Roger Chapman (golfer)
Roger Chapman | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Roger Michael Chapman | ||
Born | Nakuru, Kenya | 1 May 1959||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
Weight | 182 lb (83 kg; 13.0 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Ascot, Berkshire, England | ||
Spouse |
Cathy (m. 1985) | ||
Children | 2 | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 1981 | ||
Current tour(s) | European Senior Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour PGA Tour Champions | ||
Professional wins | 7 | ||
Highest ranking | 90 (20 August 1989)[1] | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 1 | ||
PGA Tour Champions | 2 | ||
European Senior Tour | 3 | ||
Other | 3 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | CUT: 2012 | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | T12: 1991 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Roger Michael Chapman (born 1 May 1959) is an English professional golfer who played on the European Tour and later on the PGA Tour Champions. He now plays on the European Senior Tour. He won two senior majors in 2012, the Senior PGA Championship and the U.S. Senior Open.
Amateur career
[edit]Chapman was born in Nakuru, Kenya, where his father worked for the Ministry of Agriculture. After a spell living in Trinidad, the family returned to England when Chapman was about five years old.[2] His biggest individual successes as an amateur were winning the 1979 English Amateur and the 1981 Lytham Trophy. He represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1981 Walker Cup where, although the United States won the match 15–9, Chapman won three of his four matches. He beat Bob Lewis in first day's singles and then beat Hal Sutton twice on the final day, in both the foursomes and the singles.[3]
Professional career
[edit]Chapman turned professional in late-1981 and won a European Tour card on his first visit to the Qualifying School. From 1982 to 2002 he finished in the top 100 on the European Order of Merit 19 out of the 21 years, with a best ranking of 17th in 1988. In his first season, 1982, he finished joint runner-up behind Sam Torrance in the Spanish Open.[4] After six second-place finishes on the tour, he won the 2000 Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open on his 472nd tour start. He also won the 1988 Zimbabwe Open on the Safari Circuit and the Hassan II Golf Trophy in Morocco in 2000. He represented England in the 2000 Alfred Dunhill Cup.
In May 2012, Chapman won the Senior PGA Championship, one of the five senior major championships for his maiden victory on the Champions Tour. After holding a five stroke lead entering the final round, he prevailed by two over American John Cook. He won his second senior major in July 2012 at the U.S. Senior Open. He won by two strokes over Fred Funk, Bernhard Langer, Tom Lehman, and Corey Pavin. In December 2018 he won the MCB Tour Championship – Seychelles on the European Senior Tour, beating Phillip Price with an eagle 3 at the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Earlier Tom Lehman and Miguel Ángel Martín came to the final hole needing a par-5 to tie with Chapman and Price but took 6 and 8 respectively.[5]
Amateur wins
[edit]- 1979 Sunningdale Foursomes (with George Will), English Amateur
- 1981 Lake Macquarie Amateur, Lytham Trophy
Professional wins (7)
[edit]European Tour wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 26 Mar 2000 | Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open | −18 (70-64-71-65=270) | Playoff | ![]() |
European Tour playoff record (1–2)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
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1 | 1988 | BNP Jersey Open | ![]() |
Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole |
2 | 1989 | KLM Dutch Open | ![]() ![]() |
Olazábal won with double-bogey on ninth extra hole Chapman eliminated by par on first hole |
3 | 2000 | Brazil Rio de Janeiro 500 Years Open | ![]() |
Won with par on second extra hole |
Safari Circuit wins (1)
[edit]No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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1 | 21 Feb 1988 | Zimbabwe Open | −6 (63-70-71-71=275) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
Other wins (2)
[edit]- 1990 J. P. McManus Pro-Am (shared with Neil Hansen)
- 2000 Hassan II Golf Trophy
Champions Tour wins (2)
[edit]Legend |
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Senior major championships (2) |
Other Champions Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 28 May 2012 | Senior PGA Championship | −13 (68-67-64-72=271) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 15 Jul 2012 | U.S. Senior Open | −10 (68-68-68-66=270) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
European Senior Tour wins (3)
[edit]Legend |
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Senior major championships (2) |
Tour Championships (1) |
Other European Senior Tour (0) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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1 | 28 May 2012 | Senior PGA Championship | −13 (68-67-64-72=271) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 15 Jul 2012 | U.S. Senior Open | −10 (68-68-68-66=270) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
3 | 16 Dec 2018 | MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles) | −6 (44-66-65=175)* | Playoff | ![]() |
*Note: The 2018 MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles) was shortened to 48 holes due to bad weather.
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2010 | Mauritius Commercial Bank Open | ![]() |
Lost to par on second extra hole |
2 | 2018 | MCB Tour Championship (Seychelles) | ![]() |
Won with eagle on first extra hole |
Results in major championships
[edit]Tournament | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | ||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | T47 | T47 | CUT | T35 | T54 | CUT | T13 | ||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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The Open Championship | T63 | T12 | T64 | CUT | T72 | |||||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | DQ | |||||||
PGA Championship |
Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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The Open Championship | |||
PGA Championship | CUT |
Note: Chapman never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.
CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1981 Open Championship)
DQ = Disqualified
"T" = tied
Senior major championships
[edit]Wins (2)
[edit]Year | Championship | 54 holes | Winning score | Margin | Runner(s)-up |
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2012 | Senior PGA Championship | 5 shot lead | −13 (68-67-64-72=271) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2012 | U.S. Senior Open | 4 shot deficit | −10 (68-68-68-66=270) | 2 strokes | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Results timeline
[edit]Results not in chronological order before 2022.
Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
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The Tradition | T55 | T41 | T23 | 74 | T76 | 65 | NT | |||||||||
Senior PGA Championship | T59 | T69 | T27 | 1 | T64 | T55 | T13 | T60 | T66 | NT | T50 | CUT | CUT | |||
U.S. Senior Open | 1 | CUT | T20 | CUT | CUT | 53 | T33 | NT | CUT | CUT | ||||||
Senior Players Championship | T14 | T18 | T65 | T39 | T61 | T60 | ||||||||||
Senior British Open Championship | WD | CUT | T58 | WD | CUT | T19 | CUT | T30 | T43 | T48 | T10 | NT | T57 | CUT | T61 | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic
Team appearances
[edit]Amateur
- St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain and Ireland): 1980 (winners)
- European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1981 (winners)
- Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1981
Professional
- Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 2000
References
[edit]- ^ "Week 33 1989 Ending 20 Aug 1989" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Shefter, David (23 May 2013). "An Interview With Roger Chapman". PGA Tour.
- ^ Jacobs, Raymond (31 August 1981). "U.S. again prove too rich in amateur talent". Glasgow Herald. p. 14.
- ^ "A runaway eight-shot victory for Torrance". Glasgow Herald. 4 October 1981. p. 18.
- ^ "Chapman ends season on a high after Seychelles triumph". Staysure Tour. 16 December 2018.
External links
[edit]- Roger Chapman at the European Tour official site
- Roger Chapman at the PGA Tour official site
- Roger Chapman at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
- English male golfers
- European Tour golfers
- European Senior Tour golfers
- PGA Tour Champions golfers
- Winners of senior major golf championships
- Kenyan emigrants to the United Kingdom
- White Kenyan people
- People from Nakuru County
- Sportspeople from Rift Valley Province
- Sportspeople from Ascot, Berkshire
- 1959 births
- Living people