1958 Open Championship) Longest streak of top-10s – 4 (1955 Open Championship – 1957 Masters) Champions Tour major championships Wins (1) a This was the December edition of the tournament. Team appearances Amateur Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Victoria): 1948 (winners) Professional World Cup (representing Australia): 1953, 1954 (winners), 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959 (winners), 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1969 Lakes International Cup (representing Australia): 1952 Slazenger Trophy (representing British Commonwealth and Empire): 1956 Presidents Cup (representing International): 1996 (non-playing captain), 1998 (non-playing captain, winners), 2000 (non-playing captain) Hopkins Trophy (representing Canada): 1952 Vicars Shield (representing Victoria): 1951 (winners), 1952 (winners), 1953 (winners) Honours 1955 – ABC Sportsman of the Year 1 January 1957 – Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in recognition of his services to Australia in the sporting and international sphere. 31 December 1979 – Appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for service to the sport of golf 10 December 1985 – inaugural member of Sport Australia Hall of Fame 1988 – elected to World Golf Hall of Fame 1997 – the inaugural Peter Thomson Trophy, an annual contested between the eight Melbourne Sandbelt golf clubs 1 January 2001 – Awarded the Centenary Medal 2001 – elevated to Legend in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame 11 June 2001 – Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) 2011 – Victorian Golf Industry Hall of Fame 2 2016 – inducted as inaugural Immortal of the PGA of Australia See also List of golfers with most PGA Tour Champions wins List of golfers with most wins in one PGA Tour event List of men's major championships winning golfers References External links Golflegends.org profile Australian male golfers PGA Tour of Australasia golfers Golf course architects European Tour golfers PGA Tour Champions golfers Winners of men's major golf championships Winners of senior major golf championships World Golf Hall of Fame inductees Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees Golf writers and broadcasters Officers of the Order of Australia Australian Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Centenary Medal Golfers from Melbourne People from Brunswick, Victoria Neurological disease deaths in Victoria (Australia) Deaths from Parkinson's disease 1929 births 2018 deaths