Stephen Dodd

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Stephen Dodd
Stephen Dodd at the KLM Open 2009
Personnel
Nation: WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales
Career data
Professional since: 1990
Current tour: European Seniors Tour
Tournament wins: 16
Awards: BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year (1989)

Stephen Dodd (born July 15, 1966 in Barry , Wales ) is a Welsh professional golfer .

Career

Dodd won The Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale in 1989 and was therefore invited to the Masters at Augusta National Golf Club the following year , where he was allowed to play in a flight with Sandy Lyle and Curtis Strange . He then went on to become a professional golfer .

After many years on the Challenge Tour , a tournament series of the second level, Dodd was only able to establish himself permanently on the European Tour from 2001 . In the 2005 season he had his big breakthrough with two tournament wins and winning the World Cup with partner Bradley Dredge for their home country Wales. In the same year Dodd was also in the winning team Great Britain & Ireland at the Seve Trophy . In July 2006 he won his third tournament victory, the Smurfit Kappa European Open and the biggest check of his career for € 578,792.

He has been eligible to play on the European Seniors Tour since summer 2016 .

Tournament victories

  • 1991 Olivier Barras Memorial
  • 1992 Bank Austria Open ( Challenge Tour )
  • 1995 Welsh Professional Championship
  • 2001 Welsh Professional Championship
  • 2005 Volvo China Open, Nissan Irish Open (both European Tour )
  • 2006 Smurfit Kappa European Open (European Tour)
  • 2007 Ryder Cup Wales Welsh PGA Championship
  • 2011 Welsh National PGA Championship
  • 2012 Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open
  • 2013 Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open
  • 2014 Welsh National PGA Championship
  • 2016 GRENKE Championship, Senior Italian Open ( European Seniors Tour )
  • 2017 Farmfoods European Senior Masters (European Seniors Tour)
  • 2018 WINSTONgolf Senior Open (European Seniors Tour)

Participation in team competitions

amateur

professional

  • Seve Trophy (for Great Britain & Ireland): 2005 (winner)
  • World Cup (for Wales): 2005 (winner), 2006, 2007, 2009

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personal data
SURNAME Dodd, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION professional welsh golfer
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Barry (Wales)