Tournament victories: 16Best Major result: T-20th, Nabisco Dinah Shore [now ANA Inspiration] (1987)Highest ranking on RWWGR: N/A. Whitton also won the Queensland Open plus 13 significant amateur titles: two Australian Amateurs (1922, 1923), five Victorian Amateurs (1919, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1924), four Riversdale trophies, a Queensland Amateur and NSW Amateur. He became a part of the cast of the US show Glee in the 4th season and played the role . The sense of uncertainty within world golf at present will have an undeniable impact on Australias No.1-ranked golfer. You will forgive Stephanie Kyriacou if the past three years have flashed by in something of a blur. Norman has 90 professional wins, 20 of which came on the PGA tour. While he also captured the 2006 Australian PGA Championship, OHern is remembered as the only man to defeat Tiger Woods twice at the WGCMatch Play. However he didnt hit a golf ball until October 1896 three months before his 35th birthday. Her final LPGA victory came in 1987 when she won three titles in a season for the third time. Thomas Morris, Jr . He collected 24 tournament wins in Australia and New Zealand. Tournament victories: 36Best Major result: Won PGA Championship (1947)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Historically, the Australian circuit provided plenty of opportunities for men, especially Opens and PGAs at state level. Joe Kirkwood Sr., first Australian golfer to win extensively in the U.S., with 13 PGA Tour wins mostly in the 1920s. From the senior ranks to major championships all the way down to world junior titles, the Australian flag flew prominently on golfs global leaderboards in 2022. He was 72 . Thomson has 88 professional wins, 6 of which came on the PGA tour. Popeye produced one of the most miraculous shots in PGA Tour history, holing out from the fairway to win the 2004 Ford Championship at Doral in a playoff. Career ended in shocking circumstances in 1983 but Newton showed enormous courage to reinvent himself as the doyen of golf commentators, a passionate advocate for junior golf and a significant charitable fundraiser. Wayne Grady held off Fred Couples by three strokes in Alabama to become Australias third PGA champion and emerge from the shadow of Greg Norman. Rory McIlroy: Biography of Ireland's Best Golfer, Golfer Retief Goosen Is a 2-Time U.S. Open Champ, Mark O'Meara: A Consistent Career Topped By One Great Year. His wins on the PGA Tour of Australasia include the 2009 Australian Open and the 2012 and 2013 Australian Masters. Turning 50 on February 19, 2021 proved to be terrible timing for Richard Green. Regarded by some of the best judges in Australian golf has one of the most exceptional talents to have emerged in recent years, the 14-year-old played her way into the Womens Australian Open via the Monday qualifier in December and went on to make the 36-hole cut. The Australian golfer has also won the Emirates Australian Open twice, in 2015 and 2019. Who beat him? With her fifth LPGA victory at the 2019 LA Open she rose to world No.2. His defining moment came at the 1947 PGA Championship where he acquired the nickname of The Undertaker because of the manner in which the 6-foot-4 Ferrier disposed of matchplay opponents. Upon retirement IBF transformed into one of the most distinguished voices in golf and a fine mentor of aspiring golfers. Along with victory at the 1970 World Cup (with David Graham), Devlin was prolific at home, winning 19 titles on the Australian circuit. Some may question the omission of Harry Williams, a four-time Victorian Amateur champion, two-time Australian Amateur winner and runner-up to the great Gene Sarazen at the 1936 Australian Open. Cremin was a seven-time runner-up at the Australian PGA in its matchplay format, including three losses to The Von. A prolific winner in Australia post-WWII, Eric Cremin enjoyed some epic battles with Norman von Nida, Ossie Pickworth and Kel Nagle. Dean Stanley Geyer is a singer, songwriter, martial artist, and actor belonging to South Africa. At the 1979 PGA, Graham shot 65 in the final round to force a playoff, then beat Ben Crenshaw with a series of big putts in extra holes. The original iron man who once played 38 consecutive tournaments on the PGA Tour. After serving in the US Army during World War II, Ferrier won 18 times on the PGA Tour from 1944-1961 (second most by an Australian). Winner of the 1988 Womens British Open, Corinne Dibnah never received the recognition her achievements warranted. Tournament victories: 7 (including one as an amateur)Best Major results: 3rd, Womens British Open (2020); T-3rd, ANA Inspiration (2017)Highest ranking on RWWGR: 2nd. The Great White Shark burst onto the scene as a 21-year-old when he won the 1976 West Lakes Classic in Adelaide for the first of 33 Australian victories. Below is a list of male golfers, professional and amateurs, sorted alphabetically. An unassuming country lad from Warrnambool who is the only Australian to claim PGA Tour Rookie of the Year (2009). She achieved three LPGA victories in 1981, including her first Major at the Peter Jackson Classic. An infrequent traveller, Pickworth made just two Major appearances, missing the cut twice at the British Open. Tournament victories: 57Best Major result: 7 wins Nabisco Championship [now ANA Inspiration] (2000, 2006), Womens PGA Championship (2001), US Womens Open (2000, 2001), du Maurier Classic (1999), Womens British Open (2002),Highest ranking on RWWGR: 3rd. Played in the first four editions of the Presidents Cup, including the 1998 triumph by the Internationals. Much was made of Phil Mickelsons meltdown even though Ogilvy had dusted a classy field at the WGCMatch Play just four months prior. Tournament victories: 5Best Major result: T-6th, US Open (2006)Highest ranking on OWGR: 16th. Associated Press. Tournament victories: 27Best Major result: T-7th, British Open (1978)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Jason Day lost his father to stomach cancer when he was 12 and ran off the rails before discovering a passion for golf. It was a spectacular performance to upstage the likes of Greg Norman, Colin Montgomerie and Nick Faldo and become the first amateur in 39 years to lift the Stonehaven Cup. John Daly is a well-known American professional golfer who is a player on the PGA Tour. Ogilvy hasn't won a lot on the PGA Tour, and hasn't been all that consistent. Doolan led the LPGA for average driving distance in 2001 (243.1 metres, 265.9 yards). Growing up on a dairy farm near Cohuna on the Murray River, Stuart Appleby scaled great heights in a superb career spanning 23 seasons on the PGA Tour. A superb wind player, Marc Leishman has adjusted to the step up in class at each stage of his development since turning pro in 2005. Allenby never came close to winning a Major, although he was runner-up at the 2010 Players Championship. In July 1996, Baker-Finch finally stopped putting his misery under glass. The Queenslander beat Sally Little in a playoff at Lindrick in South Yorkshire 13 years before the Open was designated a womens Major. Hailed for playing one of the finest rounds in Major championship history, hitting all 18 greens in a final-round 67 to win the US Open at Merion. With 15 victories on the Japan Golf Tour, Brendan Jones is the second-most prolific foreign winner. But he did win 10 times, including the 1991 Players Championship. Rod Pampling registered 38 top-10s from 407 appearances on the PGA Tour and collected $US16.03 million. The 1986 Australian Open at Metropolitan was the pinnacle of his 19 Australasian titles. Even though the house was relatively small, they thought of it as their forever home, because they were told they couldn't have kids. With an unconventional right-sided swing taught by coach Gary Edwin, Lonard was one of the games premier ball-strikers. The Canberra native, who won the 1999 Australian Amateur, has flourished in Japan where his length off the tee has been a huge advantage. In nine seasons on the PGA Tour, OHern registered 23 top-10 results and accrued $US7.49 million in prizemoney. A dominant force in the junior ranks both here and abroad, the gifted prodigy turns 19 in July and now has to assert himself in open amateur events. . Birthdate. Thats why its tricky to compare the careers of Ossie Pickworth and Billy Dunk with Rachel Hetherington and Katherine Kirk. In 2017 Kirk received the Founders Award for the player whose behaviour and deeds best exemplifies the spirit, ideals and values of the LPGA. Upon turning 50, he set his sights on the now PGA Tour Champions where he won 20 times, the last of which came at age 61. Thompson would win The Open Championship five different times, including four times in five years from 1954-1958. Nobody mastered links golf quite in the manner of Peter Thomson. Get the latest golf, now. Not an avid traveller, just three of those victories were outside Australia and New Zealand. Ferrier also led the 1950 Masters by three strokes with six holes to play (finishing second to Jimmy Demaret) and was runner-up at the 1960 PGA (to Jay Hebert) at age 45. Infamously led the 1999 British Open at Carnoustie after an opening 71 but followed with an 86 to miss the cut. Tournament victories: 12Best Major result: T-2nd, British Open (2015)Highest ranking