Wayne Riley

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Wayne Riley
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Personal information
NicknameRadar
Born (1962-09-17) 17 September 1962 (age 62)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Residence Sydney, Australia
Children4
Career
Turned professional1977
Former tour(s) European Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins6
Highest ranking 62 (7 July 1996) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
PGA Tour of Australasia4
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.

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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.

Radar has four children who all reside in England.

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
115 Jul 1995 Scottish Open −12 (66-69-69-72=276)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Nick Faldo
224 Mar 1996 Portuguese Open −13 (65-67-69-70=271)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Mark Davis, Flag of England.svg Martin Gates

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
111 Nov 1984 Victorian PGA Championship −14 (68-65-70-71=274)Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Baker-Finch
224 Nov 1985 U-Bix Classic [a] −19 (70-68-70-65=273)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg George Serhan
311 Nov 1990 Air New Zealand Shell Open −12 (67-65-66-70=268)7 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Frank Nobilo
41 Dec 1991 Australian Open −3 (72-74-71-68=285)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Robert Allenby (a)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
11984 Victorian PGA Championship Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ian Baker-Finch Won with birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament198419851986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001
U.S. Open T40
The Open Championship CUTT33T34CUTT59T72T88CUTT51CUT

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

Notes

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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.
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