Wayne Riley

Wayne Riley
Personal information
Nickname	Radar
Born	(1962-09-17) 17 September 1962 (age 62) Sydney, Australia
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationality	Australia
Residence	Sydney, Australia
Children	4
Career
Turned professional	1977
Former tour(s)	European Tour PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins	6
Highest ranking	62 (7 July 1996) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	2
PGA Tour of Australasia	4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	DNP
U.S. Open	T40: 1996
The Open Championship	T33: 1985

Wayne Riley (born 17 September 1962) is an Australian professional golfer.

Career

Riley was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1977, and started out on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He has won several tournaments in Australia and New Zealand, including the 1991 Australian Open.

Riley came through the European Tour's final qualifying school in 1984, but had to wait eleven years before winning his first tournament on the tour, the 1995 Scottish Open. ^[2] He played on the European Tour for almost twenty years, and won only one other tour event, the 1996 Portuguese Open. He finished a career high 11th on the Order of Merit in 1995.

Riley represented Australia in the 1996 Alfred Dunhill Cup and the 1997 World Cup.

Since leaving the tour, Riley has worked for Sky Sports as an on course commentator on their European Tour coverage.

Riley has four children who all reside in England.

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	15 Jul 1995	Scottish Open	−12 (66-69-69-72=276)	2 strokes	Nick Faldo
2	24 Mar 1996	Portuguese Open	−13 (65-67-69-70=271)	2 strokes	Mark Davis, Martin Gates

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	11 Nov 1984	Victorian PGA Championship	−14 (68-65-70-71=274)	Playoff	Ian Baker-Finch
2	24 Nov 1985	U-Bix Classic [a]	−19 (70-68-70-65=273)	3 strokes	George Serhan
3	11 Nov 1990	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−12 (67-65-66-70=268)	7 strokes	Frank Nobilo
4	1 Dec 1991	Australian Open	−3 (72-74-71-68=285)	1 stroke	Robert Allenby (a)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1984	Victorian PGA Championship	Ian Baker-Finch	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
U.S. Open													T40
The Open Championship	CUT	T33			T34	CUT			T59		T72	T88	CUT	T51				CUT

Note: Riley never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1984 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

Team appearances

• Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1996
• World Cup (representing Australia): 1997

Notes

1. incorporating the New South Wales PGA Championship

References

1. "Week 27 1996 Ending 7 Jul 1996" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
2. "Riley Holds Off Faldo in Scottish Open". The New York Times . 16 July 1995. Retrieved 1 August 2009.

External links

• Wayne Riley at the European Tour official site
• Wayne Riley at the Official World Golf Ranking official site