Richard Green (golfer) 5219237 223337055 2008-07-03T17:08:17Z Jokestress 62694 otherpeople {{otherpeople|Richard Green}} {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=1 cellspacing=1 width=290 style="margin: 0.5em 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 87%; clear:right" |+<big> '''Richard Green'''</big> |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#4682B4" | '''Personal Information''' |- | '''Birth''' || {{birth date and age|1971|2|19|df=y}} <br>[[Williamstown, Victoria]], [[Australia]] |- | '''Nationality''' || {{AUS}} |- | '''Residence''' || [[Melbourne, Australia]] |- | '''College''' || None |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="E2725B" | Career |- | '''Turned Pro''' || 1992 |- | '''Current tour''' || [[European Tour]] (joined 1996) |- | '''Professional wins''' || 5 (European Tour: 2, PGA Tour of Australasia: 1, other: 2) |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ACE1AF" | Best Results in Major Championships |- | [[The Masters|Masters]] | CUT: 2008 |- | [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] | T52: 2005 |- | [[The Open Championship|British Open]] | T4: 2007 |- | [[PGA Championship]] | T37: 2006 |- ! colspan="2" bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | Awards |- | [[PGA Tour of Australasia#Order of Merit winners|PGA Tour of Australasia<br>Order of Merit Winner]] | 2004 |- |} '''Richard Green''' (born [[19 February]] [[1971]]) is an [[Australia]]n [[golf]]er. 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 Golf Links|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]]. ==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 ==Results in major championships== {| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" !align="left"|Tournament !1999 !2000 !2001 !2002 !2003 !2004 !2005 !2006 !2007 !2008 |- |[[The Masters Tournament|The Masters]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |- |[[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T52 |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |- |[[The Open Championship]] |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|T42 |align="center"|T59 |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T32 |align="center"|CUT |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|T4 | |- |[[PGA Championship]] |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|DNP |align="center"|CUT |align="center"|T37 |align="center"|T40 | |} DNP = Did not play<br> CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> "T" = tied<br> Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. ==External links== *[http://www.europeantour.com/publish.sps?pageid=127&pagegid=%7B20E6AA6B%2D0225%2D4C71%2DBD89%2D2ACBEE615D69%7D&playerId=1223 Profile on the European Tour's official site] *[http://www.pga.org.au/default.aspx?s=pgatourplayerprofiledisplay&pid=191 Profile on the PGA Tour of Australasia's official site] *[http://www.owgr.com/players/bio.sps?ID=3877 Results in ranking events for the last two years from the Official World Golf Ranking site] {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Richard}} [[Category:Australian golfers]] [[Category:PGA Tour of Australasia golfers]] [[Category:European Tour golfers]] [[Category:1971 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[de:Richard Green]] [[nl:Richard Green]]