Richard Green
Green at the 2013 Alstom Open de France
Personal information
Full nameRichard George Green
Born (1971-02-19) 19 February 1971 (age 53)
Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceWilliamstown, Australia
Bagshot, Surrey, England
PartnerTammy Smith
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Asian Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins10
Highest ranking29 (22 July 2007)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
PGA Tour of Australasia2
European Senior Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentCUT: 2008
PGA ChampionshipT37: 2006
U.S. OpenT52: 2005
The Open ChampionshipT4: 2007
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour of Australasia
Order of Merit winner		2004

Richard George Green (born 19 February 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

Early life

Green was born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria.

Professional career

In 1992, Green turned professional and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia the same year. He has been a member of the European Tour since 1996, with his first win coming at the 1997 Dubai Desert Classic.[2] His consistent performances in 2004 took him to a career best European Tour Order of Merit finish of 17th. That same year he won the MasterCard Masters and also topped the PGA Tour of Australasia's Order of Merit. In 2007 he won his second European Tour event at the BA-CA Golf Open in Austria.

Green previously held a share of the course record at Carnoustie with a 64, achieved in the final round of the 2007 Open Championship. (This record was later beaten by Tommy Fleetwood who shot a 63 at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in 2017.) The round saw him jump 27 places on the last day of the tournament to finish in a tie for 4th with Ernie Els.[3]

Personal life

Green is also a keen motor racing fan and owns a Porsche 911 racing car in which he has competed in the Australian GT Championship[4] on occasion as touring schedules allow, including racing on the support card of the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. Among the cars he has owned in the past (and has since sold) included the Bathurst 1000 winning Perkins Engineering Holden Commodore, Perkins Engineering Chassis 027.[5]

Professional wins (10)

European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 2 Mar 1997 Dubai Desert Classic −16 (70-68-66-68=272) Playoff Australia Greg Norman, Wales Ian Woosnam
2 10 Jun 2007 BA-CA Golf Open −16 (66-65-67-70=268) Playoff France Jean-François Remésy
3 17 Oct 2010 Portugal Masters −18 (70-66-69-65=270) 2 strokes Spain Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Sweden Robert Karlsson,
Netherlands Joost Luiten, Italy Francesco Molinari

European Tour playoff record (2–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 1997 Dubai Desert Classic Australia Greg Norman, Wales Ian Woosnam Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2006 KLM Open England Simon Dyson Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2007 BA-CA Golf Open France Jean-François Remésy Won with par on first extra hole
4 2014 Open de España Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Belgium Thomas Pieters Jiménez won with par on first extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 12 Dec 2004 MasterCard Masters −17 (69-67-68-67=271) Playoff Australia Greg Chalmers, Australia David McKenzie
2 8 Feb 2015 Oates Vic Open −16 (66-72-67-67=272) Playoff Australia Nick Cullen

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 MasterCard Masters Australia Greg Chalmers, Australia David McKenzie Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2015 Oates Vic Open Australia Nick Cullen Won with birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (2)

European Senior Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 12 Jun 2022 Jersey Legends −10 (67-68-71=206) Playoff Scotland Paul Lawrie
2 17 Jul 2022 WINSTONgolf Senior Open −8 (68-72-68=208) Playoff England Phillip Archer
3 11 Jun 2023 Jersey Legends (2) −9 (70-66-71=207) 1 stroke Scotland Greig Hutcheon

European Senior Tour playoff record (2–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2022 Jersey Legends Scotland Paul Lawrie Won with par on third extra hole
2 2022 WINSTONgolf Senior Open England Phillip Archer Won with birdie on fifth extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2023 Dominion Energy Charity Classic United States Harrison Frazar Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open T52 CUT
The Open Championship CUT CUT T42 T59 CUT T32 CUT T4 T32 CUT T16
PGA Championship CUT T37 T40 71 T60 CUT
  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
The Open Championship 0 0 0 1 1 2 11 6
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4
Totals 0 0 0 1 1 2 20 11

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2005
The Players Championship T46

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Match Play R64 R64 R64 R64 R64
Championship T28 T51 T51
Invitational 67 T30 T43 T37
Champions
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ^ "Week 29 2007 Ending 22 Jul 2007" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ Farrell, Andy (3 March 1997). "Golf: Green manages to defeat his hero". The Independent. London. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  3. ^ "Australia's Richard Green equals course record, finishes fourth". The Sydney Morning Herald. 23 July 2007. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
  4. ^ "Richard Green". www.australiangt.com.au. Retrieved 26 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Saturday Sleuthing: The Castro Cougars Commodore". V8 Supercars Saturday Sleuthing. Retrieved 5 October 2015.

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