Paul Lawrie OBE | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Paul Stewart Lawrie | ||
Nickname | Chippy[1] | ||
Born | Aberdeen, Scotland | 1 January 1969||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||
Spouse | Marian Giles | ||
Children | 2 | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1986 | ||
Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour | ||
Professional wins | 19 | ||
Highest ranking | 26 (21 October 2012)[2] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
PGA Tour | 1 | ||
European Tour | 8 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 1 | ||
European Senior Tour | 3 | ||
Other | 7 | ||
Best results in major championships (wins: 1) | |||
Masters Tournament | T15: 2003 | ||
PGA Championship | T34: 1999 | ||
U.S. Open | T30: 2002 | ||
The Open Championship | Won: 1999 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Paul Stewart Lawrie OBE (born 1 January 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999. He was a vice-captain for the European Ryder Cup team in 2016.
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Early career
[edit]Lawrie was born in Aberdeen and turned professional in 1986. in 1990 he won the Scottish Assistants' Championship at Cruden Bay by five strokes and the Scottish Under-25 Championship at Deer Park by seven strokes.[3][4] In 1991 he won the Daily Express Scottish National Pro-am at Carnoustie by a stroke from Craig Maltman.[5] He became a member of the European Tour in 1992. He performed steadily without doing much to draw attention to himself, aside from a 6th-place finish in the 1993 Open Championship. In his first seven seasons his only top 50 finish on the Order of Merit came in 1996 when he was 21st. However he also finished in the top 100 in all but one of the other six seasons, and picked up a debut tour win at the 1996 Catalan Open.
1999 onwards
[edit]Lawrie's career was transformed in 1999. After winning the Qatar Masters (a European Tour event) early in the season, he went on to win the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie in July.[6] This was the Open where the Frenchman Jean van de Velde blew a three-shot lead on the final hole. Lawrie won a four-hole playoff against Van de Velde and American Justin Leonard. An unusual aspect of Lawrie's victory was that he was neither leader nor co-leader at any time during his regulation 72 holes, only moving into a share of the lead when the leaders came back to him after he had completed his final round. Also, Lawrie came back from the largest third-round deficit ever faced by a major championship winner - going into the final day, he trailed the leader, Van de Velde, by 10 shots. This is also the record for the biggest final-round comeback on the PGA Tour.[7]
After his major championship victory, Lawrie's game shifted to a higher level without quite moving him into the global elite group of golfers. He finished 9th on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1999; 6th in 2001, when he captured the lucrative Dunhill Links Championship; and 10th in 2002, when he won his fifth European Tour title at the Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open.
In March 2001, the Paul Lawrie Foundation was created. The Foundation aims to support and sustain an interest and enthusiasm for the game of golf amongst under 18s. Activities are delivered in a fun and relaxed setting with equipment provided if necessary. The Foundation has grown rapidly and now includes football and hockey.[6][8] In 2011, a 54-hole tournament, the Paul Lawrie Invitational was added to the Tartan Tour.
After winning the Open, Lawrie was a member of the PGA Tour for several seasons, while also continuing to compete on the European Tour. He enjoyed little success in the U.S. and when his five-year major championship exemption expired at the end of the 2004 season, he lost his PGA Tour card.
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Lawrie was the last European player to win a major until 2007, when that drought was ended by Pádraig Harrington of Ireland in The Open Championship. He was the last player from the United Kingdom to win a major until Graeme McDowell won the 2010 U.S. Open. Lawrie is still the last player from Scotland to win a major.
At the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, Lawrie scored what is believed to be only the eighth albatross (double eagle) in the competition's 150-year history by holing his second shot at the par 5 seventh hole in the final round.[9]
On 27 March 2011, Lawrie won the Open de Andalucía de Golf by one stroke over Johan Edfors. Lawrie finished the championship at −12 and in doing so ended a nine-year period without a tour win.[10]
In February 2012, Lawrie won the Commercialbank Qatar Masters for the second time in his career, having previously won in 1999. Lawrie became only the second player to have won the tournament more than once alongside Adam Scott. It was Lawrie's seventh win on the European Tour. The tournament was reduced to 54 holes after strong winds hampered the play during rounds one and two. He won by four strokes over Jason Day and Peter Hanson after a final round of 65.
