Marc Warren (golfer)

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Marc Warren
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Personal information
Born (1981-04-01) 1 April 1981 (age 42)
Rutherglen, Scotland
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Residence Glasgow, Scotland
Spouse
Laura
​
(m. 2010)​
Career
Turned professional2002
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking 48 (8 February 2015) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Challenge Tour3
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship T12: 2013
U.S. Open T27: 2015
The Open Championship T39: 2014
Achievements and awards
Challenge Tour
Rankings winner 		2005
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year 		2006

Marc Warren (born 1 April 1981) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He has won three European Tour victories in his career and finished 26th in the 2014 Race to Dubai, his strongest professional year. [2] After a professional surge early in career, he endured a pair of challenging tournament losses in 2012 and 2013 before his strong 2014 showing.

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Amateur career

Warren was born in Rutherglen, South Lanarkshire and grew up supporting Rangers. [3] As an amateur he was a member of East Kilbride Golf Club, and he was awarded honorary life membership of the club in February 2002. He represented Great Britain & Ireland at the 2001 Walker Cup, where he holed the winning putt. He turned professional in 2002.

Professional career

Warren began his professional career on the second tier Challenge Tour, and finished top of the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2005, to graduate directly to the European Tour. He claimed his first European Tour title during his first season, at the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters. He finished his début season 42nd on the Order of Merit, and was named the European Tour's Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. [4] At the end of the year, he partnered Colin Montgomerie to second place for Scotland in the 2006 WGC-World Cup, after losing out to Germany in a playoff. [5]

In 2007 Warren captured the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, after overcoming Simon Wakefield on the second hole of a sudden death playoff. Again he finished the season ranked 42nd on the Order of Merit. In November, he partnered Montgomerie for the second time in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, and this time the pair won the tournament, defeating the American team in a sudden death playoff. [6]

In the years that followed, Warren had limited success on the European Tour, finishing outside the top 100 in the Order of Merit standings in both 2010 and 2011. In July 2012, Warren had an opportunity to win his home event, the Scottish Open at Castle Stuart Golf Links. With four holes to go, Warren held a one shot lead over the field, but finished poorly, dropping four shots in four holes, including a double-bogey at the 15th, to fall one shot outside of a playoff. [7] [8]

Warren endured more final round heartache in April 2013 at the Open de España. Warren had led for most of the final round before consecutive bogeys at the 14th and 15th put him one shot behind. However he picked up a birdie at the 16th, but then proceeded to three-putt both the 17th and 18th to once again fall a shot outside the playoff and into a tie for fourth. [9] A few weeks later at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Warren lost out in a three-man sudden-death playoff for the title. He birdied the first four holes on the back nine during the final round to go into a one shot lead, but bogeyed 15, then parred his way in to make the playoff with Simon Khan and Matteo Manassero. At the first extra hole, Warren drove his tee shot into the trees on the right at 18 and had to go back to the tee. After hitting his drive down the fairway, he then dumped his fourth shot into the water hazard. He managed to get up and down for a double-bogey, but both Khan and Manassero made birdies to eliminate Warren. [10]

In July 2020, Warren claimed a one-stroke victory over Marcel Schneider to win the dual-ranking Austrian Open for his fourth win on the European Tour and his third on the Challenge Tour. [11]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
16 Aug 2006 EnterCard Scandinavian Masters −10 (67-69-73-69=278)Playoff Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson
22 Sep 2007 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles −12 (65-73-73-69=280)Playoff Flag of England.svg Simon Wakefield
317 Aug 2014 Made in Denmark −9 (71-70-66-68=275)2 strokes Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Bradley Dredge
412 Jul 2020 Austrian Open 1−13 (66-69-70-70=275)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schneider

1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2006 EnterCard Scandinavian Masters Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson Won with par on second extra hole
2 2007 Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles Flag of England.svg Simon Wakefield Won with birdie on second extra hole
3 2013 BMW PGA Championship Flag of England.svg Simon Khan, Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Manassero Manassero won with birdie on fourth extra hole
Warren eliminated by birdie on first hole

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
131 Jul 2005 Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge −16 (67-67-72-66=272)Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Whiteford
221 Aug 2005 Rolex Trophy −16 (64-68-69-71=272)Playoff Flag of England.svg Denny Lucas
312 Jul 2020 Austrian Open 1−13 (66-69-70-70=275)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Marcel Schneider

1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (2–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Ireland Ryder Cup Challenge Flag of Scotland.svg Peter Whiteford Won with par on third extra hole
22005 Rolex Trophy Flag of England.svg Denny Lucas Won with birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
125 Nov 2007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup
(with Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie)		−25 (63-68-66-66=263)PlayoffFlag of the United States.svg  United States − Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley

Other playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
12006 WGC-World Cup
(with Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie)		Flag of Germany.svg  Germany − Bernhard Langer and Marcel Siem Lost to par on first extra hole
32007 Omega Mission Hills World Cup
(with Flag of Scotland.svg Colin Montgomerie)		Flag of the United States.svg  United States − Heath Slocum and Boo Weekley Won with par on third extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T65T27
The Open Championship CUTT39T40CUT
PGA Championship T12T15T48
Tournament20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship NTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20142015
Match Play T34
Championship
Invitational T25
Champions T35T76
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

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  2. ↑ "In the Bag: Marc Warren". www.golfmagic.com. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "Home".
  4. ↑ "Warren named 'rookie of the year'". BBC Sport. 27 October 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
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  6. ↑ "Scotland claim World Cup thriller". BBC Sport. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
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