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David Creamer
David Creamer
Personal information
Born	9 December 1942 (age 82); Perivale, Middlesex, England
Height	5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Sporting nationality	England
Career
Turned professional	1966
Former tour(s)	European Seniors Tour
Professional wins	1
Number of wins by tour
European Senior Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1980

David Creamer (born 9 December 1942) is a former international table tennis player and professional golfer from England.^[1]

Table tennis career

Creamer represented England at the 1963 World Table Tennis Championships in the Swaythling Cup (men's team event) with Chester Barnes, Ian Harrison and Bryan Merrett.^[2]^[3] He also won an English National title in 1964, in the doubles with Johnny Leach.^[4]

Creamer turned professional in 1966. Until he reached 50, Creamer played little top-level golf. However, he qualified for the 1980 Open Championship at Muirfield where he missed the cut.^[1]^[5] He played regularly on the European Senior Tour from 1993 to 2007, competing in over 200 events.^[5] He was twice in the top 10 of the money list, in 1997 and 2000.^[5] Creamer won once, the Energis Senior Masters at Wentworth in 2000. He was a runner-up 6 times, including the PGA Seniors Championship in 1994 and the Lawrence Batley Seniors in 2002, where he lost in a playoff.^[5]

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	6 Aug 2000	Energis Senior Masters	−8 (66-70-72=208)	1 stroke	Ian Stanley

European Seniors Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2002	Lawrence Batley Seniors	Neil Coles, Steve Stull	Coles won with par on third extra hole Stull eliminated by par on second hole

^ ^a ^b "Seniors Tour: Creamer the man to catch". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 1 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "Swaythling Cup results". tischtennis-infos.de. Archived from the original on 5 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ "1963 Swaythling Cup results" (PDF). Table Tennis England. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 June 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
^ Nichols, Peter (8 June 2014). "Johnny Leach obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 9 June 2014. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Player Profile David Creamer". European Tour. Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

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