Lawrie skipped the 2012 U.S. Open in an attempt to qualify for the 2012 Ryder Cup. He secured qualification with victory at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in August. He has stated that he would accept the captain's role for the 2014 Ryder Cup if offered.[11] Lawrie helped Team Europe retain the Ryder Cup at Medinah.[12] He finished the season in the top 10 of the Order of Merit for the first time in ten years.
Lawrie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2000 and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for voluntary service to golf.[13][14]
On 1 October 2020, Lawrie announced that he would be retiring from the European Tour following his 620th career event at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open due to back problems and would instead compete on the European Senior Tour moving forward.[15]
Non-playing work
[edit]Lawrie is passionate about junior golf and his Paul Lawrie Foundation has taught thousands of youngsters. In 2012 he bought Aspire Golf Centre in Aberdeen (now called the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre). Partly due to this, he was named by the Golf Club Managers' Association's Golf Club Management magazine as the 37th most powerful person in British golf. Lawrie is a fan of Aberdeen FC.[16]
Lawrie was a columnist for bunkered golf magazine between 1999 and 2004.
Lawrie has his own golf brand, called Cardinal Golf.[17]
In 2020, Lawrie founded the Tartan Pro Tour, a third-tier UK-based golf tour and feeder to the Challenge Tour that achieved OWGR status in May 2024. The Tartan Pro Tour was created to give players opportunities during the COVID-19 pandemic and to eventually replace the shuttered PGA EuroPro Tour in 2022.
Family
[edit]Lawrie's son Craig is also a professional golfer.[18]
Professional wins (19)
[edit]PGA Tour wins (1)
[edit]Legend |
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Major championships (1) |
Other PGA Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 18 Jul 1999 | The Open Championship | +6 (73-74-76-67=290) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1999 | The Open Championship | ![]() ![]() |
Won four-hole aggregate playoff; Lawrie: E (5-4-3-3=15), Leonard: +3 (5-4-4-5=18), van de Velde: +3 (6-4-3-5=18) |
European Tour wins (8)
[edit]Legend |
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Major championships (1) |
Other European Tour (7) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 3 Mar 1996 | Catalan Open | −9 (65-70=135)* | 1 stroke | ![]() |
2 | 20 Feb 1999 | Qatar Masters | −20 (68-65-67-68=268) | 7 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
3 | 18 Jul 1999 | The Open Championship | +6 (73-74-76-67=290) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
4 | 21 Oct 2001 | Dunhill Links Championship | −18 (71-68-63-68=270) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
5 | 11 Aug 2002 | Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open | −16 (67-65-70-70=272) | 5 strokes | ![]() |
6 | 27 Mar 2011 | Open de Andalucía de Golf | −12 (66-67-65-70=268) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
7 | 5 Feb 2012 | Commercialbank Qatar Masters (2) | −15 (69-67-65=201)* | 4 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
8 | 26 Aug 2012 | Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles | −16 (68-69-67-68=272) | 4 strokes | ![]() |
*Note: Tournament shortened to 36/54 holes due to weather.
European Tour playoff record (1–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 1999 | The Open Championship | ![]() ![]() |
Won four-hole aggregate playoff; Lawrie: E (5-4-3-3=15), Leonard: +3 (5-4-4-5=18), van de Velde: +3 (6-4-3-5=18) |
2 | 2001 | Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open | ![]() ![]() |
McGinley won with par on fifth extra hole Lawrie eliminated by par on second hole |
3 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Foster won with eagle on second extra hole Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Sunshine Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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1 | 19 Feb 2017 | Dimension Data Pro-Am | −15 (69-69-69-67=274) | 1 stroke | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2003 | Dunhill Championship | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Foster won with eagle on second extra hole Hansen and McGuigan eliminated by birdie on first hole |
Other wins (7)
[edit]- 1990 Scottish Assistants' Championship, Scottish Under-25 Championship
- 1991 Daily Express Scottish National Pro-am
- 1992 UAP European Under-25 Championship, Scottish PGA Championship
- 2002 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Match Play Championship
- 2005 Scottish PGA Championship
European Senior Tour wins (3)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 18 Aug 2019 | Scottish Senior Open | −2 (68-72-71=211) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 19 Jun 2022 | Farmfoods European Legends Links Championship | −11 (64-71-70=205) | 3 strokes | ![]() |
3 | 16 Oct 2022 | Farmfoods European Senior Masters | −17 (71-66-65=202) | Playoff | ![]() |
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2022 | Jersey Legends | ![]() |
Lost to par on third extra hole |
2 | 2022 | Farmfoods European Senior Masters | ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
Major championships
[edit]Wins (1)
[edit]Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runners-up |
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1999 | The Open Championship | 10 shot deficit | +6 (73-74-76-67=290) | Playoff1 | ![]() ![]() |
1Defeated Leonard and van de Velde in 4-hole playoff: Lawrie (5-4-3-3=15), Leonard (5-4-4-5=18), van de Velde (6-4-3-5=18).
