Martin Laird
| Martin Laird | |
|---|---|
| — Golfer — | |
| Personal information | |
| Born |
29 December 1982 Glasgow, Scotland |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 Scotland
|
| Residence | Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. |
| Spouse | Meagan Franks |
| Children | Jack Andrew |
| Career | |
| College | Colorado State University |
| Turned professional | 2004 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour |
| Professional wins | 5 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour | 3 |
| Web.com Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships |
|
| Masters Tournament | T20: 2011 |
| U.S. Open | T21: 2013 |
| The Open Championship | T44: 2013 |
| PGA Championship | T42: 2012 |
Martin Laird (born 29 December 1982) is a Scottish professional golfer, playing on the PGA Tour. He has won three PGA Tour events in his career, most notably the Arnold Palmer Invitational in 2011. Until Russell Knox earned his card via the 2011 Nationwide Tour, Laird was the only Scottish player on the PGA Tour.
Laird was born in Glasgow, Scotland and played his Junior golf at Kirkintilloch Golf CLub and then moving to play his youth golf at Hilton Park Golf Club. He learned to play golf left-handed but eventually switched to playing right-handed.
In 2000, at the age of 17 and with the assistance of College Prospects of America, Laird moved to the United States to take up a golf scholarship at Colorado State University under head coach Jamie Bermel. He played for the Colorado State Rams in the Mountain West Conference which had been established in 1999. Playing for four years from 2000–01 to 2003–04 he won four individual titles in college events. His wins were in the Mountain West Conference Men's Golf Championship (1 May 2002), El Diablo Intercollegiate (16 March 2003), Ping Golf Cougar Classic (26 April 2003) and Border Olympics (2 April 2004). In his last 3 years he was selected as one of the All Mountain West Conference Selections. He graduated with a degree in marketing in 2004.
In 2009 he was selected as a member of the "Mountain West Men's Golf 10th Anniversary Team".
Turning professional after college, he won his second professional tournament, the 2004 Denver Open, winning $12,000. In 2004 he played in a single Nationwide Tour event, the Envirocare Utah Classic, but did not make the cut. At the end of 2004 he qualified for the final stage of the PGA Tour's Qualifying School. He finished at 1 over par for a tie for 96th place, 18 shots behind the winner, fellow Brit, Brian Davis. This gave Laird conditional status for the 2005 Nationwide tour.
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