Scott Laycock

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Scott Laycock
Personal information
Born (1971-09-15) 15 September 1971 (age 54)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Career
Turned professional1992
Former tours PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 67 (17 February 2002) [1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2002
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2002, 2007
Achievements and awards
Japan Golf Tour
Rookie of the Year 		2001

Scott Laycock (born 15 September 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

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Career

Laycock won the Victorian Open in 2001 in Australia. He shot an aggregate of 270, 18 under par. This was a tournament record, but has since been broken by Min Woo Lee at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open, when he shot an aggregate of 269, 19 under par.

Laycock joined the Japan Golf Tour in 2000, and won Bridgestone Open in 2002. In 2003 he played on the PGA Tour but failed to maintain his playing rights. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Laycock played in the PGA Championship once and The Open Championship twice between 2002–2007; missing the cut in all three of his major championship appearances.

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
127 Oct 2002 Bridgestone Open −16 (66-66-69-71=272)1 stroke Flag of Japan.svg Shingo Katayama, Flag of Japan.svg Toru Taniguchi

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2002 Fujisankei Classic Flag of Japan.svg Nobuhito Sato Lost to par on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
114 Jan 2001 ANZ Victorian Open Championship −18 (67-68-70-65=270)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Richard Green
223 Jan 2011 Surf Coast Knockout 1 up Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Buckle

Other wins (1)

Playoff record

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1997 ABN-AMRO Pakistan Masters Flag of Thailand.svg Thammanoon Sriroj Lost to birdie on second extra hole

OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2011 Nanshan China Masters Flag of Australia (converted).svg Craig Hancock, Flag of South Korea.svg Kim Bi-o,
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Long 		Kim won with birdie on third extra hole
Hancock eliminated by par on second hole
Laycock eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament200220032004200520062007
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Laycock only played in The Open Championship and the PGA Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2002
Match Play
Championship 60
Invitational
  Did not play

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Week 7 2002 Ending 17 Feb 2002" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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