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Eric Cremin

Australian professional golfer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Eric James Cremin (15 June 1914 – 29 December 1973) was an Australian professional golfer. Cremin won dozens of significant tournaments in Australia during his career. Later he was instrumental in the establishment of the Far East Circuit, later known as the Asia Golf Circuit.

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Career

Cremin was born in Mascot, New South Wales.

Cremin played mostly in Australasia, only occasionally travelling to Europe to compete, but enjoyed great success on the Australian circuit, including victories in the 1949 Australian Open and the 1937 and 1938 Australian PGA Championship. After World War II, Cremin was runner-up in the Australian PGA Championship a further seven times, including 1946 to 1948 consecutively.

In 1959, Cremin and a Welsh international golfer, Kim Hall, established a tournament in Hong Kong to provide an additional event for the Australian professionals who were travelling to play in the Philippine Open. The Hong Kong Open was a great success, and within a few years, similar tournaments had been founded in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Taiwan and Japan, and the Far East Circuit had become firmly established.[1][2]

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Death

In 1973, Cremin died of a heart attack while playing golf in Singapore.

Professional wins (28)

Team appearances

  • Vicars Shield (representing New South Wales): 1937 (winners), 1938 (winners), 1939, 1946 (winners), 1947 (winners), 1948 (winners), 1949 (winners), 1950 (winners), 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 (winners), 1955 (winners)

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