Richard Boxall

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Richard Boxall
Personal information
Full nameRichard Boxall
Born (1961-04-28) 28 April 1961 (age 62)
Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England
Height5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Camberley, Surrey, England
Career
Turned professional1982
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T44: 1996

Richard Boxall (born 28 April 1961) is an English professional golfer.

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Golf career

Boxall turned professional in 1982 and won a place on the European Tour at that year's final qualifying school. He played on the Tour until 2000, and won one Tour event, the 1990 Lancia Martini Italian Open. He also had his best finish on the Order of Merit that year, placing seventeenth. He represented England in the Alfred Dunhill Cup and the World Cup of Golf in 1990.

During the third round of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 1991, Boxall was just two strokes off the lead when he suffered a stress fracture of his left leg while playing his tee shot on the ninth hole. [1]

Media work

Boxall now works as a golf commentator, mainly on Sky Sports coverage of the European Tour.

He started on the BBC.

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
120 May 1990 Lancia Martini Italian Open −21 (65-64-70-68=267)5 strokes Flag of Spain.svg José María Olazábal

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 1990 Vinho Verde Atlantic Open Ulster Banner.svg Stephen Hamill, Flag of Scotland.svg Stephen McAllister,
Ulster Banner.svg Ronan Rafferty, Flag of Denmark.svg Anders Sørensen,
Flag of England.svg David Williams
McAllister won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219931994199519961997
The Open Championship CUTCUTT52CUTT52CUTWDCUTCUTCUTT44T48

Note: Boxall only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

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

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. "Painful memories for Boxall 17 years on". The Scotsman . 16 July 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
  2. Nordlund, Anders (September 1982). "Sveriges öde i junior-EM hängde på ett sprinklerlock, Junior-EM, pojkar" [Swedens destiny in the Junior Europeans depended on a sprinkler cover, European Youth's Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 7/1982. pp. 50, 65. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  3. "Scots beat odds to reach youth's final". The Glasgow Herald . 3 September 1982. p. 23. Retrieved 2 January 2023.