Richard Backwell
| Richard Backwell | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 28 December 1963 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Career | |
| College | Texas Wesleyan University |
| Turned professional | 1990 |
| Former tours | Japan Golf Tour Canadian Tour Japan Challenge Tour Champions Tour |
| Professional wins | 34 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| Japan Golf Tour | 1 |
| Other | 33 |
Richard Backwell (born 28 December 1963) is an Australian professional golfer.
Career
[edit]Backwell played on the Japan Golf Tour from 1994 to 2002, winning once.
Professional wins (34)
[edit]Japan Golf Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 Apr 2000 | Tsuruya Open | −10 (73-65-71-69=278) | Playoff |  Hidemichi Tanaka
|
Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2000 | Tsuruya Open | Hidemichi Tanaka
|
Won with par on fourth extra hole |
Canadian Tour wins (1)
[edit]| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 Jun 1992 | Alberta Open | −4 (72-66-73-65=276) | Playoff |  Tony Mollica
|
Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)
[edit]- 1997 Komatsu Country Cup
PGA of Australia Legends Tour wins (31)
[edit]- 2014 (6) Col Crawford BMW Legends Pro-Am (with George Serhan), promotions r us Pro-Am, Swanbury Penglase SA PGA Senior Championship, SIFA Samoa Senior Open, Springwood Country Club Legends Pro-Am, Suttons Hyandai Arncliffe Legends Pro-Am
- 2015 (5) The Grange Legends Pro-Am (wtih three others), SIFA Samoa Seniors Open, Brisbane Legends Pro-Am, TJS Facility Services City Golf Club Legends Pro-Am, Cricks Nambour Twin Waters Legends Pro-Am
- 2017 (2) City of Greater Bendigo Heathcote Golf Club Legends Pro-Am, Royal Queensland Cup
- 2018 (6) Australian Valve Group Legends Pro-Am, Samoa Senior Open, Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am, Mercedes Benz Cairns - Cairns Classic, Lismore Legends Pro-Am, Sunshine Coast Masters
- 2019 (4) Samoa Senior Open, Ulton, Lindsay Australia & Ken's Plumbing Plus Bargara Legends Pro-Am, Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am (with Steve Conran), Bartons / BMD QLD Senior PGA Championship (with Peter Senior)
- 2021 (3) Maroochy River Legends Pro-Am, Provincial Distributors City Legends Pro-Am, Innovative Planning Solutions Headland Legends Pro-Am (with Brad Burns)
- 2022 (3) Higgins Coatings Portsea Legends Pro-Am (with three others), Australian Valve Group - Watts Legends Pro-Am, Atlas Golf Services Noosa Legends Pro-Am
- 2023 (2) LVTong Wolston Park Legends Pro-Am, Lismore Workers Legends Pro-Am (with Gregory Rix)
Source:[1]
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 1984, 1985
References
[edit]- ^ "Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia". legends-tour.ocs-software.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Richard Backwell at the Japan Golf Tour official site
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