Greg Owen (golfer)

Greg Owen
Greg Owen
Personal information
Full name	Gregory Clive Owen
Born	19 February 1972 (age 52); Mansfield, England
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	206 lb (93 kg; 14.7 st)
Sporting nationality	England
Residence	Windermere, Florida, U.S.
Career
Turned professional	1992
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour
Former tour(s)	European Tour; Web.com Tour; Challenge Tour
Professional wins	3
Highest ranking	49 (9 April 2006)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	1
Korn Ferry Tour	1
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in major championships;
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T47: 2005
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	T20: 2015

Gregory Clive Owen (born 19 February 1972) is an English professional golfer.

Career

Owen was born in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He turned professional in 1992 and gained his European Tour card at the 1997 qualifying school. He finished in the top 100 of the Order of Merit every year from 1998 to 2004, and won for the first time on tour at the 2003 Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters at his 158th tournament.^[2]

At the 2001 Open Championship, Owen notably became only the sixth golfer in the history of the competition to score a rare albatross (double eagle), on the par-5 11th hole at Royal Lytham.^[3]

Since 2005, Owen has played mainly in the United States being a full member of the PGA Tour in 2005–07, 2009–10 and 2012. His best finish in the United States was second at the 2006 Bay Hill Invitational, where he finished one shot behind Rod Pampling after playing the last two holes in three over par.^[4]

Having lost his PGA Tour card at the end of 2007, he bounced back the following season, to graduate directly from the second tier Nationwide Tour by finishing in 10th place on the money list.^[5]

In 2010 he finished 183rd on the PGA Tour money list and lost his card for the second time. In 2011 he played again on the Nationwide Tour, finishing 52nd on the money list. However he finished tied for 18th in the 2011 PGA Q School to regain his full PGA Tour card for 2012. He finished 85th in earnings in 2012, but was less successful in 2013, finishing 134th in the FedEx Cup.

In 2014 he split time between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour; after winning the United Leasing Championship he finished 27th on the regular-season Web.com money list, missing out on a PGA Tour card by only $3,205. He went on to earn his card by finishing 10th on the Web.com Tour Finals money list.

Owen was in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Rankings for three weeks in 2006 with his highest ranking being 49.

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	8 Jun 2003	Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters	−14 (68-68-67-71=274)	3 strokes	Christian Cévaër, Ian Poulter

Web.com Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	29 Jun 2014	United Leasing Championship	−9 (73-67-72-67=279)	1 stroke	Ryan Armour, Mark Hubbard

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2008	Athens Regional Foundation Classic	Robert Damron	Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	13 Jul 1996	Gosen Challenge	−7 (69-70-72-70=281)	Playoff	John Mellor

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2017	Barracuda Championship	Chris Stroud, Richy Werenski	Stroud won with birdie on second extra hole Owen eliminated by birdie on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2005	2006	2012	2015
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	T55	T23	CUT	CUT		T22	T54	T20
PGA Championship				CUT	CUT	T47	CUT

Did not play

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

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
The Players Championship	T22	CUT			CUT			CUT			CUT

Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

^ "Week 14 2006 Ending 9 Apr 2006" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ Farrell, Andy (9 June 2003). "Owen masters the finishing stretch to land first Tour title". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 July 2009.^{[dead link]}
^ "Paul Lawrie sinks Turnberry albatross to join select Open club". The Guardian. 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023.
^ "Bummer at Bay Hill". Sports Illustrated. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
^ "Owen back in the big-time". Nottingham Evening Post. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

External links

Official website
Greg Owen at the European Tour official site
Greg Owen at the PGA Tour official site
Greg Owen at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

[w200614-1] "Week 14 2006 Ending 9 Apr 2006" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[2] Farrell, Andy (9 June 2003). "Owen masters the finishing stretch to land first Tour title". The Independent. London. Retrieved 20 July 2009.^{[dead link]}

[3] "Paul Lawrie sinks Turnberry albatross to join select Open club". The Guardian. 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023.

[4] "Bummer at Bay Hill". Sports Illustrated. 27 March 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

[5] "Owen back in the big-time". Nottingham Evening Post. 15 January 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2009.

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Greg Owen (golfer)

Career