Ross McFarlane

Ross McFarlane (born 25 May 1961) is an English professional golfer.

For the former Scottish footballer, who played for Clyde F.C., see Ross McFarlane (footballer).
Ross McFarlane
Personal information
Full nameRoss McFarlane
Born (1961-05-25) 25 May 1961
Manchester, England
Height5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Nationality England
ResidenceStoke Poges, Bucks., England
Career
Turned professional1979
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT55: 1994

McFarlane was born in Manchester, and is the son of Manchester United footballer Noel. He turned professional in 1979 and played on the European Tour for many years, making the top 100 in the Order of Merit seven times, with a best ranking of 26th in 1997. That year he collected his only European Tour tournament win at the Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe, which earned him a five-year exemption on tour.

Having struggled to build on that win, in 2001 McFarlane played only a few tournaments as he joined Sky Sports as a golf commentator, despite still having over a year left on his European Tour exemption. He has also worked for the Golf Channel.

On 30 January 2014, McFarlane was given a suspended prison sentence of ten months and forced to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years, for being in possession of over 150 indecent images of children. Four weeks later, he was re-arrested. On 3 March, he was jailed for 18 months after being caught alone with two children after he was banned from such contact as part of his suspended sentence. He was also found to have used his Xbox to view child pornography.[1]

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
1 1 Jun 1997 Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe −6 (70-73-68-71=282) 1 stroke Gordon Brand Jnr, Anders Forsbrand

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships
Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Open Championship CUT T55 CUT CUT CUT

Note: McFarlane only played in The Open Championship.

  Did not play

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

References
  1. Watson, Leon (3 March 2014). "Former Sky Sports commentator who flouted child sex orders by spending time alone with youngsters and using an Xbox to download underage porn jailed for 18 months". Daily Mail.
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