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Paul Eales
Personal information
Full namePaul Martyn Eales
Born (1963-08-02) 2 August 1963 (age 61)
Epping, Essex, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceFreckleton, Preston, England
Career
Turned professional1985
Current tour(s)European Seniors Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 1996
The Open ChampionshipT47: 2002

Paul Martyn Eales (born 2 August 1963) is an English professional golfer.

Eales was born in Epping, Essex. He turned professional in 1985 and became a member of Europe's second tier Challenge Tour in 1990. The following season he won the Audi Open, and in 1992 finished third on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the main European Tour for the 1993 season.

After a solid rookie season in 1993, Eales won the 1994 Extremadura Open on his way to a career best 35th place on the European Tour Order of Merit. He performed consistently, but without winning again, mostly finishing within the top 100 on the Order of Merit until 2004, when he lost his tour card.[1]

Eales was the assistant professional to Eddie Birchenough at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where he first became an assistant in 1987.[2] He is now the resident pro at Garstang Country Hotel and Golf Club. He is a member of the European Tour Players' Committee, and also regularly works as an analyst on BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports. He is the golf ambassador for UK bank Northern Rock.

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of victory Runner-up
1 20 Feb 1994 Extremadura Open −7 (72-69-69-71=281) 1 stroke Sweden Peter Hedblom

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship CUT DNP DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP CUT DNP DNP CUT CUT DNP T47

Note: Eales never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

References

  1. ^ "Eales loses playing privileges". BBC Radio Lancashire. 18 November 2005. Retrieved 2009-06-12.
  2. ^ "Eales' Open agony". BBC Sport. 19 July 2001. Retrieved 2009-06-12.