on OWGR: 12th. Tournament victories: 33Best Major result: 12th, British Open (1964)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Category:Lists of golfers contains lists of golfers sorted in several other ways: by nationality, by tour and by type of major championship won ( men's, women's or senior ). In 2004 Jones tackled America when he had a victory and three seconds on the now Korn Ferry Tour from just eight appearances. He finished inside the Top 10 on the money list twice. Thomson served as president of the Australian PGA from 1962-1994. While he wasnt as formidable away from Australia, Senior still notched four European Tour victories, three Japanese titles, two Presidents Cup appearances and six runner-ups on the Champions Tour in America. Her victory at the 2009 Australian Ladies Masters was the best of six ALPG tournament wins. But he missed many playing opportunities in his prime (age 25-31) due to WWII. Its now time to take that mentality into the majors. He won the first of two Players Championship in 1991 and claimed the 1992 Australian Open during a rare appearance Down Under. In 1921 he left for Europe and beat the great Harry Vardon in his first match and tied for sixth at the British Open. Right. With Smith unlikely to play the minimum four events to be eligible to win the Order of Merit, if Micheluzzi can add to his six top-15 finishes from seven starts to date his immediate future will be all but secured. A PGA Tour victory in 2010 and second places at the Masters and US Open followed in 2011 before Day entered a purple patch from 2014-2018. He will likely receive sponsor invites into DP World Tour events during the year where he can prove again that he belongs. Prodigious ball-striker with the innate ability to launch long irons into the stratosphere and have them land like a butterfly with sore feet. Of his eight wins through the 2018 season, three were WGC tournaments, twice he won the winners-only PGA Tour season-opener, and then there's that 2006 U.S. Open title. The 1969 Australian Amateur champions career took off with three wins in 1974 before winning twice on the 1975 European Tour. Grace Kim (pictured, far left) needed just one season on the Epson Tour to establish herself as a bona fide LPGA Tour player. He destroyed a star-studded field to win the 2002 WGCNEC Invitational and thwart Tiger Woods quest for a four-peat. After a successful 2018 campaign Lee received the Greg Norman Medal. At the 1965 Australian Open won by Player, Phillips tied for second with Jack Nicklaus despite seven three-putts in a first-round 71. Tournament victories: 41Best Major result: T-13th, British Open (1979)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Whether The Master Of Match Play, The King Of Kapalua or Last Man Standing at Winged Foot, Ogilvy was a big-time performer. The circumstances upon which a player achieved their relative success have been taken into consideration. His most notable accomplishments were the 1991 PGA Championship "zero-to-hero" victory and his 1995 Open Championship playoff. Webb completed the Super Career Grand Slam when she won her second British Open in 2002. At the 1992 Open she was runner-up to Patty Sheehan. Have you ever wondered how many famous golfers are from Australia? Senior claimed the tours Order of Merit four times (1987, 1989, 1993, 2012). Day's wife or girlfriend. Bruce Crampton was the first non-American to win the Vardon Trophy for the PGA Tours lowest stroke average (1973, 1975). Tournament victories: 28Best Major result: 16th, British Open (1951)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. A proven winner with all the tools at his disposal, Davis (pictured, second from right) rose to the occasion at Quail Hollow, delivering two points for his team with wins in the foursomes and fourball formats. Colin Montgomerie. Sagittarius Named Hannah #20. Want to recieve exclusive news, videos, tournament highlights, golf important tips and more ? So we have defined Australias 50 Greatest Golfers by what they have achieved in open competition against professional and amateurs alike. He twice won the season-opening Tournament of Champions in Hawaii (2009, 2010). 