Terry Price (born 27 December 1960) is an Australian professional

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Early life

Price was born in

Rockhampton, Queensland Rockhampton is a city in the Rockhampton Region of Central Queensland, Australia. In the , the population of Rockhampton was 79,293. A common nickname for Rockhampton is "Rocky", and the demonym of Rockhampton is Rockhamptonite. The Scottish- ...

Professional career

Price turned professional in 1978 at age 17, joined the

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in 1986. He won his first tournament in 1988 at the non-Order of Merit Queensland PGA Championship. He has since won five official events on the tour, in addition to several more victories both in Australia and internationally. Price has also played on the

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. He played three seasons in the early 1990s, finishing just inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit in 1994 and 1995, before losing his card at the end of 1996. He returned to the European Tour in 2003 via

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, but had to revisit at the end of the season to regain his card. He achieved a career best finish on the Order of Merit of 53rd in 2004, but he was unable to build on that and after missing much of the 2006 season due to injury, lost his card at the end of 2007. Price began playing on the

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in 2012 and won his first title in September at the Pon Senior Open in Germany. Price currently lives in Hope Island, Queensland with his wife and three children.

Professional wins (12)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (5)

Swedish Golf Tour wins (1)

Other wins (5)

*1988 Queensland PGA Championship *1989 Papua New Guinea Masters *1990 Queensland PGA Championship *1993

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(Foundation Tour) *1995

(Foundation Tour)

European Senior Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

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

Team appearances

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(representing Australia):

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Price, Terry Australian male golfers PGA Tour of Australasia golfers European Tour golfers European Senior Tour golfers Sportspeople from Rockhampton Golfers from the Gold Coast, Queensland 1960 births Living people Sportsmen from Queensland 20th-century Australian sportsmen