Richard Green (golfer)
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|+<big> '''Richard Green'''</big>
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#4682B4" | '''Personal Information'''
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| '''Birth''' || {{birth date and age|1971|2|19|df=y}} <br>[[Williamstown, Victoria]], [[Australia]]
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| '''Nationality''' || {{AUS}}
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| '''Residence''' || [[Melbourne, Australia]]
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| '''College''' || None
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="E2725B" | Career
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| '''Turned Pro''' || 1992
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| '''Current tour''' || [[European Tour]] (joined 1996)
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| '''Professional wins''' || 5 (European Tour: 2, PGA Tour of Australasia: 1, other: 2)
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#ACE1AF" | Best Results in Major Championships
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| [[The Masters|Masters]]
| CUT: 2008
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| [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]]
| T52: 2005
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| [[The Open Championship|British Open]]
| T4: 2007
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| [[PGA Championship]]
| T37: 2006
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! colspan="2" bgcolor="#D8BFD8" | Awards
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| [[PGA Tour of Australasia#Order of Merit winners|PGA Tour of Australasia<br>Order of Merit Winner]]
| 2004
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'''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==
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|[[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
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|[[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
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|[[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
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|[[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
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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]
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