George Serhan

George Serhan (born 30 June 1954) is an Australian professional golfer.

Serhan was a full-time pro on the PGA Tour of Australasia from the mid-1970s through the mid-1990s.

In 1971, in an effort to be a professional golfer, Serhan moved to Sydney.

He trained at the nearby Roseville Golf Club.

Serhan played his first pro tournament at the 1973 Forbes tournament.

He started playing the Australian circuit full-time during 1974–75 season.

Serhan first achieved notable press coverage with his first round play at the 1975 New South Wales Open.

At the February 1977 Tasmanian Open, he was the "early pacemaker" and only one back after the third round.

However, he again "collapsed" with a chance to win, making a triple bogey on the par-3 8th hole and shooting a final round 77 (+6).

A month later, Serhan played excellently at the March 1977 Queanbeyan City Open.

He birdied four holes during the first round's front nine for a 33 (−2) and then birdied the final four holes of the day for a 64 (−6), the course record.

He fell back slightly with a second round 72, three back of Barry Burgess.

However, he got back into contention with a third round 69 to tie Greg Norman for second place.

In the final round he birdied the 5th and 6th holes to get very close to the lead.

However, "bad pitching" on the back nine ended hopes of a comeback.

He finished in solo third place, five shots back of Burgess.

Later in the year, in August, he won the Fiji Open.

It was his first professional win.

Two years later, he won another event in the Oceania region, the Samoan Open.

In early September 1977, he won the Springwood Pro-Am and Henri Winterman's Rugby League pro-am in back-to-back days.

He noted later in his career that he was the "winner of 100 Australian pro-ams."

In addition, as of 1978 Serhan was playing events on the Asia Golf Circuit.

He would be a fixture on the circuit for the remainder of his regular career.

In 1979 and 1980, he would arguably be at the peak of his game.

In February 1979, despite a second round 79, he finished in a tie for fourth at the Philippine Masters.

The following month he played well again in Asia, finishing in a tie for seventh at the Malaysian Open.

In September 1979, he played well at the New South Wales PGA Championship, maintaining joint second place after the first two rounds.

He eventually finished in a tie for third place.

Two weeks later he had the round of the day during the third round of the Illawarra Open.

He finished at 290 (+2), two back, in a tie for fourth.

Although he won a number of minor tournaments in the Australasian region he is best remembered for winning his home state's open, the New South Wales Open, in 1980.

It was his only official win on the PGA Tour of Australasia.

Serhan is from Muswellbrook, New South Wales.

He is of Lebanese descent.

He had an excellent back nine starting with a birdie on the 10th and then a holed bunker shot on the 13th.

This was followed by three consecutive birdies.

It was considered an even more "astonishing effort" as he was coming off a triple bogey on the par-3 8th hole.

Overall, Serhan had 10 birdies and shot a 65 (−7) to take a one shot lead over Tony Gresham.

However, he fell back significantly with a second round 77.

The following year, Serhan again took the first round lead at another tournament, the Ben Guzzardi – Total Golf Classic, but again faded in the second round, which was also the final round.