Paul Broadhurst | |||||||||
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Personal information | |||||||||
Full name | Paul Andrew Broadhurst | ||||||||
Nickname | Broady | ||||||||
Born | Walsall, West Midlands, England | 14 August 1965||||||||
Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||
Weight | 78 kg (172 lb; 12.3 st) | ||||||||
Sporting nationality | England | ||||||||
Residence | Atherstone, Warwickshire, England | ||||||||
Career | |||||||||
Turned professional | 1988 | ||||||||
Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour PGA Tour Champions | ||||||||
Former tour(s) | European Tour | ||||||||
Professional wins | 22 | ||||||||
Highest ranking | 46 (2 July 2006) [1] | ||||||||
Number of wins by tour | |||||||||
European Tour | 6 | ||||||||
PGA Tour Champions | 7 | ||||||||
European Senior Tour | 6 | ||||||||
Other | 5 | ||||||||
Best results in major championships | |||||||||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||||||||
PGA Championship | CUT: 1997, 2006, 2018 | ||||||||
U.S. Open | T52: 1997 | ||||||||
The Open Championship | T12: 1990, 2007 | ||||||||
Achievements and awards | |||||||||
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Paul Andrew Broadhurst (born 14 August 1965) is an English professional golfer. He won six times on the European Tour and played in the 1991 Ryder Cup. A former World Top 50 player, since turning fifty he has had success in senior events, winning the 2016 Senior Open Championship and the 2018 Senior PGA Championship.
Broadhurst was the leading amateur at the 1988 Open Championship. He joined the European Tour in 1989 and picked up his first win at the Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open that year, and was the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. Further European Tour wins followed in 1991, 1993 and in 1995, when he won the Open de France (French Open). He played in the Ryder Cup in 1991. His highest finish on the European Tour Order of Merit is ninth in 1996.
Broadhurst suffered a serious injury to his right hand during the second round of the 2000 Dubai Desert Classic, and was unable to compete for the remainder of that season. He also struggled in 2001 and 2002, but improved to 89th in the Order of Merit in 2003, thus regaining full exempt status. In 2005, he picked up his fifth European Tour win, and his first for a decade, at the Portuguese Open and in 2006 he made a successful defence of his title. Broadhurst's run of good form in 2006 enabled him to reach a career-high of 46th in the Official World Golf Rankings. He holds the Open Championship record for the best scoring round (−9) in relation to par, set in 1990 and only equalled by Rory McIlroy in 2010. He played in his 500th European Tour event at the 2008 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club. [2]
After turning 50 in August 2015, Broadhurst had immediate success on the European Senior Tour, winning the Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open the same month. In 2016 he won the Senior Open Championship [3] [4] and the Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach on the PGA Tour Champions. In 2017 he had further wins on the European Senior Tour, winning the Scottish Senior Open for a second time, and the Paris Legends Championship. In 2018 he won the Senior PGA Championship by shooting a bogey-free final round 63, including a 30-foot putt to save par on the 14th hole.
In 2021, Broadhurst won the Staysure PGA Seniors Championship for his sixth victory on the European Senior Tour. [5]
Broadhurst's son Sam is also a professional golfer, who played on the PGA EuroPro Tour. [6] [7]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 16 Apr 1989 | Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open | −9 (65-70-72=207)* | 1 stroke | Jimmy Heggarty, Brett Ogle, Peter Senior |
2 | 11 Aug 1991 | European Pro-Celebrity | −16 (67-70-69-66=272) | 7 strokes | Ronan Rafferty |
3 | 9 May 1993 | Benson & Hedges International Open | −12 (69-69-67-71=276) | 1 stroke | Mark James, José María Olazábal |
4 | 25 Jun 1995 | Peugeot Open de France | −14 (67-75-69-63=274) | 8 strokes | Neal Briggs |
5 | 3 Apr 2005 | Estoril Open de Portugal | −13 (68-66-70-67=271) | 1 stroke | Paul Lawrie |
6 | 2 Apr 2006 | Algarve Open de Portugal (2) | −17 (64-69-71-67=271) | 1 stroke | Anthony Wall |
*Note: The 1989 Credit Lyonnais Cannes Open was shortened to 54 holes due to rain.
