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Andrew Oldcorn

Scottish professional golfer


Summary

Scottish professional golfer

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weight196 lb
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residenceEdinburgh, Scotland
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children3
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tourEuropean Senior Tour
Champions Tour
extourEuropean Tour
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Champions Tour Andrew Oldcorn (born 31 March 1960) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career

In 1960, Oldcorn was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. However, he was raised in Edinburgh, Scotland and represents Scotland.

He represented England as an amateur and won the English Amateur in 1982. He also represented Great Britain & Ireland at the 1983 Walker Cup.

Professional career

In 1983, Oldcorn turned professional. Oldcorn was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School that year. He had a steady start to his career on tour before being struck down with ME (also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) in the early 1990s. He returned to form in 1993, to claim his first tour victory in the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia. Away from the tour he also won the Sunderland of Scotland Masters. Several solid years followed along with another title, the 1995 DHL Jersey Open. The undoubted highlight of his career came in 2001 when he became the oldest winner in the history of the Volvo PGA Championship (although Miguel Ángel Jiménez would later beat that record). He finished that season a career best 26th place on the European Tour Order of Merit.

Since turning 50, Oldcorn has primarily been playing on the senior golf tours, having won twice on the European Senior Tour.

Amateur wins

  • 1979 Scottish Youths Amateur Championship
  • 1982 English Amateur

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (3)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunner-up
128 Feb 1993Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía−3 (70-71-73-71=285)1 strokeARG Eduardo Romero
218 Jun 1995DHL Jersey Open−15 (70-68-66-69=273)3 strokesSCO Dean Robertson
328 May 2001Volvo PGA Championship−16 (66-66-69-71=272)2 strokesARG Ángel Cabrera

Other wins (1)

  • 1993 Sunderland of Scotland Masters

European Senior Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victoryRunner-up
112 Jun 2011De Vere Club PGA Seniors Championship−11 (73-66-68-70=277)9 strokesSCO Gordon Brand Jnr
210 Jul 2016WINSTONgolf Senior Open−8 (70-69-69=208)PlayoffENG Paul Broadhurst

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12016WINSTONgolf Senior OpenENG Paul BroadhurstWon with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament19821983198419851986198719881989
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTCUT
PGA Championship
Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
The Open ChampionshipCUTT64CUTWDCUT80
PGA Championship
Tournament200020012002200320042005
The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT28T42CUT
PGA ChampionshipT44

Note: Oldcorn never played in the Masters Tournament nor the U.S. Open.

CUT = missed the half-way cut

WD = Withdrew

"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982
  • St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982
  • Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1983
  • European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1983

Professional

  • Seve Trophy: 2002 (winners)

References

References

  1. (21 July 2003). "Disconsolate Oldcorn unable to explain his nightmare finish". The Herald.
  2. Spencer, P. (1 May 1998). "CFS: A suitable case for treatment".
  3. "European Tour biography". PGA European Tour.
  4. Farrell, Andy. (29 May 2001). "Oldcorn trades rags for riches in inspiring win". [[The Independent]].
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