7/27/1998 (24) Birthplace. But he did conquer America on the now PGA Tour Champions, winning nine times in 1985. Below, we have taken a look at the greatest Australian golfers of all time. Produced one of the most scintillating weekend performances in Major championship history en route to capturing the Auld Claret Jug. Another great golfer from Australia is Greg Norman. Coming hot on the heels of the AFL's Gather round, the LIV Adelaide tournament is shaping to be a freewheeling event both on and off the course. He thus became the first golfer to finish a major at 20-under or better. In 2013 she won her eighth Australian Ladies Masters. Normans exploits abroad are legendary. Also a philanthropist, Norman established the Greg Norman Golf Foundation, which provides guidance to students. Scott has eight other wins on the European Tour (outside of the Masters and now two WGC victories). Tournament victories: 6Best Major result: T-5th, Masters (2005)Highest ranking on OWGR: 22nd. Bruce Crampton was the first Australian golfer to win more than $1 million in prize money on the US PGA Tour, placing him among famous names such as Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Billy Casper and Lee Trevino. Other omissions include lifetime amateurs such as Doug Bachli, Peter Toogood, Tony Gresham and Leonora Wray, the mother of Australian golf. He holds the record for most appearances (nine) by an International at the Presidents Cup. Australia is a relatively small (in terms of population) country that has produced many good and some all-time great professional golfers. David Micheluzzi was ranked the No.4 player on the World Amateur Golf Ranking when he turned professional in September 2019. James Braid. Returned to Europe in his 50s and won four Senior Tour events. One of the greatest Australian golfers ever, Norman was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2001. By 1912 golf was no longer a priority after buying a farm near Pingelly south-east of Perth, however he did win the inaugural WA Open. It had been 20 years since Karrie Webb won majors in back-to-back years (2001-2002) and Lee is now well placed to join Webb and Peter Thomson as the only Aussies to win majors three years running. A golfer is a person who plays golf. Perth, Western Australia . It was a Cinderella story given he had taken 18 months to recover from the debilitating Ross River fever when his weight ballooned to 120 kilograms. Won 24 tournaments post-war, including the 1949 Australian Open by seven strokes from Von Nida. 489 views, 10 likes, 11 loves, 10 comments, 6 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from We Are Calvary: Hey Calvary! John Daly-a determined and fierce professional golfer from the U.S, nicknamed "Long John" for his driving distance off the tee, turned pro in 1987 at The Missouri Open. Won his sixth WA Open at age 48 26 years after his first as an amateur. Under her maiden name of Hull, she won her first LPGA title at the 2008 Canadian Womens Open, beating Korean superstar Se Ri Pak by a stroke. Posted six top-three results in Majors, including a four-way playoff loss at the 2002 British Open and a share of second at the 2005 PGA. As a senior golfer, he had one dominating Champions Tour year with nine victories in 1985one of the best seasons in that tour's history. All funds. Daly is known for his non-country club appearances and attitude, his driving distance off the tee as well as his rough-and-tumble personal life. Davis won the 1988 Bicentennial Classic at Royal Melbourne against arguably the strongest field ever assembled for an Australian strokeplay tournament. Chronic back pain has threatened to end Days career and also curtailed his playing appearances in Australia where his lone victory came at the 2013 World Cup of Golf (both the individual title and the teams event, with Adam Scott). All 10 of his PGA Tour victories (seventh best by Australians) came in the 1990s. As she prepares for her ninth season on the LPGA Tour, it is easy to forget that Minjee Lee is still just 26 years of age. Yet for all he achieved on course, his greatest contribution is through his charitable work with Challenge Cancer Support Network. He was considered the best golfer in the world for long stretches during his career. Name: Dean Boxall Home country: Australia Known for: Coaching swimmers, demonstrative celebrations, being a "personality" Why he might be a jerk: On Sunday night, NBC viewers were treated to a . In the American college system, she was NCAA Player of the Year in 2003. He had also beaten Woods to win the 2002 NZ Open. There is no lack of skill in the country, as we demonstrate on this ranked list of the best. He had played mostly on the Australasian Tour to that point (a tour on which he eventually won 61 times). In a stellar amateur career, Lee became the first Australian to win the US Girls Junior. Tournament victories: 16Best Major result: Won British Open (1991)Highest ranking on OWGR: 10th. So Crampton never won a major, but he did win 14 PGA Tour titles, plus another 20 on the Champions Tour. DeLaet has four professional wins. Tournament