Results timeline
[edit]Results not in chronological order in 2020.
Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||||||
U.S. Open | ||||||||
The Open Championship | T22 | T6 | T24 | T58 | CUT | CUT | 1 | |
PGA Championship | T34 |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | CUT | CUT | T15 | T37 | |||||
U.S. Open | CUT | T30 | CUT | CUT | ||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T42 | T59 | CUT | CUT | T52 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T47 |
PGA Championship | T72 | CUT | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Masters Tournament | T24 | T38 | |||||||
U.S. Open | T32 | ||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | T66 | T34 | T26 | CUT | T40 | T63 | CUT | |
PGA Championship | T48 | CUT |
Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Masters Tournament | ||||
PGA Championship | ||||
U.S. Open | ||||
The Open Championship | CUT | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Summary
[edit]Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
The Open Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 14 |
Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 45 | 23 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 7 (2011 Open Championship – 2013 Open Championship)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1 (twice)
Results in The Players Championship
[edit]Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
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The Players Championship | T73 | CUT | CUT | T56 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2015.
Tournament | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Championship | T37 | NT1 | T54 | T60 | T58 | ||||||||||||||
Match Play | QF | R32 | R64 | R64 | R16 | R64 | |||||||||||||
Invitational | T21 | T65 | T50 | T27 | T60 | ||||||||||||||
Champions | T49 | T36 |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances
[edit]- World Cup (representing Scotland): 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Scotland): 1999
- Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1999, 2012 (winners)
- Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2000, 2002 (winners), 2003 (winners), 2013
- Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2009, 2013 (winners)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Lawrie looks to show his mettle at Medinah". Ryder Cup. 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Week 42 2012 Ending 21 Oct 2012" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Banchory's Paul Lawrie". Daily Record (Scotland). 21 April 1990. p. 36 – via Newspaper.com.
- ^ "Paul Lawrie". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 10 September 1990. p. 18 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Lawrie wins cliff-hanger". Daily Record (Scotland). 14 September 1991. p. 43 – via Newspaper.com.
- ^ a b "The Foundation". The Paul Lawrie Foundation. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ Kelley, Brent. "Largest Final-Round Comeback on PGA Tour". About.com. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Paul Lawrie". The Paul Lawrie Foundation. Retrieved 1 November 2011.
- ^ "Paul Lawrie sinks Turnberry albatross to join select Open club". The Guardian. 19 July 2009.
- ^ "Lawrie finally a winner again". Sky Sports. 28 March 2011.
- ^ "Paul Lawrie: Former Open winner would accept Ryder Cup captaincy". 13 June 2012. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
- ^ "Europe seal Ryder Cup win with comeback of epic proportions". The Guardian. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
- ^ "No. 60534". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 2013. p. 11.
- ^ "Paul Lawrie receives OBE". 14 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "Paul Lawrie to quit European Tour after this week's Scottish Open". ESPN. Associated Press. 1 October 2020.
- ^ The Golf Power List 40-31 Golf Club Management, June 2012
- ^ McEwan, Michael (3 August 2016). "Cardinal Golf: Paul Lawrie's new venture". bunkered.
- ^ "Paul Lawrie's son, Craig, becomes golf professional". 29 October 2013.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Paul Lawrie at the European Tour official site
- Paul Lawrie at the PGA Tour official site
- Paul Lawrie at the Official World Golf Ranking official site