David Gilford | |
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Personal information | |
Full name | David Gilford |
Born | Crewe, Cheshire, England | 14 September 1965
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Sporting nationality | England |
Residence | Market Drayton, Shropshire, England |
Spouse | Donna (m. 1998) |
Children | 2 |
Career | |
Turned professional | 1986 |
Former tour(s) | European Tour European Senior Tour |
Professional wins | 6 |
Highest ranking | 31 (11 April 1993) [1] |
Number of wins by tour | |
European Tour | 6 |
Best results in major championships | |
Masters Tournament | T24: 1995 |
PGA Championship | T44: 1994 |
U.S. Open | T60: 1996 |
The Open Championship | T33: 1996 |
David Gilford (born 14 September 1965) is an English professional golfer.
Gilford was born in Crewe. In 1981, aged just 15, he won the Carris Trophy, English Boys Under-18 Open Amateur Stroke-Play Championship, at Moor Park. [2] He won the English Amateur in 1984 and turned professional in 1986. [3]
Gilford has six wins on the European Tour, all of which came between 1991 and 1994. He finished in the top ten of the European Tour Order of Merit twice, placing 9th in 1991 and 7th in 1994. He played in the Ryder Cup in 1991 and 1995.
After reaching 50, Gilford played on the European Senior Tour, playing his first event in late 2015. [3] His best finish came in just his second event, in June 2016, when he finished third in the SSE Enterprise Wales Senior Open after a final round 64. [4]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 18 Aug 1991 | NM English Open | −10 (70-71-67-70=278) | 2 strokes | Roger Chapman |
2 | 19 Apr 1992 | Moroccan Open | −1 (76-73-68-70=287) | Playoff | Robert Karlsson |
3 | 21 Feb 1993 | Moroccan Open (2) | −9 (68-70-70-71=279) | 1 stroke | Stephen Ames, Jamie Spence |
4 | 21 Mar 1993 | Portuguese Open | −13 (65-66-70-74=275) | Playoff | Jorge Berendt |
5 | 13 Feb 1994 | Turespaña Open De Tenerife | −10 (72-70-66-70=278) | 2 strokes | Andrew Murray, Juan Quirós, Wayne Riley |
6 | 11 Sep 1994 | European Open | −13 (70-68-70-67=275) | 5 strokes | José María Olazábal, Costantino Rocca |
European Tour playoff record (2–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 1992 | Moroccan Open | Robert Karlsson | Won with birdie on third extra hole |
2 | 1993 | Portuguese Open | Jorge Berendt | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
3 | 2002 | Algarve Open de Portugal | Carl Pettersson | Lost to par on first extra hole |
Tournament | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 |
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Masters Tournament | T24 | CUT | ||||||||||||
U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | T60 | |||||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | T80 | CUT | CUT | T38 | T58 | T33 | ||||
PGA Championship | CUT | T44 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1985 Open Championship)
"T" = tied
Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
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Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 |
PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 |
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