Peter J. Butler is an English

England

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 professional golf

Golf

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er.

Butler was born in Birmingham

Birmingham

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. He turned professional as a teenager in 1947. He featured in the top 20 on the European Order of Merit every year from 1960 to 1979 (most of those seasons falling before the formal debut of the European Tour in 1972. He won fourteen European-Tour equivalent tournaments in the pre-Tour era, that last of them in 1971. He was Captain of the PGA in 1972.

The best finish for Butler in a major championship was a solo sixth at the 1973 Open Championship

1973 Open Championship

The 1973 Open Championship was a golf competition held at Royal Troon Golf Club. The competition was won by Tom Weiskopf.-First round:-Second round:...

. He was also 36 hole co-leader at the 1966 Masters Tournament

1966 Masters Tournament

The 1966 Masters Tournament was contested from April 7 to April 11 at Augusta National Golf Club. It was the 30th Masters Tournament. 103 players entered the tournament and 64 of them made the cut at nine-over-par ....

 before finishing tied for thirteenth.

Butler was one of the founders of the European Seniors Tour

European Seniors Tour

The European Seniors Tour is a professional tour for male golfers aged 50 and over run by the PGA European Tour.The Tour was founded in 1992. In 2008 it had a total prize fund of €7,729,284, so it is much further behind the U.S.-based Champions Tour in relative prize money than the main European...

 and finished fourth on the Order of Merit in its 1992 debut season, even though at sixty he was ten years past the minimum age. His only senior win came the following year at the Lawrence Batley Seniors.

Butler played in the Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a biennial golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is jointly administered by the PGA of America and the PGA European Tour, and is contested every two years, the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe...

 in 1965, 1969, 1971 and 1973. At the 1973 Ryder Cup

1973 Ryder Cup

The 20th Ryder Cup Matches were held at Muirfield in Gullane, East Lothian, Scotland.The United States team won the competition by a score of 19 to 13 points...

 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 (15)

• 1959 Swallow-Penfold Tournament
• 1962 Yorkshire Evening News Tournament
• 1963 Evian International, Gleneagles Hotel
• 1964 Cox Moore Tournament
• 1965 Piccadilly Tournament, Martini International
  Martini International
  The Martini International was a men's professional golf tournament that was held from 1961 to 1983. It was hosted by several different golf clubs in England, Scotland and Wales. It was part of the European Tour's schedule from the tour's first official season in 1972 until the event ceased...
  
  
• 1967 Piccadilly Tournament
• 1968 Swallow-Penfold Tournament, W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament
  W.D. & H.O. Wills Tournament
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• 1971 Classic International, Grand Bahama Open
• 1972 Grand Bahama Open
• 1974 Sumrie-Bournemouth Better Ball (with Clive Clark)
• 1975 Colombian Open
  Colombian Open
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Results in major championships

Note: Butler only played in The Open Championship and the Masters Tournament.

Tournament	1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	DNP	CUT	T30	CUT	DNP

Tournament	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969
Masters Tournament	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T13	CUT	T13	T24	CUT	CUT
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	35	T20	CUT	CUT	T30	CUT	T16	CUT	CUT	CUT

Tournament	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
Masters Tournament	CUT	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	T25	T15	6	31	DNP	T10	T15	59	CUT

DNP = Did not play

CUT = Missed the half-way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Yellow background for top-10

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