victories: 5Best Major result: 7th, US Womens Open (2001)Highest ranking on RWWGR: N/AOrchestrated one of the great comebacks with a final-round 65 to erase a five-stroke deficit and pip Annika Sorenstam at the 2004 Evian Masters in France. Has carried the PGA Tour of Australasia for two decades, winning the Australian Open, PGA (twice), Masters (twice) and a World Cup of Golf (with Jason Day). Walter Travis has a unique place in the pantheon of Australian golfers as a three-time US Amateur champion and the first non-Brit to win the British Amateur. Jason Day's wife Ellie hilariously live-tweeted the Australian golfer's entire final round of his US PGA Championship win. His lone Australian Open triumph came in 1959, however he was a runner-up on six occasions. Conceding height and leverage, the 5-foot-6 Parry was an anomaly among the power hitters that have ruled pro golf since the 1990s. It was the best of Wendy Doolans three LPGA Tour titles (equal fifth by an Australian). Ferrier won four Australian Amateur titles, four NSW Amateurs and was runner-up in the 1936 British Amateur at St Andrews. He would win again 11 months later at the 1994 Hawaiian Open. SEARCH SUBSCRIBE. Years later he was compared to the great Harold Hilton, given their rare ability to create backspin on approach shots. And there is likely to be plenty to choose from. Born in Sydney, Joe Kirkwood left home at age 10 to work at a sheep station in the outback where the boss introduced him to golf. Tournament victories: 12Best Major result: Won PGA Championship (1995)Highest ranking on OWGR: 3rd. For instance, when comparing Adam Scott, whose father was a PGA professional, with that of Kel Nagle, who was largely self-taught. Born in Sydney, Crampton won half a dozen titles at home, including the 1956 Australian Open before emigrating to America where he was the first Australian to win $1 million. At the 1966 Womens Western Open she shared second behind Mickey Wright, who captured her 13th Major. Tournament victories: 96Best Major result: Won British Open (1960)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Graham won eight times on the USPGA, plus five times on the Champions Tour, and also had wins in Europe, Australia, South America, South Africa and Japan. He was the PGA Tour's leading money winner three times, its scoring leader three times, and its Player of the Year in 1995. Joe Kirkwood Sr., first Australian golfer to win extensively in the U.S., with 13 PGA Tour wins mostly in the 1920s. He had 30 Top 10 finishes in majors. A late bloomer who was self taught, Nagles achievements are better appreciated when you consider he first played golf at age 16, rediscovered it at 25 after serving in World War II and reached the height of his powers between his 39th and 45th birthdays when he finally toured Europe and abroad. SEC Director of Enforcement Andrew Ceresney named pro golfer Phil Mickelson as a 'relief defendant' in an insider trading investigation involving former Dean Foods Chairman Thomas Davis and sports . 0:00. Applebys career success followed the tragic deaths of his first wife Renay and next-door neighbour Payne Stewart that would have broken a lesser man. He finished second to Braden Becker at the 2021 WA Open, was tied for second at TPS Murray River and in his second start as a professional was tied for 10th at the ISPS HANDA Australian Open. Remembered for a gallant second-place finish behind Jim Furyk at the 2003 US Open at Olympia Fields in Chicago. A new ESPN documentary simply titled Shark does more than look back at Greg Norman's Masters collapse it shines a light on what led one of our greatest athletes to become modern golf's great . Baddeley successfully defended the Open as a 19-year-old pro at Kingston Heath and claimed the PGA Tour of Australasias 2000/01 Order of Merit. The 47-year-old, who is currently the. The last was as a 56-year-old veteran at the 2015 Australian Masters at Huntingdale. Yet Nagle was competitive throughout his 40s. Notching 30 top-10s in mens Majors, the most by an Australian. Kel Nagle etched his name into golf folklore when he held off Arnold Palmer to win the centenary 1960 Open at St Andrews. Norman von Nida was a tour de force on the European circuit post-World War II. He has won tournaments with both a short and long putter (being the first to do so at the Masters). In 2009, he was named in Queensland's Q150 Icons list as a sports legend. Short Name: Cam: Born: Aug 18, 1993: Age: 28 years: Birthplace: Brisbane, Australia: Height: 5ft 11ins: Cameron Smith Instagram. Costa's "Cruise & Golf" allows golfers and their families to combine a unique golfing experience with