Alan Murray (golfer)
Australian golfer (1940–2019)
Alan Albert Murray (17 June 1940 – 24 May 2019) was an Australian professional golfer.
Career
In 1940, Murray was born in Sydney. He was educated at North Sydney Boys High School.
Murray was an international golfer. He won 76 tournaments across the world. The biggest were: the 1961 Australian PGA Championship, 1962 French Open, and the 1967 Wills Masters. In his only start in a major championship, he finished tied for 19th in the 1964 Open Championship. Murray represented Australia in the 1967 World Cup at Mexico City.
He was also a co-founder, president, and Life Member of the Singapore PGA. He was the principal director of Champions Golf Academy, and coached players of all standards in South East Asia for the past 36 years.
Personal life
Murray died in Perth, Western Australia on 24 May 2019 after a long battle with skin cancer.
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