Richard Finch (golfer)

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Richard Finch
Personal information
Full name Richard Finch
Born 9 June 1977 (1977-06-09) (age 32)
Hull, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Nationality  England
Residence Mere, Cheshire, England
Career
Turned professional 2003
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
Best results in Major Championships
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
Open Championship T58: 2008
PGA Championship DNP

Richard Finch (born 9 July 1977) is an English professional golfer.

Finch is currently a member of the European Tour. He has been a member since 2005. Finch earned his card through Qualifying School in 2004. In his rookie season, he finished 60th on the Order of Merit, but missed out on the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award, which went to Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño of Spain.

Finch picked up his first professional win at the 2007 Michael Hill New Zealand Open. Finch shot a 14 under par total of 274 (73-65-64-72) to win the tournament. One further victory during the 2008 European Tour season took Finch to his best finish of 20th on the Order of Merit.

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[edit] Amateur wins (3)

  • 2000 Spanish Amateur Open Championship
  • 2002 English Amateur
  • 2003 St Andrews Links Trophy

[edit] Professional wins (2)

[edit] European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s)-up
1 2 Dec 2007 Michael Hill New Zealand Open -14 (73-65-64-72=274) 3 strokes Flag of Australia Steven Bowditch, Flag of Australia Paul Sheehan
2 18 May 2008 Irish Open -10 (71-72-65-70=278) 2 strokes Flag of Chile Felipe Aguilar

[edit] Results in major championships

Tournament 2008
The Masters DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T58
PGA Championship DNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

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