Paul Casey
Paul Casey ( born July 21, 1977 in Cheltenham, England ) is an English professional golfer who plays on both the European Tour and the North American PGA TOUR.
Career
After a very successful amateur career Casey was 2000 professional golfer in 2001 and qualified for the European Tour. Already in his fifth tournament he achieved second place, and in his eleventh -shows, he won the traditional Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship. Casey finished the season as the 22nd on the money list and was awarded the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year Award ( best rookie ) excellent. After a disappointing second season he won two tournaments in 2003 and was finished sixth in the rankings. The following year, Casey won not a tournament, but he was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team and won with his partner Luke Donald of England the WGC - World Cup in Seville. In addition, Casey took a much-publicized 6th place at the Masters in Augusta. Qualified by this success for the PGA TOUR, he began in 2005 to play there as well. The success, however, remained, and so Casey focuses more on the European Tour, where he again was the end of 2005 celebrate a tournament win, which is already counted for the 2006 season, which he followed in June 2006, another at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. In September, Casey won against a world class field, with Tiger Woods, Jim Furyk, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, etc, the traditional HSBC World Match Play Championship and secured the currently biggest prize in professional golf with £ 1 million. In the final he defeated the American Shaun Micheel with the biggest winning margin in the 42- year history of this event. A week later he was one of the most successful players in the European Ryder Cup team and achieved beyond the fifth player in the history of this competition a hole-in -one. Winning the European Tour Order of Merit in 2006 Casey missed by only about € 35,000 to the Irish Pádraig Harrington in the last tournament of the season, the Volvo Masters, which he was, however, started badly weakened by food poisoning. After winning the high quality BMW PGA Championship in May 2009, he reached rank 3 its best-ever ranking in the World Golf Rankings. The month before Casey had his first tournament on the PGA Tour, the Shell Houston Open won.
His coach is the renowned golf professional Peter Kostis, who is also the impetus expert at the American broadcaster CBS Sports.
European Tour wins
- 2001 Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship
- 2003 ANZ Championship, Benson and Hedges International Open
- 2005 TCL Classic
- 2006 Volvo China Open (2005 counts occurred for the 2006 season ), Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, HSBC World Match Play Championship
- 2007 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
- 2009 Abu Dhabi Golf Championship, BMW PGA Championship
- 2011 Volvo Golf Champions
- 2013 Irish Open
PGA Tour victories
- 2009 Shell Houston Open
Other victories
- 2011 Shinhan Donghae Open ( Korean Tour )
- 2012 Telus World Skins Game
Results in Major Championships
DNP = did not participate CUT = cut failed "T " shared placement Green background for wins Yellow background for top 10
Participation in team competitions
- Ryder Cup ( for Europe): 2004 ( winners ), 2006 ( winners ), 2008
- WGC - World Cup ( for England): 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 (winner, with Luke Donald )
- Seve Trophy ( for GB & Ireland): 2002 ( winners ), 2003 ( winners ), 2005 ( winners ), 2007 ( winners ), 2013