Background
Butler was born in Birmingham.
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Peter Butler
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He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He was Captain of the Professional Golf Association in 1972. The best finish for Butler in a major championship was a solo sixth at the 1973 Open Championship.
He was also 36 hole co-leader at the 1966 Masters Tournament before finishing tied for thirteenth.
Butler played in the Ryder Cup in 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1973. At the 1973 Ryder Cup at Muirfield, he recorded the first ever hole-in-one in the history of the event.
He also represented England at the World Cup in 1969, 1970 and 1973. Other wins (18) 1959 Swallow-Penfold Tournament European Seniors Tour (1).
Achievements
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1959 Swallow-Penfold Tournament 1962 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament 1963 Schweppes Professional Golf Association Close Championship, Bowmaker Tournament, Gleneagles Hotel Foursomes (with P Doctorate Kelley) 1964 Cox Moore Tournament 1965 Piccadilly Tournament, Martini International 1967 Bowmaker Tournament, Piccadilly Tournament 1968 Swallow-Penfold Tournament, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament 1969 R.T.V. International Trophy 1971 Classic International, Grand Bahama Open 1972 Grand Bahama Open 1974 Sumrie-Bournemouth Better Ball (with Clive Clark) 1975 Colombian Open 1993 Lawrence Batley Seniors.
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United Kingdom