Richard Green (golfer)
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| Personal Information | |
|---|---|
| Birth | 19 February 1971 Williamstown, Victoria, Australia |
| Nationality |  Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Australia |
| College | None |
| Career | |
| Turned Pro | 1992 |
| Current tour | European Tour (joined 1996) |
| Professional wins | 5 (European Tour: 2, PGA Tour of Australasia: 1, other: 2) |
| Best Results in Major Championships | |
| Masters | CUT: 2008 |
| U.S. Open | T52: 2005 |
| British Open | T4: 2007 |
| PGA Championship | T37: 2006 |
| Awards | |
| PGA Tour of Australasia Order of Merit Winner |
2004 |
Richard Green (born 19 February 1971) is an Australian golfer.
Green was born in Williamstown, Victoria. He turned professional in 1992 and has been a member of the European Tour since 1996. His maiden European Tour win came at the 1997 Dubai Desert Classic, where he became the first left-hander to win on the European Tour since 1975. His consistent performances in 2004 took him to a career best European Tour Order of Merit finish of seventeenth. That same year he won the MasterCard Masters, which is one of Australia's top tournaments. He won the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit in 2004. In 2007 he won his second European Tour event at the BA-CA Golf Open in Austria.
He holds a share of the course record at Carnoustie with a 64, achieved in the final round of the 2007 Open Championship. This round saw him jump 27 places on the last day of the tournament to finish on a tie for 4th with Ernie Els.
He has featured in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Rankings.
[edit] Professional wins
European Tour wins (2)
- 1997 Dubai Desert Classic
- 2007 BA-CA Golf Open
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)
- 2004 MasterCard Masters
Other wins (2)
- 1994 New Caledonian Open
- 1996 New Caledonian Open
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 1999 |
|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Masters | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT |
| U.S. Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T52 | CUT | DNP | |
| The Open Championship | DNP | T42 | T59 | DNP | CUT | T32 | CUT | T4 | |
| PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T37 | T40 |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.
