Ian Woosnam
Ian Woosnam | |
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Personnel | |
Nation: | Wales |
Nickname: | Woosie |
Career data | |
Professional since: | 1976 |
Current tour: | European Seniors Tour |
Tournament wins: | 49 |
Major wins : | 1 (1991) |
Awards: |
OBE (1992), Winner of the European Tour Order of Merit (1987, 1990), European Tour Player of the Year (1987, 1990), World Golf Hall of Fame (2017) |
Ian Woosnam , OBE (born March 2, 1958 in Oswestry , Shropshire , England ) is a Welsh professional golfer and former world number one. His nickname is "Woosie".
He began playing golf at the unique Llanymynech Golf Club , which is partly in England and partly in Wales . Woosnam is one of the Big Five, a group of world-class golfers who were all born within 12 months, won at least one major and made Europe competitive in the Ryder Cup . The others are Seve Ballesteros , Nick Faldo , Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle .
Career
Despite its small size of 1.64 m, Woosnam is a powerful golfer. As an amateur, he played with Sandy Lyle in regional competitions in Shropshire, England . In 1976 he became a professional and started the European Tour in 1979 . After three rather mixed years, the breakthrough came in 1982 with the victory at the Swiss Open . In the following years Woosnam was classified a total of 13 times in the top 10 of the money list , which he won in 1987 and 1990. In 1990 he became the first golfer to break the magical £ 1 million mark in one season worldwide.
After a third place in the 1986 Open Championship , Woosnam achieved his greatest successes in 1991, first place in the world rankings for a total of 50 weeks and his first (and only) major win, at the Masters Tournament in Augusta , Georgia .
His form waned in the late 1990s , but Woosnam almost made a spectacular comeback at the 2001 Open Championship . A mistake by his caddy (one club too many in the golf bag) earned him two penalty strokes in the final round, and in the end he “only” came third and fired the offender. In the same year Woosie won the Wentworth World Match Play Championship and became the first player to win this prestigious trophy in 3 decades.
Woosnam has been a member of the European Ryder Cup team eight times in a row (1983 to 1997), and although he has not won a single match, his record is more than respectable with 14 wins, 12 losses and 5 draws. In 2002 he was vice-captain and in 2006 he led the team as captain of the Ryder Cup to the highest victory on European soil.
In total, Woosnam has won 28 tournaments on the PGA European Tour and many more worldwide. He lives in Jersey today .
Honors
European Tour victories
- 1982 Ebel Swiss Open
- 1983 Silk Cut Masters
- 1984 Scandinavian Enterprise Open
- 1986 Lawrence Batley International TPC
- 1987 Trophée Lancôme , Bell's Scottish Open , Cepsa Madrid Open , Jersey Open
- 1988 Panasonic European Open , Carroll's Irish Open , Volvo PGA Championship
- 1989 Carroll's Irish Open
- 1990 Epson Grand Prix of Europe , Bell's Scottish Open , Torras Monte Carlo Open , Amex Med Open
- 1991 Torras Monte Carlo Golf Open , Fujitsu Mediterranean Open
- 1992 European Monte Carlo Open
- 1993 Lancôme Trophy , Murphy's English Open
- 1994 Dunhill British Masters , Air France Cannes Open
- 1996 Volvo German Open , Scottish Open , Heineken Classic , Johnnie Walker Classic
- 1997 Volvo PGA Championship
Other tournament victories including the PGA Tour
- 1979 News of the World Under-23 Match Play Championship
- 1982 Cacharel Under-25 Championship
- 1985 Zambian Open
- 1986 '555' Kenya Open
- 1987 Suntory World Match Play Championship , Hong Kong Open , Million Dollar Challenge (South Africa), World Cup (team (with David Llewellyn ) and victory in the individual ranking)
- 1988 Welsh Pro Championship
- 1989 World Cup (individual ranking)
- 1990 Suntory World Match Play Championship
- 1991 The Masters ( PGA Tour ), USF & G Classic (PGA Tour), PGA Grand Slam of Golf (USA)
- 1997 Hyundai Motor Masters (South Korea)
- 2001 Cisco World Match Play Championship
Major championships are in bold .
European Seniors Tour victories
- 2008 Parkridge Polish Seniors Championship, Russian Seniors Open
- 2009 Irish Seniors Open
- 2011 Berenberg Bank Masters
- 2014 Dutch Senior Open
Results in major championships
competition | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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Masters Tournament | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT | T14 | T30 | 1 | T19 | T17 | T46 | T17 | T29 | T39 | T16 | T14 |
US Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T2 | T21 | T55 | T6 | T52 | CUT | T21 | T79 | CUT | CUT | DNP |
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T16 | T3 | T8 | T25 | T49 | T4 | T17 | T5 | T51 | CUT | T49 | CUT | T24 | T55 | T24 |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T30 | CUT | WD | 6th | T31 | T48 | CUT | T22 | T9 | CUT | T36 | CUT | T29 | CUT |
competition | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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Masters Tournament | T40 | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | WD | 44 | CUT |
US Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
The Open Championship | T68 | T3 | T37 | 72 | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
PGA Championship | CUT | T51 | CUT | DNP | CUT | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
competition | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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The Masters | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT |
US Open | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |
The Open Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |
PGA Championship | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP |
WD = abandoned
DNP = did not participate
CUT = cut failed
"T" split placement
Green background for victories
Yellow background for top 10.
Team competitions
- World Cup (Wales): 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987 (winner and individual winner), 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003.
- Hennessy Cognac Cup: 1982 (winner), 1984
- Ryder Cup : 1983, 1985 (winner), 1987 (winner), 1989 (draw - Cup defended), 1991, 1993, 1995 (winner), 1997 (winner), vice-captain 2002 (winner), captain 2006 (winner).
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (Wales): 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000
- Four Tours World Championship: 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990
- Seve Trophy : (Great Britain & Ireland): 2000, 2002 (winner)
- UBS Cup : 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
See also
Web links
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Woosnam, Ian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | welsh golfer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Oswestry , Shropshire , England |