Steven Richardson (golfer)

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Steven Richardson
Personal information
Full nameSteven John Richardson
Born (1966-07-24) 24 July 1966 (age 57)
Windsor, Berkshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight210 lb (95 kg; 15 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Hayling Island, Hampshire, England
Career
Turned professional1989
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins3
Highest ranking 30 (26 January 1992) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T31: 1992
PGA Championship T5: 1991
U.S. Open T58: 1994
The Open Championship T32: 1991

Steven John Richardson (born 24 July 1966) is an English professional golfer.

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Career

Richardson was born in Windsor, Berkshire. He won the English Amateur in 1989 and turned professional later that year. He made a strong start to his professional career, finishing in 29th place on the European Tour Order of Merit in his rookie season. The following year he won the Girona Open and the Portuguese Open, tied for 5th in the USPGA Championship, and finished second on the Order of Merit to Seve Ballesteros. He also ended the 1992 and 1993 seasons inside the top 20 on the money list, while picking up his third career victory in the Mercedes German Masters.

However Richardson's form began to decline, as he slipped outside the top 50 on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1994. He fell outside the top 100 two years later, and had to visit qualifying school in 1998, 1999 and 2000 to regain his tour card. He finally lost his place on the European Tour at the end of 2001 having failed to come through the qualifying school by a single shot. [2] He revisited qualifying the following year, but was again unsuccessful. [3]

Richardson was a member of Europe's losing Ryder Cup team in 1991. He won two points in partnership with Mark James but lost his singles match to Corey Pavin. In 1992 he was a member of the winning English team at the Alfred Dunhill Cup.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
124 Feb 1991 Girona Open −16 (71-64-67-70=272)2 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez
224 Mar 1991 Portuguese Open −5 (71-67-71-74=283)3 strokes Flag of Argentina.svg Vicente Fernández
33 Oct 1993 Mercedes German Masters −17 (67-66-70-68=271)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson

Results in major championships

Tournament1991199219931994
Masters Tournament T31
U.S. Open CUTT58
The Open Championship T32T39CUTCUT
PGA Championship T5T48
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000011
U.S. Open 00000021
The Open Championship 00000042
PGA Championship 00011122
Totals00011196

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 04 1992 Ending 26 Jan 1992" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ↑ Davies, David (20 November 2001). "Final bogey costs Richardson Tour card by one shot". London: The Guardian . Retrieved 30 July 2009.
  3. ↑ Dixon, Peter (18 November 2002). "Richardson fears first cut will be the deepest". The Times . London. Retrieved 30 July 2009.
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