Nick Dougherty

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Nick Dougherty
Personal Information
Birth 24 May 1982 (1982-05-24) (age 26)
Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 188 lb (85 kg)
Nationality Flag of England England
Residence Surrey, England
College None
Career
Turned Pro 2001
Current tour European Tour
Professional wins 2 (European Tour: 2)
Best Results in Major Championships
Masters T33: 2008
U.S. Open T7: 2007
British Open T42: 2007
PGA Championship CUT: 2005, 2006, 2007
Awards
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie
of the Year Award		 2002

Nick Dougherty (born 24 May 1982, Bootle, Merseyside) is an English golfer. He is a protégé of Nick Faldo and had an exceptional amateur career with numerous tournament wins including the 1999 World Boys Championship and three in Faldo Junior Series events. He was a member of the victorious Great Britain and Ireland 2001 Walker Cup team.

Dougherty turned professional in 2001 and gained membership of the European Tour via the 2001 Qualifying School. He won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award for 2002. He was hindered by glandular fever in 2003 and his 2004 season was also disappointing, but in early 2005 he achieved his first win on the European Tour at the Caltex Singapore Masters. He reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings in the middle of that year and ended it in 15th place on the European Tour Order of Merit. He made a positive start to the 2006 season before struggling later in the year.

He was the leader after the first round of the 107th U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club on June 14th 2007 with a two under par round of 68. He finished the tournament in a tie for seventh place to record his best finish to date in a major championship. Later that year he secured his second European Tour victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship and finished the season placed 11th on the Order of Merit.

Dougherty attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn.

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[edit] Amateur wins (10)

  • 1997 Faldo Junior Series, Golf Foundation Player of the Year
  • 1999 Faldo Junior Series, European Under 21 Championship, World Boys Championship, Polo Classic Under 19 Championship (United States)
  • 2000 Faldo Junior Series, Polo Golf Classic Stroke Play Championship (United States), Guatemalan Amateur Open Championship
  • 2001 Australian International Amateur Championship

[edit] Professional wins (2)

[edit] European Tour wins (2)

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008
The Masters DNP DNP DNP T33
U.S. Open T52 CUT T7
The Open Championship DNP CUT T42
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

[edit] Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

  • Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2005 (winners), 2007 (winners)

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Sir Henry Cotton Rookies of the Year
1960 Tommy Goodwin • 1961 Alex Caygill • 1962 No Award • 1963 Tony Jacklin • 1964 No Award • 1965 No Award • 1966 Robin Liddle • 1967 No Award • 1968 Bernard Gallacher • 1969 Peter Oosterhuis • 1970 Stuart Brown • 1971 David Llewellyn • 1972 Sam Torrance • 1973 Pip Elson • 1974 Carl Mason • 1975 No Award • 1976 Mark James • 1977 Nick Faldo • 1978 Sandy Lyle • 1979 Mike Miller • 1980 Paul Hoad • 1981 Jeremy Bennett • 1982 Gordon Brand, Jnr • 1983 Grant Turner • 1984 Philip Parkin • 1985 Paul Thomas • 1986 José María Olazábal • 1987 Peter Baker • 1988 Colin Montgomerie • 1989 Paul Broadhurst • 1990 Russell Claydon • 1991 Per-Ulrik Johansson • 1992 Jim Payne • 1993 Gary Orr • 1994 Jonathan Lomas • 1995 Jarmo Sandelin • 1996 Thomas Bjørn • 1997 Scott Henderson • 1998 Olivier Edmond • 1999 Sergio García • 2000 Ian Poulter • 2001 Paul Casey • 2002 Nick Dougherty • 2003 Peter Lawrie • 2004 Scott Drummond • 2005 Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño • 2006 Marc Warren • 2007 Martin Kaymer
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