the relaxation and fun of a cruise on board Costa Smeralda.Golf enthusiasts are offered a choice from 23 top-quality golf clubs; their chosen courses are played during the ship's port calls in Italy, France and Spain. But Palmer finished second that year to Kel Nagle. Those two victories in the early part of 2016 put Day at nine career PGA Tour victories. A renowned hard worker, Graham claimed his first Major at the 1979 PGA Championship when he beat Ben Crenshaw in a playoff. Bruce Devlin, eight PGA Tour wins and 16 wins in Australia. Tournament victories: 22Best Major results: T-7th, US Open (2004); T-7th, British Open (2008)Highest ranking on OWGR: 12th. Tournament victories: 10Best Major result: 2nd, Womens Western Open (1966)Highest ranking on RWWGR: N/A. Her second Major came at the 1982 LPGA Championship and third at the 1983 US Womens Open. Since winning the 2020 WA Open at Royal Fremantle, Hayden Hopewell has shown his game can compete on the professional stage. One of those victories was the 2015 PGA Championship, which Day won with a final score of 20-under. Five British Open triumphs, three second places and 18 top-10 results. Tournament victories: 34 (does not include Australian senior titles)Best Major result: T-4th, British Open (1993)Highest ranking on OWGR: 23rd. Pursuing a pro career in America, she claimed LPGA Rookie of the Year in 1965. Tournament victories: 11Best Major result: Won US Open (2006)Highest ranking on OWGR: 3rd. Geoff Ogilvy plays during the 2013 Arnold Palmer Invitational. All rights reserved. Brown had made a hole-in-one on the 161-yard par-3 hole, just two months shy of his 100th birthday. A prime example is Jim Ferrier, a contemporary of Williams, who sought playing opportunities in America and became Australias first winner of a professional Major. Weir has 15 professional wins, eight of which are on the PGA Tour. He also won once on the PGA Tour in 1956. Phillips retired from professional golf in his mid-40s with a chronic back injury. Then he won the 2016 Players Championship, and two wins early in 2018 bumped his PGA Tour win total to 12. About. However, 29th at the Masters was his best result from 10 Major appearances in the US. She made amends in 2021 with a victory and eight further top 10s to wrap up Rookie of the Year honours. Golfer Born in Australia #11. He won three times on the European Tour in 1996. Tournament victories: 38Best Major result: 2 wins PGA Championship (1979), US Open (1981)Highest ranking on OWGR: 28th (in the inaugural ranking in 1986). Whitton still shares the record for most Australian Open victories by an Australian (with Greg Norman). Newton pushed Seve Ballesteros all the way at the 1980 Masters. It was a win many felt was a long time coming but which now gives him the opportunity to play his way onto the DP World Tour in 2024. This is a list of golfers, ordered alphabetically by place of origin or residence. Baker-Finch shared second place at the 1992 Players Championship and notched three Major top-10s at Augusta National and two at St Andrews where he shared the 54-hole lead at the 1984 Open. Lester attended his first race meet when he was eight weeks old, the 1968 . Nagle dominated at home where he won 77 titles in Australia and New Zealand, including six Australian PGAs, seven NSW PGAs, seven New Zealand Opens and seven New Zealand PGAs (the last of which came at age 54). Tournament victories: 50Best Major result: T-35th, British Open (1981)Highest ranking on OWGR: N/A. Liked by Dean Manz. The LIV Golf Tour touches down in Adelaide this week and the hype-o-meter reading is already dangerously high in the City of Churches. History acknowledges Jim Ferrier as Australias first Major winner. But he was born in Manly, New South Wales, and won 10 times on the Australasian Tour in the 1930s. Scott had a pretty good career goingeight PGA Tour wins, including the 2004 Players Championship and a WGC winbut was stuck on those "best golfers without a major" lists. Matt Jones is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. By the time Ferrier won the 1947 PGA Championship, he had taken up United States citizenship. Tournament victories: 15Best Major result: T-11th, British Open (1995)Highest ranking on OWGR: 44th. His sole European victory was the rain-shortened Woodlawn International Invitational. However she was a rank outsider, world No.114, prior to the Womens PGA where she saved par from a greenside bunker on the final hole to oust defending champion Sung Hyun Park by a stroke. 20 of which are on the money list twice Championship ( 1947 ) Highest ranking on OWGR N/A! 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