Gary Orr
Gary Orr | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Gary Hamish Orr | ||
Born | Helensburgh, Scotland | 11 May 1967||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | |||
Residence | Weybridge, Surrey, England | ||
Spouse |
Sarah (m. 1998) | ||
Children | 2 | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1988 | ||
Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour | ||
Professional wins | 5 | ||
Highest ranking | 53 (22 October 2000)[1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 2 | ||
European Senior Tour | 2 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | CUT: 2000, 2001 | ||
U.S. Open | T74: 2001 | ||
The Open Championship | T41: 2000 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Gary Hamish Orr (born 11 May 1967) is a Scottish professional golfer.
Career
[edit]Orr was born in Helensburgh, Scotland. He turned professional in 1988 and became a member of the European Tour in 1993. His two wins on the Tour both came in 2000, at the Algarve Portuguese Open and the Victor Chandler British Masters. He also had his highest finish on the European Tour Order of Merit that season, placing tenth.
Since turning 50 in May 2017, Orr has played on the European Senior Tour. He was runner-up in the Willow Senior Golf Classic in both 2017 and 2018 before his first win on the tour in the 2018 Scottish Senior Open.
Professional wins (5)
[edit]European Tour wins (2)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 20 Feb 2000 | Algarve Portuguese Open | −13 (69-67-70-69=275) | 1 stroke | |
2 | 13 Aug 2000 | Victor Chandler British Masters | −21 (67-62-68-70=267) | 2 strokes |
Other wins (1)
[edit]European Senior Tour wins (2)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 16 Sep 2018 | Scottish Senior Open | −4 (68-65-76=209) | 1 stroke | |
2 | 13 Oct 2018 | Paris Legends Championship | −12 (71-65-68=204) | 1 stroke |
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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U.S. Open | |||||||
The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | CUT | |||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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U.S. Open | T74 | |||||||||
The Open Championship | T41 | CUT | CUT | |||||||
PGA Championship | CUT | CUT |
Note: Orr never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Results in World Golf Championships
[edit]Tournament | 2000 | 2001 |
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Match Play | R32 | |
Championship | T25 | NT1 |
Invitational | T27 |
1Cancelled due to 9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- European Boys' Team Championship (representing Scotland): 1985[2]
Professional
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing Scotland): 1998, 1999, 2000
- Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2000
- World Cup (representing Scotland): 2000
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Week 42 2000 Ending 22 Oct 2000" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "European Boys' Team Championship – European Golf Association". Retrieved 22 January 2023.
External links
[edit]- Gary Orr at the European Tour official site
- Gary Orr at the Official World Golf Ranking official site