second behind Jack Nicklaus. Earlier in the year he finished in second place at the Malaysian Dunlop Masters. Since 2001 Owen has played senior professional golf, and he has won two tournaments on the

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. He has also won the New Zealand PGA Seniors Championship on two occasions. Owen's brother Craig is also a professional golfer and played for New Zealand in the

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in 1979 and 1980.

Professional wins (15)

European Tour wins (2)

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)

Other Australasian wins (3)

*1984 Hawkes Bay 72 Hole Classic (New Zealand) *1989 Hawkes Bay 72 Hole Classic (New Zealand) *1990 City of Auckland 72 Hole Classic

Other wins (2)

*1972

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*1991 Tahiti Open, Cable & Wireless - Pacific Harbour Open (Fiji)

European Senior Tour wins (2)

European Senior Tour playoff record (2–0)

Other senior wins (3)

*2001 New Zealand PGA Seniors Championship *2003 New Zealand PGA Seniors Championship *2014

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Results in major championships

''Note: Owen only played in the Masters Tournament and

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CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1977 and 1982 Open Championships)
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

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(representing New Zealand):

1989 File:1989 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The Cypress structure collapses as a result of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, killing motorists below; The proposal document for the World Wide Web is submitted; The Exxon Valdez oil tanker runs ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

(representing New Zealand):

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Simon New Zealand male golfers PGA Tour of Australasia golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Whanganui 1950 births Living people