Paul Gow

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Paul Gow
Personal information
Full namePaul Gow
Born (1970-11-10) 10 November 1970 (age 54)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
SpouseCherie
Career
Turned professional1993
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Korn Ferry Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2000, 2002
The Open Championship DNP

Paul Gow (born 10 November 1970) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Gow was born in Sydney, Australia. He turned professional in 1993.

Gow has won three times on the Nationwide Tour, once in 1997, once in 2000, and once in 2006. He has never won on the PGA Tour, but he did come close when he lost in a playoff to Jeff Sluman at the 2001 B.C. Open.

Gow is 0-for-3 in playoffs on the Nationwide Tour, all of which were lost during the 2004 season, in which he finished 11th on the final money list.

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
120 Feb 2000 Canon Challenge −16 (68-68-67-69=272)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kenny Druce

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
124 Aug 1997 Nike Permian Basin Open −21 (68-69-65-65=267)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Steve Lamontagne
29 Jul 2000 Buy.com Hershey Open −3 (72-68-70-71=281)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Paul Claxton
323 Apr 2006 Athens Regional Foundation Classic −21 (64-67-67-69=267)3 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Craig Lile

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 2004 BMW Charity Pro-Am Flag of Japan.svg Ryuji Imada Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
22004 SAS Carolina Classic Flag of the United States.svg Chris Anderson, Flag of the United States.svg Jason Buha,
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Brendan Jones
Anderson won with par on eighth extra hole
Buha and Gow eliminated by birdie on first hole
32004 Reese's Cup Classic Flag of the United States.svg Ben Bates Lost to par on eighth extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2001 B.C. Open Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Sluman Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament200020012002
U.S. Open CUTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Gow only played in the U.S. Open.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Media career

Gow joined Fox Sports following his retirement from playing becoming the host of The Golf Show, On Par with Paul Gow, [1] Your Golf Show, Tour the Greens, [2] Getting A Round In, [3] and How Good Is Golf with co-host Bree Laughlin. [4]

See also

References

  1. "FOX Sports adds new Golf shows | TV Tonight". 2 August 2016.
  2. "Tour the Greens – How Good is Golf".
  3. "Getting a Round in – How Good is Golf".
  4. https://howgoodisgolf.com/ [ bare URL ]