Carl Mason

Stuart Carl Mason (born 25 June 1953) is an English professional golfer.

Carl Mason
Personal information
Full nameStuart Carl Mason
Born (1953-06-25) 25 June 1953
Buxton, Derbyshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nationality England
ResidenceAdderbury, Oxfordshire, England
SpouseBeryl
Career
Turned professional1973
Current tour(s)European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins30
Highest ranking83 (8 January 1995)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
European Senior Tour25 (1st all-time)[2]
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT4: 1980
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year		1974
European Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner		2003, 2004, 2007

Mason was born in Buxton, Derbyshire. He won several amateur tournaments before turning professional and becoming something of a journeyman on the European Tour. After twenty years of trying he finally won on tour for the first time in 1994.[3] His biggest successes, however, came after turning 50. He picked up 25 tournament victories on the European Senior Tour and headed the Order of Merit three times, becoming the leading career money winner on the tour.

Career

Regular career

Mason turned professional in 1973, following an outstanding amateur career playing out of Goring & Streatley Golf Club, and was a rookie on the European Tour the following year. He finished in 67th place on the Order of Merit that year and was recipient of the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. He made the top 100 on the European Tour Order of Merit twenty three years in a row up to 1996, with a best ranking of 19th in 1994. In 1980, he finished tied for 4th with Jack Nicklaus in The Open Championship held at Muirfield.

Despite those successes, Mason only won twice on the European Tour, both times in 1994. His first victory came at the 455th attempt, in the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia, and the second in the Scottish Open just a few months later.[4] He also won three times on the Safari Circuit in Africa.

European Senior Tour

After a spell working for the PGA European Tour as a tournament referee, he joined the European Seniors Tour on turning fifty. He was immediately successful as a senior, winning four of his first eleven events and topping the Order of Merit in 2003 and 2004. He was Order of Merit runner-up in each of the following two seasons before recapturing top spot in 2007. That year, after winning the European Senior Masters, he surpassed Tommy Horton as the highest career money earner on the European Seniors Tour.[5] The next week he won the PGA Seniors Championship, and went on to finish the 2007 season with earnings of €412,376, a new record for money won in a season on the tour, breaking his previous record of €354,775 set in 2004. In 2010, he won his 23rd EST event, which placed him in a tie with Tommy Horton for the most EST wins.[6] In May 2011, Mason who his 24th event, the OKI Open de Espana Senior.[2] He won his 25th event at the Benahavis Senior Masters in October 2011.

Amateur wins
  • 1973 British Youths Open Amateur Championship

Professional wins (30)

European Tour wins (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 27 Feb 1994 Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía –10 (67-70-71-70=278) 2 strokes José María Olazábal
2 9 Jul 1994 Bell's Scottish Open –15 (67-69-61-68=265) 1 stroke Peter Mitchell

Other wins (3)

European Senior Tour wins (25)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 13 Jul 2003 Mobile Cup –10 (69-66-68=203) 1 stroke Bob Cameron
2 20 Sep 2003 The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz
Seniors Match Play Championship		 1 up Denis O'Sullivan
3 28 Sep 2003 Merseyside English Seniors Open –8 (71-66-71=208) 1 stroke Bill Longmuir, Denis O'Sullivan
4 12 Oct 2003 Estoril Seniors Tour Championship –11 (64-73-65=202) 8 strokes Keith MacDonald, Noel Ratcliffe,
Dragon Taki
5 21 Mar 2004 Tobago Plantations Seniors Classic –9 (71-64-72=207) 3 strokes David Good
6 6 Jun 2004 AIB Irish Seniors Open –10 (68-69-69=206) 1 stroke Nick Job
7 8 Aug 2004 De Vere PGA Seniors Championship –13 (67-71-69-68=275) Playoff Seiji Ebihara, Jim Rhodes
8 11 Sep 2004 The Daily Telegraph Turismo Andaluz
European Seniors Match Play Championship (2)		 3 & 2 John Chillas
9 26 Sep 2004 ADT English Seniors Open (2) –3 (71-67-75=213) 3 strokes Bob Cameron, John Chillas
10 26 Jun 2005 De Vere Northumberland Seniors Classic –16 (68-63-69=200) 3 strokes Eamonn Darcy
11 3 Jul 2005 Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open –5 (68-69-65=202) 5 strokes Bob Charles, Denis O'Sullivan
12 10 Sep 2006 European Senior Masters –7 (73-67-69=209) 2 strokes Horacio Carbonetti
13 17 Sep 2006 Midas Group English Seniors Open (3) –4 (70-71-71=212) 1 stroke Stewart Ginn
14 22 Oct 2006 Estoril Seniors Open of Portugal –9 (64-69-71=204) 4 strokes Stewart Ginn, Sam Torrance
15 17 Jun 2007 Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open (2) –6 (73-69-68=210) 2 strokes Ross Drummond, Juan Quirós
16 12 Aug 2007 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open –16 (65-64-65=194) 6 strokes Horacio Carbonetti, Costantino Rocca,
David J Russell
17 2 Sep 2007 European Senior Masters (2) –6 (71-66-73=210) Playoff Costantino Rocca
18 9 Sep 2007 PGA Seniors Championship (2) –20 (67-67-67-67=268) 6 strokes Philippe Dugeny, Costantino Rocca
19 21 Oct 2007 OKI Castellón Open de España Senior –17 (66-68-65=199) 4 strokes Luis Carbonetti
20 10 Aug 2008 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open (2) –15 (69-61-65=195) 2 strokes Bill Longmuir
21 28 Jun 2009 De Vere Collection PGA Seniors Championship (3) –9 (73-70-67-69=279) 3 strokes Ángel Franco, Chris Williams
22 18 Oct 2009 Benahavis Senior Masters –7 (66-72-68=206) Playoff Gordon Brand Jnr
23 4 Jul 2010 Bad Ragaz PGA Seniors Open (3) –11 (64-67-68=199) 2 strokes Jerry Bruner
24 20 May 2011 OKI Open de Espana Senior –13 (67-65-68=200) 4 strokes George Ryall
25 16 Oct 2011 Benahavis Senior Masters (2) –9 (70-65-69=204) 3 strokes Mark James, Gary Wolstenholme

European Senior Tour playoff record (3–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2003 Senior British Open Tom Watson Lost to par on second extra hole
2 2004 De Vere PGA Seniors Championship Seiji Ebihara, Jim Rhodes Won with birdie on second extra hole
Rhodes eliminated by par on first hole
3 2007 Sharp Italian Seniors Open Tony Allen, John Benda,
Simon Owen		 Owen won with birdie on first extra hole
4 2007 European Senior Masters Costantino Rocca Won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2009 Benahavis Senior Masters Gordon Brand Jnr Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championship
Tournament 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Open Championship CUT 62 T24 T50
Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Open Championship T4 CUT CUT CUT CUT T56 T44 T57
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
The Open Championship T39 T67 CUT T22 CUT

Note: Mason only played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Team appearances

Professional

See also

References
  1. "Week 1 1995 Ending 8 Jan 1995" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. Record-breaker Mason makes history in Spain
  3. Glover, Tim (28 February 1994). "Mason's memorable end to his 20-year odyssey: A 40-year-old journeyman celebrates long-awaited victory". London: The Independent. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  4. Glover, Tim (11 July 1994). "Mason chips his way to unqualified success". London: The Independent. Retrieved 13 July 2007.
  5. "Mason makes history at Woburn". PGA European Tour. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  6. Ace Mase equals record with victory in Switzerland
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