prowins year birth_date eurowins residence usopen extour seneurowins image name caption fullname pga birth_place height award masters open tour yearpro article_title otherwins
15 2000 17 january 1945 2 sydney , australia dnp european tour pga tour of australasia 8 noel ratcliffe.jpg noel ratcliffe at the dutch senior open , 2010 noel anthony ratcliffe dnp sydney , australia 1.85 0 european seniors tour order of merit winner dnp dnp european seniors tour 1974 noel ratcliffe
 3 -lrb- regular -rrb- 2 -lrb- senior -rrb-
noel ratcliffe

noel anthony ratcliffe -lrb- born 17 january 1945 -rrb- is an australian professional golfer .
ratcliffe turned to golf exceptionally late for a future professional , and did n't own a set of clubs until he was twenty-one .
he studied pharmacy and worked for an insurance company and in public service before turning professional in 1974 .
like many australian golfers of his era , he divided his time between the pga tour of australia and the european tour .
in his regular career he won three titles in australasia and two in europe , where his best year was 1978 when he finished 11th on the order of merit .
since turning fifty he has been successful on the european seniors tour , where he topped the order of merit in 2000 , made the top five on four other occasions , and won eight tournaments .
he was the second man to win over one million euro on the tour .
