Richard Backwell

Richard Backwell
Personal information
Born	(1963-12-28) 28 December 1963
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb; 12.9 st)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Career
College	Texas Wesleyan University
Turned professional	1990
Former tours	Japan Golf Tour Canadian Tour Japan Challenge Tour Champions Tour
Professional wins	34
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour	1
Other	33

Richard Backwell (born 28 December 1963) is an Australian professional golfer.

Backwell played on the Japan Golf Tour from 1994 to 2002, winning once.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	16 Apr 2000	Tsuruya Open	−10 (73-65-71-69=278)	Playoff	Hidemichi Tanaka

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2000	Tsuruya Open	Hidemichi Tanaka	Won with par on fourth extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	14 Jun 1992	Alberta Open	−4 (72-66-73-65=276)	Playoff	Tony Mollica

• 1997 Komatsu Country Cup

• 2014 (6) Col Crawford BMW Legends Pro-Am (with George Serhan), promotions r us Pro-Am, Swanbury Penglase SA PGA Senior Championship, SIFA Samoa Senior Open, Springwood Country Club Legends Pro-Am, Suttons Hyandai Arncliffe Legends Pro-Am
• 2015 (5) The Grange Legends Pro-Am (with three others), SIFA Samoa Seniors Open, Brisbane Legends Pro-Am, TJS Facility Services City Golf Club Legends Pro-Am, Cricks Nambour Twin Waters Legends Pro-Am
• 2017 (2) City of Greater Bendigo Heathcote Golf Club Legends Pro-Am, Royal Queensland Cup
• 2018 (6) Australian Valve Group Legends Pro-Am, Samoa Senior Open, Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am, Mercedes Benz Cairns - Cairns Classic, Lismore Legends Pro-Am, Sunshine Coast Masters
• 2019 (4) Samoa Senior Open, Ulton, Lindsay Australia & Ken's Plumbing Plus Bargara Legends Pro-Am, Pacific Harbour Legends Pro-Am (with Steve Conran), Bartons / BMD QLD Senior PGA Championship (with Peter Senior)
• 2021 (3) Maroochy River Legends Pro-Am, Provincial Distributors City Legends Pro-Am, Innovative Planning Solutions Headland Legends Pro-Am (with Brad Burns)
• 2022 (3) Higgins Coatings Portsea Legends Pro-Am (with three others), Australian Valve Group - Watts Legends Pro-Am, Atlas Golf Services Noosa Legends Pro-Am
• 2023 (2) LVTong Wolston Park Legends Pro-Am, Lismore Workers Legends Pro-Am (with Gregory Rix)

Source:¹

Amateur

• Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 1984, 1985