Deyen Lawson

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Deyen Lawson
Personal information
Full nameDeyen Mitchell Lawson
NicknameDigger
Born (1991-01-07) 7 January 1991 (age 32)
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Gold Coast, Australia
Spouse
Ali Orchard
​
(m. 2022)​
Career
Turned professional2016
Current tour(s) Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) European Tour
China Tour
Asian Development Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2021

Deyen Mitchell "Digger" Lawson (born 4 January 1991) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia and the Asian Development Tour.

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Early golf career

Lawson started playing golf at the age of 10. In 2017, he completed a golf professional trainee-ship at Curlewis Golf Club in Geelong, Australia. [1]

Professional career

Lawson earned a place on the PGA Tour of Australasia in 2016. In 2017 he was runner-up in the Northern Territory PGA Championship, and in early 2018 he was a runner-up in the NZ PGA Championship. In late 2018, he attended the European Tour Qualifying Tour school for the second time. He finished tied for 13th at the final stage, gaining a full time playing card for 2019 season. [2]

In the first half of his debut season on the European Tour, Lawson had the unusual achievement of two holes-in-one. The first happened at Alfred Dunhill Championship in December 2018. [3] [4] For his effort, Lawson won a BMW 8 Series worth around A$250,000. He scored his second ace at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters in March 2019. [5] Both aces Lawson used an eight iron.

Deyen Lawson wins BMW 850i at 2018 Alfred Dunhill Championship Deyen Lawson wins bmw 850i Dunhill Championship 2018.jpg
Deyen Lawson wins BMW 850i at 2018 Alfred Dunhill Championship

Lawson finished 187th on the European Tour Race to Dubai rankings for 2019. [6] He returned to European Tour Q school and gained limited playing membership rights (exemption category 22) for the 2020 season by making the cut at the final stage. [7]

Lawson finished 17th on the PGA Tour of Australasia 2019 Order of Merit from just six starts. [8] This included two top-10 finishes; tied runner-up at the Queensland PGA Championship and tied for 10th place at the Australian Open.

Professional wins (2)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
123 Oct 2022 Nexus Advisernet WA Open −20 (62-63-64-71=260)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Sim

Asian Development Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
113 Oct 2023 Indo Masters Golf Invitational−13 (71-67-65=260)Playoff Flag of Thailand.svg Charngtai Sudsom

Results in major championships

Tournament2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

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References

  1. ↑ "Deyen Lawson". CGA Tour. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Final Qualifying Stage Lumine 2018". European Tour. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Deyen Lawson hole-in-one at Alfred Dunhill Championship". European Tour. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. ↑ "Aussie Digger Lawson snags hole-in-one and a $250k BMW". Aussie Golfer. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  5. ↑ "Deyen Lawson fires second hole-in-one of season at Qatar Masters". Sky Sports. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Race to Dubai 2019". European Tour. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Exemption Categories 2020". European Tour. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  8. ↑ "ISPS HAnda PGA Tour of Australasia 2019". PGA Tour Australia. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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