Ross Fisher
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ross Daniel Fisher |
| Born | 22 November 1980 Ascot, Berkshire |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Nationality |  England |
| Residence | Cheam, London |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Best results in Major Championships |
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| Masters Tournament | T15: 2011 |
| U.S. Open | 5th: 2009 |
| The Open Championship | T13: 2009 |
| PGA Championship | T19: 2009 |
Ross Daniel Fisher (born 22 November 1980) is an English professional golfer, who plays on the European Tour.
Fisher was born in Ascot, Berkshire. His home course is the famous Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state comprehensive close to Wentworth.[1] He and his wife Joanne have a daughter Eve Rose. Fisher joined the European Tour in 2006. He earned his card by finishing in 18th on the Challenge Tour's money list in 2005. During Fisher's first season on the European Tour he won a Jaguar for a nearest to the pin contest in the 2006 Quinn Direct British Masters. In 2007 he won the KLM Open by one stroke over Joost Luiten, and subsequently finished the year ranked 43rd on the Order of Merit.
Fisher started the 2008 season with a joint-second place in the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, beaten by Phil Mickelson in a three-way play-off that also featured Lee Westwood. In July 2008, Fisher won the European Open on the Heritage Course at The London Golf Club; the first staging of the event at the venue in Kent, England. Despite never having played the course either in competition or in practice, Fisher shot a first round 63—the lowest round thus far in his professional career—which featured a wind-assisted 413-yard drive on the 9th hole, his last of the day. Having established a first round lead, he was never subsequently headed at the top of the leaderboard, going on to win the tournament by a comfortable seven shots from Sergio García. Fisher played steadily for the rest of the season and finished sixth on the Tour's Order of Merit.
Fisher's progress continued in 2009 when he reached the semi-final of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Arizona, and finished second at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth. On both occasions Fisher was defeated by countryman Paul Casey. He finished fifth in the U.S. Open at Bethpage Black, New York. At the 138th Open Championship at Turnberry, he held a two-stroke lead in the early stages of the final round, before taking a quadruple bogey eight on the par four 5th hole, eventually finishing in a tie for 13th place.
In 2009, Fisher had the lowest cumulative score for the four major championships for players who made the cut in all four events. Fisher's cumulative score of +2 was one stroke better than Henrik Stenson of Sweden.
At the end of 2009 Fisher won the first Volvo World Match Play Championship that was held away from Wentworth, beating American Anthony Kim 4 & 3.[2] He finished the season in fourth place in the Race to Dubai.
Fisher had an excellent chance to shoot a round of 59 and thus make European Tour golf history at the 3 Irish Open in Killarney on 30 July 2010, when he was 10-under-par with four holes to play, and only needed to birdie two of the remaining four holes, but he just parred the last four holes for a round of 61. He won the tournament with an 18-under-par score of 266.[3] Fisher qualified for the 2010 European Ryder Cup team, which regained the trophy from the United States at Celtic Manor, Wales, on October 4.[4]
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[edit] Personal life
Fisher is married to Joanne with whom he has a daughter, Eve. Joanne gave birth to the couple's second child in 2011.
[edit] Amateur wins (1)
- 2003 Finnish Amateur Open Championship
[edit] Professional wins (4)
[edit] European Tour wins (4)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning Score | Margin of Victory |
Runner-up |
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| 1 | 26 Aug 2007 | The KLM Open | −12(66-67-68-67=268) | 1 stroke |  Joost Luiten |
| 2 | 6 Jul 2008 | The European Open | −20 (63-68-69-68=268) | 7 strokes |  Sergio García |
| 3 | 1 Nov 2009 | Volvo World Match Play Championship | 4 & 3 |  Anthony Kim |
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| 4 | 1 Aug 2010 | 3 Irish Open | −18 (69-61-71-65=266) | 2 strokes |  Pádraig Harrington |
[edit] Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| The Masters | DNP | DNP | T30 | CUT | T15 |
| U.S. Open | DNP | CUT | 5 | CUT | DNP |
| The Open Championship | CUT | T39 | T13 | T37 | CUT |
| PGA Championship | DNP | CUT | T19 | CUT | T45 |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
[edit] Team appearances
- World Cup (representing England): 2008, 2009
- Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2009 (winners), 2011 (winners)
- Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2010 (winners)
[edit] References
- ^ Harvey, S. (January 2008). "News of former pupils". Sports College News (Charters School): p. 2. http://www.chartersschool.org.uk/PDF%20files/sportsnews/sport-jan08.pdf. Retrieved 2009-07-19.[dead link]
- ^ "Fisher clinches Match Play crown". BBC Sport. 2009-11-01. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/golf/8336817.stm. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
- ^ Ross Fisher Wins Irish Open. Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 1 August 2010
- ^ "McDowell Lifts Europe to Ryder Cup Victory". New York Times. 2010-10-04. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/sports/golf/05ryder.html?src=mv. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Ross Fisher at the European Tour official site
- Ross Fisher at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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