Richard Green (golfer)

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

Richard Green
Green tees off at the 2013 Open de France
Personal information
Full nameRichard George Green
Born (1971-02-19) 19 February 1971
Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Height1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Nationality Australia
ResidenceWilliamstown, Australia;
Bagshot, Surrey, England
Career
Turned professional1992
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Asian Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins7
Highest ranking29 (22 July 2007)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
PGA Tour of Australasia2
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

Green was born in Williamstown, Melbourne, Victoria. He turned professional in 1992, and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia the same year.

Green has been a member of the European Tour since 1996, with his first win coming at the 1997 Dubai Desert Classic, where he became the first left-hander to win on the European Tour since Bob Charles at the Swiss Open in 1974.[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, which is one of Australia's most prestigious tournaments, 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 holds a share of the course record at Carnoustie with a 64, achieved in the final round of the 2007 Open Championship. 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]

He has featured in the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

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 (7)

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 Greg Norman, Ian Woosnam
2 10 Jun 2007 BA-CA Golf Open −16 (66-65-67-70=268) Playoff Jean-François Remésy
3 17 Oct 2010 Portugal Masters −18 (70-66-69-65=270) 2 strokes Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño, Robert Karlsson,
Joost Luiten, Francesco Molinari

European Tour playoff record (2–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result
1 1997 Dubai Desert Classic Greg Norman, Ian Woosnam Won with birdie on first extra hole
2 2006 KLM Open Simon Dyson Lost to birdie on first extra hole
3 2007 BA-CA Golf Open Jean-François Remésy Won with par on first extra hole
4 2014 Open de España Miguel Ángel Jiménez, 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 Greg Chalmers, David McKenzie
2 8 Feb 2015 Oates Vic Open –16 (66-72-67-67=272) Playoff Nick Cullen

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (2–0)

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

Other wins (2)
  • 1994 New Caledonian Open
  • 1996 New Caledonian Open

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
TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000010
U.S. Open00000021
The Open Championship000112116
PGA Championship00000064
Totals0001122011
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 3 (2006 PGA – 2007 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship
Tournament 2005
The Players Championship T46

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships
Tournament20042005200620072008200920102011
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

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.
  5. "Saturday Sleuthing: The Castro Cougars Commodore". V8 Supercars Saturday Sleuthing. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
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