David Law (golfer)

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David Law
Personal information
Full nameDavid Connor James Law
Born (1991-05-04) 4 May 1991 (age 32)
Aberdeen, Scotland
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Pro Golf Tour
MENA Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Challenge Tour1
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T72: 2022

David Connor James Law (born 4 May 1991) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He won the 2018 SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge on the Challenge Tour and had his first European Tour victory, the ISPS Handa Vic Open, in early 2019.

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Amateur career

In 2009 Law won two important match-play titles, the Scottish Amateur and the Scottish Boys Amateur Championship. He won the Scottish Amateur for a second time in 2011. Law was not selected for the 2011 Walker Cup at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club despite his win in the Scottish Amateur. Soon after the selection of the Walker Cup team, Law won the Northern Open, the first amateur to win the event since 1970.

Professional career

Law turned professional in late 2011. He won the 2013 Sueno Dunes Classic on the Pro Golf Tour and finished fifth in the Order of Merit to earn a place on the Challenge Tour for 2014. Since 2014 he has played primarily on the Challenge Tour combined with some appearances on the Pro Golf Tour and the MENA Golf Tour. He had limited success on the Challenge Tour until he won the SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge at Macdonald Spey Valley in June 2018. [1] He followed this by being runner-up in the Euram Bank Open in July and finished the season 14th in the Challenge Tour Order of Merit to earn a place on the European Tour for 2019.

Law won his maiden European Tour title in February 2019, at the ISPS Handa Vic Open, a co-sanctioned event with the PGA Tour of Australasia. He won by a one stroke margin after entering the final three holes three strokes behind. Law birdied the 16th and eagled the final hole, this coupled with Wade Ormsby double bogeying his penultimate hole, led to Law claiming victory. [2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runners-up
110 Feb 2019 ISPS Handa Vic Open 1−18 (67-66-71-66=270)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brad Kennedy, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Wade Ormsby

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
124 Jun 2018 SSE Scottish Hydro Challenge −11 (66-69-71-67=273)2 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen

Pro Golf Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
117 Apr 2012 Open Dar Es Salam−3 (73-73-70=216)1 stroke Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marek Nový
229 Jan 2013 Sueno Dunes Classic−8 (62-65-72=199)1 stroke Flag of the Netherlands.svg Floris de Haas, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daan Huizing,
Flag of Germany.svg Benjamin Miarka

MENA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
16 Apr 2016 Sotogrande Masters−7 (74-67-68=209)6 strokes Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland

Other wins (2)

Results in major championships

Tournament2022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship T72
  Did not play

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. Rodger, Nick (25 June 2018). "David Law makes title breakthrough in Scottish Hydro Challenge in his 100th event on the tour". The Herald.
  2. "ISPS Handa Vic Open: Scotland's David Law wins first European title". BBC Sport. 10 February 2019.