For other people with the same or similar name, see Peter Thompson.

Peter William Thomson (born August 23, 1929) is an Australian golfer. He is best remembered for his five wins in The Open Championship.

He was born in Melbourne. Thomson's Open Championship wins came in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, and 1965. He was the only man to win the tournament for three consecutive years in the 20th century.

Thomson was a prolific tournament champion around the world, winning the national championships of ten countries, including the New Zealand Open nine times. He competed on the PGA Tour in 1953 and 1954 with relatively little success (finishing 44th and 25th on the Money List) and after that was an infrequent competitor. However in 1956, playing in just eight events, he won the rich Texas International and achieved his best finish in one of the three majors staged in the United States (fourth at the U.S. Open) to finish ninth on the Money List.

In the era that Thomson won his first four Open Championships, it was true that very few of the leading professionals from the United States travelled to Britain to play in that event. However, Thomson demonstrated with his win in 1965 that he could beat a field of the world's very best players, as that victory came against a field that included Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Tony Lema, three of the top four American golfers from the 1964 Money List.

Thomson enjoyed a successful senior career. In 1985 he won nine times on the Senior PGA Tour in the United States, and finished top of the money list. His last tournament victory came at the 1988 British PGA Seniors Championship. He was president of the Australian PGA from 1962 to 1994 and a victorious non-playing captain of the international team in the 1998 Presidents Cup.

He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1988.

Thomson was a guest at the presentation ceremony of the 135th Open Championship, which was won by Tiger Woods. The event marked the 50th anniversary of Thomson's third Open victory.

Peter John Thomson (born 25 April 1965) is a Canadian rally race car driver with Thomson Motorsport and a venture capitalist (blank">Thomvest).

Thomson is the younger son of the late _2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, of the Thomson Corporation, and began racing in 1986.

Racing won by Thomson include:

• Participated in WRC Corona Rally, Mexico 2006
• Canadian National Champions 2005
• Ontario National Champions 2005
• North Amerian Rally Cup Group N Champions 2003
• Ontario Performance Rally Champions 2003
• 1st at 2002 Silverstone Black Bear Rally
• 1st in Group N at 2002 STPR Rally

Peter Thomson (born June 30 1977 in Bury, England) is a professional footballer, currently playing with Barrow in the Conference North as a striker.

Thomson began his career with Manchester amateur outfit Strand Athletic before joining Bury 1995.

He joined Lancaster City on his release in the summer of 1997 and made an immediate impact in the UniBond League and his impressive scoring form earned him a move to Dutch side NAC Breda for a five figure fee.

He made five top team appearances for the Dutch side without scoring before joining Luton Town in 2000.

In two seasons at Kenilworth Road he made 11 League appearances, scoring twice and he also played 2 League games whilst on loan at Rushden & Diamonds, scoring once.

He had a brief spell with Morecambe before joining Southport in July 2002. He returned to Lancaster City in December 2003 and enjoyed further success before joining Stafford Rangers in the summer of 2005. He joined Barrow in June 2007 but was released in September without scoring a competitive goal.

Thompson now plays form FC United of Manchester in the Unibond 1st division North, he scored on his debut verus Ossett Albian during a match the rebels won 3-1. He has since only started one game verusus Bamber Bridge and has been restricted to sub appearances only.

Peter Thomson (priest) is an Australian anglican clergyman, most famous for influencing future British Prime Minister Tony Blair while they were both at Oxford University. Anthony Seldon, Blair (The Free Press, 2005) He also influenced Geoff Gallop, who later became Prime Minister of Western Australia.

Thomson studied for the priesthood at evangelical theological College Ridley College in Melbourne, but became more radical in his Christianity, and became passionate about politics as a way for Christians to achieve their social objectives.

After several jobs, Thomson went to Oxford to study for two years, where a group of undergraduates gathered around him and were influenced by his approach to politics. This group included both Blair and Gallop. . Blair has stated that Thomson awakened his concern for a Christian approach to left wing politics.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6506365.stm