Anthony Yale Gresham (born 4 December 1940) is an Australian amateur golfer. He won the 1977

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and represented Australia in seven successive

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events between 1968 and 1980. He also won two professional events, the 1975

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and the 1978

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Golf career

Gresham reached four finals of the

, although he only won once, beating Chris Bonython at the 40th hole in 1977. He lost to

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in 1973,

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in 1976 and Mike Clayton in 1978. He was also a medalist four times, in 1967, 1975, 1977 and 1981. Gresham won the New South Wales Amateur Championship three times, in 1970, 1972 and 1982. He won the

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six times in the first 11 times the event was contested, winning in 1968, 1972, 1974, 1977, 1977 and 1978. He was also a joint winner, with

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, in 1986. Before the founding of the NSW Medal, in 1968, he had led the 36-hole qualifying for the NSW amateur twice, in 1964 and 1967. In 1979, 1980 and 1981, Gresham travelled to Europe to play in the

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. In 1979 he reached the semi-finals before losing 3&2 to

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. In 1980 he won the French Amateur Championship, beating fellow Australian John Kelly 4&2 in the final, but lost at the 20th hole to Jamie Moffat in a second round match in the Amateur Championship. He reached the semi-final of the Amateur Championship again in 1981, losing 2&1 to American Joel Hirsch. Gresham won two professional events, the 1975

at Manly, where he finished a stroke ahead of

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, and the 1978

at Glenelg, which he won by 6 strokes from fellow amateur Chris Bonython,

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taking the first prize as the leading professional. Gresham played in seven successive

contests from 1968 to 1980. The Australian team took the silver medal in

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and the bronze medal in

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and 1978. In 1972 in Buenos Aires, he was leading individual scorer, two strokes ahead of

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and

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. He also represented Australia in the 1971

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in Auckland, and four times in the

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against New Zealand.

Awards

Gresham was awarded the

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in the 1988 Australia Day Honours for services to golf.

Amateur wins

*1968

*1970 New South Wales Amateur Championship *1972

, New South Wales Amateur Championship *1974

*1976

*1977

*1978

*1980 French Amateur Championship, New South Wales Amateur Championship *1986

(tied with

)

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Team appearances

(representing Australia):

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, 1974,

, 1978, 1980 *

(representing Australia): 1971 *

(representing Australia): 1969 (winners), 1976, 1977 (winners), 1980 *

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(representing New South Wales): 1963, 1964 (winners), 1966, 1967 (winners), 1968, 1969 (winners), 1970 (winners), 1971, 1973 (winners), 1974, 1975, 1976 (winners), 1977, 1978 (winners), 1979, 1980 (winners), 1981 (winners), 1982

References

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