Andrew Buckle

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Andrew Buckle is an Australian golfer. He was born on 24 September, 1982 in Brisbane, Queensland. He has a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15-17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and one Australian Amateur Championship. He won the 2002 Queensland Open on his professional debut. As a professional he has plied his trade all over the world, including time on the PGA Tour of Australasia and appearances in Europe and Japan. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005 and in 2006 he finished second in the Indonesia Open and the TCL Classic, which are both Asian Tour/European Tour co-sanctioned events. Also in 2006, he won his second professional event at Virginia Beach Open on the U.S. based Nationwide Tour. He has performed consistently around the world and as of June 2006 is the only golfer in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings who is not a member of one of the three richest under-50 men's tours (the PGA, European and Japanese tours).