Oliver Goss

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Oliver Goss
Personal information
Born (1994-04-12) 12 April 1994 (age 29)
Frimley, Surrey, England
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
College Tennessee
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins1
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament 49th: 2014
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2014
The Open Championship DNP

Oliver Goss (born 12 April 1994) is an Australian professional golfer. He is from Fremantle, Western Australia.

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Goss won the 2012 John Hughes Geely Nexus Risk Services Western Australia Open Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia while still an amateur.

Goss was runner-up in the 2013 U.S. Amateur. [1] He was the only amateur golfer to make the cut at the 2014 Masters Tournament and thus received low amateur honors. [2]

Goss turned professional after the 2014 U.S. Open and made his professional debut at the next week's Travelers Championship. [3]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
128 Oct 2012 John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open
(as an amateur)
−16 (72-66-68-66=272)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brady Watt (a)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2012 John Hughes Geely/Nexus Risk Services WA Open
(as an amateur)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brady Watt (a)Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

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References

  1. "Oliver Goss runner-up in US amateur golf title to England's Matt Fitzpatrick". ABC . 19 August 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  2. Coffin, Jay (11 April 2014). "Amateur Goss to celebrate 20th birthday at Masters". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2014.
  3. "Vols' golfer Oliver Goss turns pro". WBIR. 17 June 2014. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014.