Richard Backwell

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Richard Backwell
Personal information
Born (1963-12-28) 28 December 1963
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
Career
CollegeTexas Wesleyan University
Turned professional1990
Former toursJapan Golf Tour
Canadian Tour
Japan Challenge Tour
Champions Tour
Professional wins34
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
Other33

Richard Backwell (born 28 December 1963) is an Australian professional golfer.

Career

Backwell played on the Japan Golf Tour from 1994 to 2002, winning once.

Professional wins (34)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 16 Apr 2000 Tsuruya Open −10 (73-65-71-69=278) Playoff Japan Hidemichi Tanaka

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2000 Tsuruya Open Japan Hidemichi Tanaka Won with par on fourth extra hole

Canadian Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 14 Jun 1992 Alberta Open −4 (72-66-73-65=276) Playoff United States Tony Mollica

Japan Challenge Tour wins (1)

  • 1997 Komatsu Country Cup

PGA of Australia Legends Tour wins (31)

  • 2014 (6) Col Crawford BMW Legends Pro-Am (with George Serhan), promotions r us Pro-Am, Swanbury Penglase SA PGA Senior Championship, SIFA Samoa Senior Open, Springwood Country Club Legends Pro-Am, Suttons Hyandai Arncliffe Legends Pro-Am
  • 2015 (5) The Grange Legends Pro-Am (wtih three others), SIFA Samoa Seniors Open, Brisbane Legends Pro-Am, TJS Facility Services City Golf Club Legends Pro-Am, Cricks Nambour Twin Waters Legends Pro-Am
  • 2017 (2) City of Greater Bendigo Heathcote Golf Club Legends Pro-Am, Royal Queensland Cup
  • 2018 (6) Australian Valve Group Legends Pro-Am, Samoa Senior Open, Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am, Mercedes Benz Cairns - Cairns Classic, Lismore Legends Pro-Am, Sunshine Coast Masters
  • 2019 (4) Samoa Senior Open, Ulton, Lindsay Australia & Ken's Plumbing Plus Bargara Legends Pro-Am, Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am (with Steve Conran), Bartons / BMD QLD Senior PGA Championship (with Peter Senior)
  • 2021 (3) Maroochy River Legends Pro-Am, Provincial Distributors City Legends Pro-Am, Innovative Planning Solutions Headland Legends Pro-Am (with Brad Burns)
  • 2022 (3) Higgins Coatings Portsea Legends Pro-Am (with three others), Australian Valve Group - Watts Legends Pro-Am, Atlas Golf Services Noosa Legends Pro-Am
  • 2023 (2) LVTong Wolston Park Legends Pro-Am, Lismore Workers Legends Pro-Am (with Gregory Rix)

Source:[1]

Team appearances

Amateur

References

  1. "Challenger PGA Tour of Australasia". legends-tour.ocs-software.com. Retrieved 1 May 2026.