David Creamer excelled on the elite stage in two sports activities which, whereas each involving small white balls of comparable measurement, demanded vastly totally different skillsets, desk tennis and golf.
As a golfer, David performed within the PGA Cup, competed in additional than 200 European Senior Tour occasions, labored as a head skilled each at dwelling and overseas, and coached on two continents.
Born within the London borough of Ealing, David first made his mark in desk tennis, the place he was one in all England’s main gamers.
He competed alongside two of the game’s post-war greats, Johnny Leach and Chester Barnes.
In 1964, David partnered Leach to win the England Doubles Championship, whereas a yr earlier he had performed alongside Barnes when England contested the World Desk Tennis Championships within the Swaythling Cup.
Throughout one summer time, David additionally put his desk tennis experience to good use by teaching holidaymakers at Butlins in Somerset.
David started his golf profession working for Invoice Cox at Fulwell Golf Membership in Middlesex. After being elected to PGA Membership in 1968, he was appointed instructing skilled at close by Finchley Golf Centre.
His first expertise teaching abroad got here in 1969, when he labored in Spain, Switzerland and Sweden. He later returned to England, spending 9 years as head skilled at Ellesborough Golf Membership in Buckinghamshire.
Whereas at Ellesborough, David represented Nice Britain and Eire within the 1974 PGA Cup at Pinehurst, North Carolina. He additionally competed repeatedly in PGA tournaments and recorded a notable fifth-place end on the 1977 Kenya Open.
David subsequently served as head skilled at Bryn Meadow Golf and Nation Membership in south Wales for 4 years earlier than opening and working the David Creamer Indoor Golf Faculty in Bristol from 1983 to 1987.
This marked the top of his UK-based skilled appointments, after which he took up posts as visitor or head skilled at golf equipment in Switzerland and Germany.
Alongside his membership skilled roles, David continued to compete at a excessive stage. He gained the Swiss PGA Central Championship in 1986 whereas working at Davos Golf Membership within the Swiss Alps, adopted by additional success with victories within the German Senior Skilled Championship in 1994 and the German PGA Open in 1995.
By then eligible for the European Senior Tour, David went on to turn into the primary participant to compete in additional than 200 occasions.
He claimed victory on the Energis Senior Masters at Wentworth in 2000 and completed runner-up on six events, together with the PGA Seniors Championship in 1994 and the Lawrence Batley Seniors in 2002, the place he was defeated by Neil Coles in a play-off.
David retired from aggressive golf in 2007, a yr after being made an Honorary PGA Member
David is survived by his spouse Josefine
