Andrew Oldcorn

Andrew Oldcorn
Personnel
Nation:	Scotland
Career data
Professional since:	1983
Current tour:	European Seniors Tour
Tournament wins:	6th

Andrew Oldcorn (born March 31, 1960 in Bolton , Lancashire , England ) is a professional golfer playing for Scotland on the European Seniors Tour .

Career

He grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland . After a successful amateur career, winning the English Amateur Championship in 1982 and being called to the teams of Great Britain and Ireland at the 1983 Walker Cup - where he made all four of his matches victorious - Oldcorn became a professional golfer in the same year .

He won the Tour School in 1983 and thus qualified impressively for the European Tour. Oldcorn suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome for two years before he found his form again in the 1990s and has so far won three tournaments on the European Tour. The most prestigious success came in 2001 when he won the Volvo PGA Championship ahead of Ángel Cabrera and Nick Faldo .

Andrew Oldcorn has been married to his wife Kirstin since 1999. They have two children and live in Edinburgh . He is one of the popular players on the tour and can also be heard more and more often as a co-commentator on television broadcasts of major golf tournaments.

European Tour victories

• 1993 Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia
• 1995 DHL Jersey Open
• 2001 Volvo PGA Championship

European Seniors Tour victories

• 2011 De Vere Club PGA Seniors Championship
• 2016 WINSTONgolf Senior Open

Other tournament victories

amateur

• 1979 Scottish Youths Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship
• 1982 English Amateur Championship

professional

• 1993 Sunderland of Scotland Masters

Participation in team competitions

amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy : 1982
• Walker Cup : 1983

professional

• Seve Trophy : 2002 (winner)

Web links

• Player profile on the European Tour