European Tour playoff record (0–4)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1991 | Renault Belgian Open | Per-Ulrik Johansson | Lost to par on first extra hole |
2 | 1991 | Volvo German Open | Mark McNulty | Lost to par on first extra hole |
3 | 1993 | Honda Open | Johan Ryström, Sam Torrance, Ian Woosnam | Torrance won with birdie on first extra hole |
4 | 1996 | Volvo Scandinavian Masters | Russell Claydon, Lee Westwood | Westwood won with birdie on second extra hole Broadhurst eliminated by par on first hole |
Legend |
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Senior major championships (2) |
Other PGA Tour Champions (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 24 Jul 2016 | The Senior Open Championship | −11 (75-66-68-68=277) | 2 strokes | Scott McCarron |
2 | 18 Sep 2016 | Nature Valley First Tee Open at Pebble Beach | −11 (66-70-68=204) | 1 stroke | Bernhard Langer, Kevin Sutherland |
3 | 22 Apr 2018 | Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf (with Kirk Triplett) | −24 (65-48-33-48=194) | Playoff | Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman |
4 | 27 May 2018 | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | −19 (72-66-64-63=265) | 4 strokes | Tim Petrovic |
5 | 16 Sep 2018 | The Ally Challenge | −15 (67-68-66=201) | 2 strokes | Brandt Jobe |
6 | 21 Apr 2024 | Invited Celebrity Classic | −11 (65-66=131)* | 1 stroke | David Toms |
7 | 22 Sep 2024 | PURE Insurance Championship (2) | −14 (66-64-72=202) | 3 strokes | Alex Čejka |
*Note: The 2024 Invited Celebrity Classic was shortened to 36 holes due to weather.
PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 2018 | Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf (with Kirk Triplett) | Bernhard Langer and Tom Lehman | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
2 | 2020 | Charles Schwab Cup Championship | Kevin Sutherland | Lost to birdie on ninth extra hole |
Legend |
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Senior major championships (2) |
Other European Senior Tour (4) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 29 Aug 2015 | Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open | −7 (72-69-68=209) | Playoff | Gordon Manson |
2 | 24 Jul 2016 | The Senior Open Championship | −11 (75-66-68-68=277) | 2 strokes | Scott McCarron |
3 | 6 Aug 2017 | Scottish Senior Open | −13 (66-67-67=200) | 3 strokes | Mike Harwood |
4 | 30 Sep 2017 | Paris Legends Championship | −12 (65-70-69=204) | 2 strokes | John Daly |
5 | 27 May 2018 | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | −19 (72-66-64-63=265) | 4 strokes | Tim Petrovic |
6 | 1 Aug 2021 | Staysure PGA Seniors Championship | −7 (72-72-68-69=281) | 1 stroke | John Bickerton, Thomas Levet |
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2015 | Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open | Gordon Manson | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
2 | 2016 | WINSTONgolf Senior Open | Andrew Oldcorn | Lost to par on second extra hole |
Tournament | 1988 | 1989 |
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U.S. Open | ||
The Open Championship | T57LA | CUT |
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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U.S. Open | T52 | |||||||||
The Open Championship | T12 | T17 | CUT | T34 | CUT | T58 | T27 | CUT | ||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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U.S. Open | ||||||||||
The Open Championship | T60 | T26 | T12 | T60 | ||||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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U.S. Open | |||||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | |||||||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Note: Broadhurst never played in the Masters Tournament.
LA = Low amateur
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place.
Tournament | 2006 | 2007 |
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Match Play | R64 | |
Championship | T50 | T45 |
Invitational |
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner-up |
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2016 | The Senior Open Championship | 4 shot deficit | −11 (75-66-68-68=277) | 2 strokes | Scott McCarron |
2018 | KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship | 2 shot deficit | −19 (72-66-64-63=265) | 4 strokes | Tim Petrovic |
Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | T54 | T16 | T6 | NT | T35 | T16 | T5 | T22 | |
Senior PGA Championship | T31 | T33 | 1 | 3 | NT | CUT | T20 | T52 | CUT |
U.S. Senior Open | T37 | T12 | T5 | T11 | NT | T28 | T7 | T23 | T31 |
Senior Players Championship | T23 | T32 | T30 | T16 | T10 | T22 | T35 | T60 | |
Senior British Open Championship | 1 | T15 | T32 | 2 | NT | 5 | T3 | T41 | 3 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
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