Danny Willett
| Danny Willett | |
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Willett in 2009
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Daniel John Willett |
| Born |
3 October 1987 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb; 13.1 st) |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Residence | Rotherham, Yorkshire, England |
| Spouse | Nicole Harris (m. 2013) |
| Children | 1 |
| Career | |
| College | Jacksonville State University |
| Turned professional | 2008 |
| Current tour(s) |
European Tour PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 1 |
| European Tour | 5 |
| Asian Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Best results in major championships (wins: 1) |
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| Masters Tournament | Won: 2016 |
| U.S. Open | T37: 2016 |
| The Open Championship | T6: 2015 |
| PGA Championship | T30: 2014 |
Daniel John Willett (born 3 October 1987) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In April 2016, he won his first major championship at the 2016 Masters Tournament, becoming only the second Englishman to achieve the feat and the first European in 17 years to win at Augusta National.
Willett was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, one of four brothers. His father, Steve, was a Church of England vicar and his mother, Swedish-born Elisabet, was a maths teacher. Willett used to practice his golf in a sheep pasture; interviewed by The Daily Telegraph in 2016 he said, "We used to go to Anglesey to play a par three course in the middle of a sheep field."
As an amateur, he won the English Amateur Championship in 2007 and competed in the 2007 Walker Cup at Royal County Down. In March 2008 he became the number one ranked amateur in the world.
Willett signed with FirstPoint USA in 2005 and secured a golf scholarship he played two seasons for Jacksonville State University (JSU) in the U.S. During his time with JSU, he was the 2006 Ohio Valley Conference Freshman of the Year and won medallist honours at the 2007 OVC Championship. He was a first-team All-OVC performer and a member of the OVC's All-Tournament Team in both seasons.
Willett turned professional in May 2008, and earned his European Tour card for the 2009 season coming through qualifying school. Following a successful 2009, finishing 58th in the inaugural Race to Dubai with eight top-10s, Willett challenged at the 2010 BMW PGA Championship, taking the first-round lead before falling off the pace and finishing outright fifth, winning 190,800 euros. Following this performance, Willett moved into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time. He finished the 2010 season ranked 23rd on the Order of Merit.
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