Peter Lawrie
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Peter Lawrie | ||
| Born | 22 March 1974 Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb) | ||
| Sporting nationality |  Ireland | ||
| Residence | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Spouse | Philippa (m. 2003) | ||
| Children | Jessica, Amelia Jane, Elizabeth, Christopher | ||
| Career | |||
| College | University College Dublin | ||
| Turned professional | 1997 | ||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour Challenge Tour | ||
| Professional wins | 2 | ||
| Number of wins by tour | |||
| European Tour | 1 | ||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
| Best results in major championships | |||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
| PGA Championship | DNP | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2012 | ||
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2005 | ||
| Achievements and awards | |||
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Peter Lawrie (born 22 March 1974) is an Irish professional golfer.
Lawrie was born in Dublin and educated at Terenure College and University College Dublin, where he took up a golf scholarship. He won the 1996 Irish Amateur Close Championship and turned professional in 1997. It took him several years to win a place on the European Tour, but a fourth-place finish on the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2002, including victory in the Challenge Tour Grand Final, earned him a European Tour card, which Lawrie credits much of to the help of swing coach, Brendan McDaid.
He had a solid début season at the higher level in 2003 and became the first Irishman to be named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. He has consistently finished in the top 100 of the Order of Merit since, with a best position of 36th in 2010.
Lawrie achieved a breakthrough in 2008 when he won his first title on the European Tour at the Open de España, where he defeated Ignacio Garrido in a playoff.[1]
In September 2016, he announced his retirement from the European Tour at the end of the season to take up a position as a golf professional in Luttrellstown Castle golf club.[2]
Professional wins (2)
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 May 2008 | Open de España | −15 (68-70-68-67=273) | Playoff |  Ignacio Garrido
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European Tour playoff record (1–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2003 | Canarias Open de España |  Kenneth Ferrie,  Peter Hedblom
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Ferrie won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2008 | Open de España | Ignacio Garrido
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Won with par on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2009 | KLM Open | Simon Dyson, Peter Hedblom
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Dyson won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 4 | 2010 | Czech Open | Gary Boyd, Peter Hanson
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Hanson won with birdie on second extra hole |
Challenge Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 Oct 2002 | Challenge Tour Grand Final | −12 (71-67-69-65=272) | 4 strokes |  Julien Van Hauwe
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Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT |
Note: Lawrie never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
Summary
- Tournaments played: 2
- Wins: 0
- Top 10s: 0
- Top 25s: 0
- Missed cuts: 2
- Most consecutive cuts made: 0
Team appearances
Amateur
- Palmer Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1997
References
- ^ "Lawrie wins Spanish Open play-off". BBC Sport. 4 May 2008. Retrieved 17 March 2009.
- ^ "Sums don't add up for Peter Lawrie as he quits European Tour". RTÉ. 13 September 2016.
External links
- Peter Lawrie at the European Tour official site
- Peter Lawrie at the Official World Golf Ranking official site