Greg Owen (golfer)

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Greg Owen
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Personal information
Full nameGregory Clive Owen
Born (1972-02-19) 19 February 1972 (age 51)
Mansfield, England
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight206 lb (93 kg; 14.7 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Windermere, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Web.com Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 49 (9 April 2006) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Korn Ferry Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T47: 2005
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T20: 2015

Gregory Clive Owen (born 19 February 1972) is an English professional golfer.

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Career

Owen was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He turned professional in 1992 and gained his European Tour card at the 1997 qualifying school. He finished in the top 100 of the Order of Merit every year from 1998 to 2004, and won for the first time on tour at the 2003 Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters at his 158th tournament. [2]

At the 2001 Open Championship, Owen notably became only the sixth golfer in the history of the competition to score a rare albatross (double eagle), on the par-5 11th hole at Royal Lytham. [3]

Since 2005, Owen has played mainly in the United States being a full member of the PGA Tour in 2005–07, 2009–10 and 2012. His best finish in the United States was second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational, where he finished one shot behind Rod Pampling after playing the last two holes in three over par. [4]

Having lost his PGA Tour card at the end of 2007, he bounced back the following season, to graduate directly from the second tier Nationwide Tour by finishing in 10th place on the money list. [5]

In 2010 he finished 183rd on the PGA Tour money list and lost his card for the second time. In 2011 he played again on the Nationwide Tour, finishing 52nd on the money list. However he finished tied for 18th in the 2011 PGA Q School to regain his full PGA Tour card for 2012. He finished 85th in earnings in 2012, but was less successful in 2013, finishing 134th in the FedEx Cup.

In 2014 he split time between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour; after winning the United Leasing Championship he finished 27th on the regular-season Web.com money list, missing out on a PGA Tour card by only $3,205. He went on to earn his card by finishing 10th on the Web.com Tour Finals money list.

Owen was in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings for three weeks in 2006 with his highest ranking being 49.

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
18 Jun 2003 Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters −14 (68-68-67-71=274)3 strokes Flag of France.svg Christian Cévaër, Flag of England.svg Ian Poulter

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
129 Jun 2014 United Leasing Championship −9 (73-67-72-67=279)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Ryan Armour, Flag of the United States.svg Mark Hubbard

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2008 Athens Regional Foundation Classic Flag of the United States.svg Robert Damron Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
113 Jul 1996 Gosen Challenge −7 (69-70-72-70=281)Playoff Flag of England.svg John Mellor

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2017 Barracuda Championship Flag of the United States.svg Chris Stroud, Flag of the United States.svg Richy Werenski Stroud won with birdie on second extra hole
Owen eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTT55T23CUTCUTT22T54T20
PGA Championship CUTCUTT47CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016
The Players Championship T22CUTCUTCUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 14 2006 Ending 9 Apr 2006" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Farrell, Andy (9 June 2003). "Owen masters the finishing stretch to land first Tour title". The Independent . London. Retrieved 20 July 2009.[ dead link ]
  3. ↑ "Paul Lawrie sinks Turnberry albatross to join select Open club". The Guardian . 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023.
  4. ↑ "Bummer at Bay Hill". Sports Illustrated. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  5. ↑ "Owen back in the big-time". Nottingham Evening Post. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
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