Oliver Fisher

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Oliver Fisher
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Personal information
Full nameOliver James Fisher
Born (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 36)
Chingford, London, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight178 lb (81 kg; 12.7 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Chigwell, Essex, England
Career
Turned professional2006
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) LIV Golf
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2014
The Open Championship T32: 2013

Oliver James Fisher (born 13 September 1988) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He also played in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series.

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Early years and amateur career

Fisher was born in Chingford, London.[ citation needed ] He was a winner of the Faldo Series, Nick Faldo's development programme for young golfers, in 2003, 2004 and 2005, and as such was regarded as one of the best prospects of his generation. In 2004, he was part of the English team winning the European Boys' Team Championship and a member of Europe's winning 2004 Junior Ryder Cup team against United States in Ohio. [1] In 2005 he became the youngest player to take part in the Walker Cup. [2]

In late 2006, while still an amateur, Fisher entered the European Tour's qualifying school. He finished fifth to become the youngest Briton to win a tour card and immediately turned professional.

Professional career

He made the cut at his first five European Tour events and ended the season just outside the top 100 on the 2007 Order of Merit to retain his card for 2008. A solid 2008 season which included a runner-up finish at the MAPFRE Open de Andalucía by Valle Romano, where he lost out in a playoff with Thomas Levet, saw him finish in 51st place on the Order of Merit.

Fisher was coached from 9 years old until January 2009 by Chris Jenkins.[ citation needed ]

The 2009 season proved a struggle for Fisher as he finished 125th on the Race To Dubai standings and therefore lost his European Tour Card, and failed to gain it back at qualifying school. Nevertheless, Fisher received a number of starts and sponsors invites in 2010, and a run of 4 consecutive top ten finishes in the early part of the season gave Fisher the momentum to successfully re-establish himself and regain full playing rights for the 2011 season.

Fisher endured an horrific start to the 2011 season missing 20 of his first 21 cuts before back-to-back made cuts in Sweden at the Nordea Masters and the Irish Open. In his very next tournament on the European Tour, Fisher won his maiden tour title at the Czech Open in August. He entered the final round tied for the lead and shot a closing 69 to win by two strokes from Mikael Lundberg. [3] Fisher had started the tournament way down at 224th on the Race to Dubai and was in danger of losing his card, but the victory earned him a two-year tour exemption.

At the end of 2012, Fisher entered the PGA Tour Qualifying School and reached the final stage. However, he missed qualifying by just one stroke over six rounds. This was the last time that the Qualifying School provided a chance for players to qualify for the main PGA Tour, rather than the Web.com Tour. [4] He remained on the European Tour for 2013.

In 2018, Fisher shot the first-ever round of 59 on the European Tour in the second round of the Portugal Masters. [5]

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Par444453434354453443543671
Score333432424283343433443159

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
121 Aug 2011 Czech Open −13 (71-67-68-69=275)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Lundberg

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2008 MAPFRE Open de Andalucía Flag of France.svg Thomas Levet Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2014 Africa Open Flag of South Africa.svg Thomas Aiken Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament200920102011201220132014
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTT32CUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Fisher eyes bright future". BBC Sport . 10 August 2005. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  3. ↑ "Fisher wins maiden European Tour title". European Tour. 21 August 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "20102 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament – Full Leaderboard". Golf Channel.
  5. ↑ "Fisher cards history-making 59 in Portugal". European Tour. 21 September 2018.
  6. ↑ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association" . Retrieved 22 January 2023.
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