Stephen Dodd

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Stephen Dodd
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Personal information
Full nameStephen Christopher Dodd
Born (1966-07-15) 15 July 1966 (age 57)
Cardiff, Wales
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight187 lb (85 kg; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Residence Barry, Wales
Career
Turned professional1990
Current tour(s) European Senior Tour
PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
MENA Tour
Professional wins19
Highest ranking 56 (22 May 2005) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Asian Tour1
Challenge Tour1
PGA Tour Champions1
European Senior Tour4
Other11
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 1990
PGA Championship CUT: 2005, 2006
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 1989, 2005, 2006, 2022
Achievements and awards
MENA Golf Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2012
European Senior Tour
Order of Merit winner 		2021

Stephen Christopher Dodd (born 15 July 1966) is a Welsh professional golfer who after a moderate career, unexpectedly won two events on the European Tour in the 2005 season at the age of 38 and won a third time in 2006. He also won the 2005 WGC-World Cup in partnership with Bradley Dredge. Since turning 50 he has won four times on the European Senior Tour, including the 2021 Senior Open Championship.

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Amateur career

Dodd had a successful amateur career highlighted by victory in The Amateur Championship at Royal Birkdale in 1989, which qualified him to play in The Open Championship that year and the Masters Tournament the following year. He played in the 1989 Walker Cup, being part of the first Great Britain and Ireland team to win in the United States. He was named BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1989.

Professional career

Dodd turned professional in 1990. He spent the early years of his professional career on Europe's second tier Challenge Tour. In 1992 he won the Bank Austria Open on that tour, but his results were generally patchy. He first gained his place on the main European Tour in 1995, but found himself returning to qualifying school every year until 2001, when he finally broke into the top 100 on the Order of Merit to automatically retain his playing status. He then steadily improved, having new personal best seasons in 2003 and 2004, finishing 80th and 58th respectively on the money list.

The 2005 season marked a sudden improvement in Dodd's fortunes. He won the first tournament he entered that season, the Volvo China Open (actually played in late 2004), which was one of several events co-sanctioned by the European Tour and the Asian Tour. [2] A few weeks later he picked up a new biggest paycheck of his career by coming tied second in the higher profile Dubai Desert Classic. He went on to win the Nissan Irish Open in May, [3] and in November he won the WGC-World Cup for Wales in partnership with Bradley Dredge. He finished the season ranked a career high 17th on the Order of Merit.

In 2006 Dodd won the Smurfit European Open, granting him a five-year exemption on the European Tour. [4] He finished the season ranked 29th on the Order of Merit. Since then his form has dropped, and in 2008 he made just 4 cuts as he slipped to 245th on the end of season money list. His career started to decline and by 2012, he was playing on the third-tier Dubai-based MENA Golf Tour, where he had three wins. In 2016 he won the GRENKE Championship on the PGA EuroPro Tour, a few weeks before his 50th birthday.

Dodd joined the European Senior Tour after turning 50. In his first season, 2016, he won the Senior Italian Open and followed up with wins in the 2017 Farmfoods European Senior Masters and the 2018 WINSTONgolf Senior Open.

Dodd's biggest success of his career came at the 2021 Senior Open Championship. He shot an 8-under-par 62 in the third round to take a two shot lead going into the final round. A 68 on the final day was good enough to see off Miguel Ángel Jiménez by one shot. The win also gave him an exemption into the 2022 Open Championship. [5]

Personal life

Dodd was born in Cardiff. He resides in Barry, Wales with his wife Allison and their son Liam.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (19)

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
128 Nov 2004
(2005 season)		 Volvo China Open 1−12 (68-70-70-68=276)3 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Thomas Bjørn
222 May 2005 Nissan Irish Open −9 (69-70-72-68=279)Playoff Flag of England.svg David Howell
39 Jul 2006 Smurfit Kappa European Open −9 (67-69-73-70=279)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg José Manuel Lara, Flag of England.svg Anthony Wall

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2005 Nissan Irish Open Flag of England.svg David Howell Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
15 Jul 1992 Bank Austria Open −11 (69-67-71-70=277)3 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Gordon Manson

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
124 Jun 2016 Grenke Championship−13 (66-66-68=200)Playoff Flag of England.svg Adam Hodkinson

MENA Golf Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
124 Oct 2012 Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open−11 (68-68-69=205)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Martin LeMesurier, Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland
221 Mar 2013 Royal D'Anfa Open−6 (70-69-71=210)Playoff Flag of England.svg Ian Keenan, Flag of England.svg Zane Scotland
323 Oct 2013Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open−6 (72-68-70=210)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Stuart Archibald, Flag of England.svg Craig Hinton

Other wins (7)

PGA Tour Champions wins (1)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (0)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 Jul 2021 The Senior Open Championship −13 (66-71-62-68=267)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez

European Senior Tour wins (4)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other European Senior Tour (3)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
123 Oct 2016 Senior Italian Open −9 (69-64-71=204)1 stroke Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Phillip Price
222 Oct 2017 Farmfoods European Senior Masters −2 (71-73-70=214)1 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Clark Dennis, Flag of Ireland.svg Paul McGinley
315 Jul 2018 WINSTONgolf Senior Open −15 (64-66-71=201)6 strokes Flag of France.svg Jean-François Remésy
425 Jul 2021 The Senior Open Championship −13 (66-71-62-68=267)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament19891990199119921993199419951996199719981999
Masters Tournament CUT
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship CUTCUT
Tournament201020112012201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
Tournament2019202020212022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
The Open Championship NTCUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Dodd never played in the U.S. Open.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20052006
Match Play
Championship T18
Invitational 69T50
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

YearChampionship54 holesWinning scoreMarginRunner-up
2021 The Senior Open Championship 2 shot lead−13 (66-71-62-68=267)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023
The Tradition NTT68
Senior PGA Championship CUTT56CUTNTT70CUT
U.S. Senior Open CUTCUTNTCUT
Senior Players Championship T25
The Senior Open Championship T14T61T18T18NT 1 T47CUT
  Win
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 21 2005 Ending 22 May 2005" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Dodd claims first tour victory". BBC Sport . 28 November 2004. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  3. ↑ "Dodd wins Irish Open in play-off". BBC Sport . 22 May 2005. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  4. ↑ "Dodd claims European Open victory". BBC Sport . 9 July 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "Senior Open: Wales' Stephen Dodd wins at Sunningdale". BBC Sport. 25 July 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
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