Richard Green (golfer)
Richard Green | |||
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![]() Green tees off at the 2013 Open de France | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Richard George Green | ||
Born | Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 19 February 1971||
Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Williamstown, Australia; Bagshot, Surrey, England | ||
Partner | Tammy Smith | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1992 | ||
Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia Asian Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour | ||
Professional wins | 7 | ||
Highest ranking | 29 (22 July 2007)[1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 3 | ||
PGA Tour of Australasia | 2 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | CUT: 2008 | ||
PGA Championship | T37: 2006 | ||
U.S. Open | T52: 2005 | ||
The Open Championship | T4: 2007 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Richard George Green (born 19 February 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.
Early life[]
Green was born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria.
Professional career[]
Green turned professional in 1992, and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia the same year.
He has been a member of the European Tour since 1996, with his first win coming at the 1997 Dubai Desert Classic, where he became the first left-hander to win on the European Tour since Bob Charles at the Swiss Open in 1974.[2] His consistent performances in 2004 took him to a career best European Tour Order of Merit finish of 17th. That same year he won the MasterCard Masters, which is one of Australia's most prestigious tournaments, and also topped the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit. In 2007 he won his second European Tour event at the BA-CA Golf Open in Austria.
Green previously held a share of the course record at Carnoustie with a 64, achieved in the final round of the 2007 Open Championship. (This record was later beaten by Tommy Fleetwood who shot a 63 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2017.) The round saw him jump 27 places on the last day of the tournament to finish in a tie for 4th with Ernie Els.[3]
He has featured in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking.
Personal life[]
Green is also a keen motor racing fan and owns a Porsche 911 racing car in which he has competed in the Australian GT Championship[4] on occasion as touring schedules allow, including racing on the support card of the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. Among the cars he has owned in the past (and has since sold) included the Bathurst 1000 winning Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore, Perkins Engineering Chassis 027.[5]
Professional wins (7)[]
European Tour wins (3)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 2 Mar 1997 | Dubai Desert Classic | −16 (70-68-66-68=272) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 10 Jun 2007 | BA-CA Golf Open | −16 (66-65-67-70=268) | Playoff | ![]() |
3 | 17 Oct 2010 | Portugal Masters | −18 (70-66-69-65=270) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
European Tour playoff record (2–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1997 | Dubai Desert Classic | ![]() ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2006 | KLM Open | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2007 | BA-CA Golf Open | ![]() |
Won with par on first extra hole |
4 | 2014 | Open de España | ![]() ![]() |
Jiménez won with par on first extra hole |
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)[]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 12 Dec 2004 | MasterCard Masters | −17 (69-67-68-67=271) | Playoff | ![]() ![]() |
2 | 8 Feb 2015 | Oates Vic Open | −16 (66-72-67-67=272) | Playoff | ![]() |
PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2004 | MasterCard Masters | ![]() ![]() |
Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2015 | Oates Vic Open | ![]() |
Won with birdie on second extra hole |
Other wins (2)[]
- 1994 New Caledonian Open
- 1996 New Caledonian Open
Results in major championships[]
Tournament | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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Masters Tournament | CUT | ||||||||||||||
U.S. Open | T52 | CUT | |||||||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T42 | T59 | CUT | T32 | CUT | T4 | T32 | CUT | T16 | ||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T37 | T40 | 71 | T60 | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Summary[]
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 6 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 11 |
- Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2006 PGA – 2007 PGA)
- Longest streak of top-10s – 1
Results in The Players Championship[]
Tournament | 2005 |
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The Players Championship | T46 |
"T" indicates a tie for a place
Results in World Golf Championships[]
Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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Match Play | R64 | R64 | R64 | R64 | R64 | |||
Championship | T28 | T51 | T51 | |||||
Invitational | 67 | T30 | T43 | T37 | ||||
Champions |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Team appearances[]
Amateur
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Victoria): 1990, 1991, 1992
Professional
References[]
- ^ "Week 29 2007 Ending 22 Jul 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Farrell, Andy (3 March 1997). "Golf: Green manages to defeat his hero". The Independent. London. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ "Australia's Richard Green equals course record, finishes fourth". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
- ^ "Richard Green". www.australiangt.com.au. Retrieved 26 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Saturday Sleuthing: The Castro Cougars Commodore". V8 Supercars Saturday Sleuthing. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
External links[]
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- Richard Green at the European Tour official site
- Richard Green at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Richard Green at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- Australian male golfers
- PGA Tour of Australasia golfers
- European Tour golfers
- Left-handed golfers
- Australian racing drivers
- 1971 births
- Living people