| Gavan Levenson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Gavan Neil Levenson | ||
| Born | (1953-12-18)18 December 1953 (age 71) Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa | ||
| Residence | Bedfordview, South Africa | ||
| Career | |||
| Turned professional | 1978 | ||
| Former tours | PGA Tour European Tour Southern Africa Tour European Seniors Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 8 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 2 | ||
| Sunshine Tour | 5 | ||
| European Senior Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT: 1984 | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 1983, 1984 | ||
| The Open Championship | T36: 1984 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Gavan Neil Levenson (born 18 December 1953) is a South Africanprofessional golfer.
Levenson was born inJohannesburg. He represented South Africa in the 1976Eisenhower Trophy and won several major amateur tournaments including the French and Rhodesian Open Amateur Championships in 1978.
In 1978, Levenson turned professional and joined theEuropean Tour the following year. He won theBelgian Open and finishing in 29th place on the Order of Merit in his rookie season.
After two seasons in Europe, Levenson qualified for the United States-basedPGA Tour. He spent four largely unsuccessful years on the tour, only recording one top ten finish when he tied for 4th place at the 1982Greater Hartford Open. He returned to Europe in 1985, and although he consistently finished inside the top 100 on the Order of Merit, he did not win again on the European Tour until the 1991Open de Baleares.
Levenson also played on the Southern Africa Tour during theNorthern Hemisphere winters. He won five titles in South Africa, including oneSouth African Open Championship and oneSouth African PGA Championship, and topped the Order of Merit in 1983/84.
Since turning fifty, Levenson has played on theEuropean Seniors Tour, where he has one victory, achieved in just his second tournament, the 2004DGM Barbados Open.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 Jun1979 | Belgian Open | −5 (68-71-68-72=279) | 3 strokes |  Bobby Cole, Nick Faldo,Michael King |
| 2 | 10 Mar1991 | Open de Baleares | −6 (72-74-67-69=282) | 1 stroke | Steven Richardson |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 Feb1983 | Sigma Vaal Reefs Open | −14 (75-67-70-62=274) | 2 strokes |  Nick Price |
| 2 | 4 Feb1984 | Lexington PGA Championship | −9 (70-66-68-67=271) | 3 strokes | Nick Price |
| 3 | 26 Jan1985 | South African Open | −8 (69-68-72-71=280) | 3 strokes |  Phil Simmons |
| 4 | 19 Jan1986 | ICL International | −18 (71-65-67-67=270) | 1 stroke | David Frost |
| 5 | 13 Jan1990 | ICL International (2) | −19 (67-68-66-68=269) | 2 strokes | Wayne Westner |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 Mar2004 | DGM Barbados Open | −12 (69-64-71=204) | 2 strokes | Denis Durnian,Carl Mason |
| Tournament | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | |||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | |||
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | ||||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T36 | CUT | 79 | ||||||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
| Tournament | 1990 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T57 |
| PGA Championship |
Note: Levenson never played in theMasters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Amateur