Oliver Wilson

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Oliver Wilson
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Personal information
Full nameOliver John Wilson
Born (1980-09-14) 14 September 1980 (age 43)
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Mansfield, Notts, England
Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
SpouseLauren
Children2
Career
College Augusta State University
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 35 (4 October 2009) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2009, 2010
PGA Championship T19: 2009
U.S. Open T23: 2009
The Open Championship T24: 2009

Oliver John Wilson (born 14 September 1980) is an English professional golfer. Wilson was a member of the 2008 Ryder Cup, but had to wait another six years for his first European Tour win, the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

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Amateur career

Wilson was born in Mansfield, England, where his golfing career began at Coxmoor Golf Club, having been a junior at Oakmere Park Golf Club. He played collegiately at Augusta State University.

Professional career

Wilson turned professional in 2003 and played on the Challenge Tour in 2004. He finished 15th on the Order of Merit list and moved up to the European Tour. He improved year-on-year, finishing 97th on the Order of Merit in 2005, 71st in 2006, 30th in 2007, 11th in 2008 and 7th in 2009.

In his rookie season on the European Tour in 2005, Wilson had three top ten finishes. In 2006 he lost in a play-off to Paul Casey at the Volvo China Open and in 2007 he had two second-place finishes. Wilson finished second four times in 2008, one of which took place at the BMW PGA Championship where he lost in a play-off to Miguel Ángel Jiménez. In April of that year Wilson reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time, the next month after his runner-up spot at the PGA Championship he reached a new high position of 45.

Also in 2008, Wilson qualified for that year's Ryder Cup matches. [2]

In the opening tournament of the 2009 Race to Dubai, the HSBC Champions, Wilson recorded yet another runner-up finish. On 15 March 2009 he recorded a top-5 finish in the WGC-CA Championship. Wilson was also runner-up at the 2009 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

Wilson never finished higher than 5th in 2010, although he still finished in the top 50 of the Order of Merit. Wilson lost his full European Tour playing rights at the end of the 2011 season. He alternated between the European Tour and the Challenge Tour in 2012, but failed to regain his full playing rights through his play during the year or at the 2012 qualifying school.

After 228 European Tour starts, Wilson finally earned his first win at the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, picking up a cheque for $800,000. Prior to his win, he had nine runner-up finishes, the most for a non-winner. Wilson was a sponsor invite who started the week 252nd in the Race to Dubai, 104th in the Challenge Tour rankings, and 792nd in the world. [3] The win moved Wilson up to 39th in the Race to Dubai, 156th in the world, and earned him European Tour membership through the end of 2016. [4]

After his win in the 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Wilson had another long period with little success. He failed to regain his Tour card through Q School in 2016 and played on the Challenge Tour in 2017 but his poor form continued. Speaking in an interview with bunkered magazine in December 2017, Wilson conceded that he'd contemplated quitting the sport after failing to earn his European Tour card for the 2018 season, missing the cut at Q-School. [5]

Wilson showed a return of form in mid-2018. He qualified for the 2018 Open Championship through Final Qualifying, his first major since 2010, finished tied for 29th in the Porsche European Open the week after the Open and won the Swedish Challenge the following week, at the second hole of a playoff. Wilson had previously lost four playoffs on the European Tour and a playoff in the 2013 Northern Ireland Open Challenge. He finished the season 17th in the Challenge Tour Order of Merit, to just miss out on a European Tour place for 2019.

Wilson finishing tied for third place in the South African Open in December 2018. The event was part of the Open Qualifying Series and his high finish and tiebreaker world ranking position gave him an entry to the 2019 Open Championship.

Oliver Wilson at the 2019 Scandinavian Invitation in Gothenburg, Sweden, on the first tee in the third round Oliver Wilson golfer 2019.jpg
Oliver Wilson at the 2019 Scandinavian Invitation in Gothenburg, Sweden, on the first tee in the third round

In September 2022, Wilson won his second European Tour event at the Made in HimmerLand in Denmark. He shot a final-round 67 to beat Ewen Ferguson by one shot. It was his first European Tour victory in over seven years. [6]

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
15 Oct 2014 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship −17 (64-72-65-70=271)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Tommy Fleetwood, Ulster Banner.svg Rory McIlroy,
Flag of Scotland.svg Richie Ramsay
24 Sep 2022 Made in HimmerLand −21 (66-65-65-67=263)1 stroke Flag of Scotland.svg Ewen Ferguson

European Tour playoff record (0–4)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2005 Volvo China Open Flag of England.svg Paul Casey Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2007 Johnnie Walker Classic Flag of South Africa.svg Anton Haig, Flag of South Africa.svg Richard Sterne Haig won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2008 BMW PGA Championship Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez Lost to birdie on second extra hole
4 2008 HSBC Champions Flag of Spain.svg Sergio García Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
15 Aug 2018 Swedish Challenge −13 (68-70-69-68=275)Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen
27 Oct 2018 Monaghan Irish Challenge −12 (69-70-68-69=276)2 strokes Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Marco Iten

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2013 Northern Ireland Open Challenge Flag of the Netherlands.svg Daan Huizing Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2018 Swedish Challenge Flag of Denmark.svg Joachim B. Hansen Won with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Wilson at the 2015 Open de France Open de France 2015 24.jpg
Wilson at the 2015 Open de France
Tournament2006200720082009
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUTT36T23
The Open Championship CUTCUTT24
PGA Championship CUTT19
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship CUT
Tournament20192020202120222023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTNTT33
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000020
PGA Championship 00000131
U.S. Open 00000142
The Open Championship 00000172
Totals000003165

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2010
The Players Championship T52

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015
Championship T567
Match Play R16QF
Invitational T27T11T33T67
Champions T45T64
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 40 2009 Ending 4 Oct 2009" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Wilson & Rose make Ryder Cup team". BBC Sport. 31 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Oliver Wilson comes back from the wilderness to lift the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship". Daily Telegraph. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Oliver Wilson beats Rory McIlroy to win Alfred Dunhill Links Championship". The Guardian. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Inglis, Martin (31 December 2017). "Oliver Wilson targeting career resurgence after quit thoughts". bunkered.
  6. ↑ Casey, Phil (4 September 2022). "Oliver Wilson holes two massive birdie putts in dramatic Made in HimmerLand win". Yahoo!. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
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