Scott Strange

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Scott Strange
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Personal information
Born (1977-04-07) 7 April 1977 (age 48)
Perth, Western Australia
Height1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
ResidencePerth, Western Australia
Children2
Career
Turned professional2001
Current tour(s) Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) European Tour
Asian Tour
OneAsia Tour
Professional wins8
Highest ranking 81 (1 June 2008) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Asian Tour2
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2008
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2008, 2015
Achievements and awards
OneAsia Tour
Order of Merit winner
2009

Scott Strange (born 7 April 1977) is an Australian professional golfer who competes on the European Tour, OneAsia Tour and the Asian Tour.

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Early life and amateur career

In 1977, Strange was born in Perth, Australia.

As an amateur, Strange frequently represented the Western Australia amateur team in Australian Golf Union (now Golf Australia) events. Individually, he won the 1998 Western Australian Amateur and the 2000 Lake Macquarie Amateur.

Professional career

In 2001, Strange turned professional. In 2003, Strange joined the Asian Tour via its Qualifying School. In 2005, he first experienced Asian Tour success when he won the Myanmar Open. The following year he captured the 2006 Philippine Open. Having performed well in tournaments co-sanctioned by the European Tour during 2007, Strange earned a place on the European Tour for 2008 through his position on the Order of Merit.

During his first season on the European Tour, Strange recorded his first win with a wire-to-wire victory at the 2008 Celtic Manor Wales Open, which lifted him into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time. In April 2009 he won the Volvo China Open by a shot. [2]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (8)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
11 Jun 2008 Celtic Manor Wales Open −22 (63-66-69-64=262)4 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson
219 Apr 2009 Volvo China Open 1−8 (70-73-69-68=280)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño

1Co-sanctioned by the OneAsia Tour

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
127 Feb 2005 Myanmar Open −11 (69-72-69-67=277)2 strokes Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Rick Gibson
228 May 2006 Philippine Open −8 (68-70-72-70=280)5 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jun-won

OneAsia Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
119 Apr 2009 Volvo China Open 1−8 (70-73-69-68=280)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Other wins (4)

Playoff record

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2013 New Zealand PGA Championship Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Hendry Lost to par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament20082009201020112012201320142015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20082009
Match Play
Championship
Invitational T63
Champions T33
  Did not play

"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

References

  1. "Week 22 2008 Ending 1 Jun 2008" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. "Strange clinches China Open title". BBC Sport . 19 April 2009. Retrieved 19 April 2009.