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Peter Lawrie

Peter Lawrie
— Golfer —
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Personal information
Full name Peter Lawrie
Born (1974-03-22) 22 March 1974 (age 42)
Dublin, Ireland
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight 70 kg (150 lb; 11 st)
Nationality  Ireland
Residence Dublin, Ireland
Spouse Philippa (m. 2003)
Children Jessica, Amelia Jane, Elizabeth, Christopher
Career
College University College Dublin
Turned professional 1997
Retired 2016
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins 2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 1
Challenge Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2012
The Open Championship CUT: 2005
PGA Championship DNP
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year
2003

Peter Lawrie (born 22 March 1974) is an Irish professional golfer.

Lawrie was born in Dublin and educated at Terenure College and University College Dublin, where he took up a golf scholarship. He won the 1996 Irish Amateur Closed Championship and turned professional in 1997. It took him several years to win a place on the European Tour, but a fourth-place finish on the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2002, including victory in the Challenge Tour Grand Final, earned him a European Tour card, which Lawrie credits much of to the help of swing coach, Brendan McDaid.

He had a solid début season at the higher level in 2003 and became the first Irishman to be named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. He has consistently finished in the top 100 of the Order of Merit since, with a best position of 36th in 2010.

Lawrie achieved a breakthrough in 2008 when he won his first title on the European Tour at the Open de España, where he defeated Ignacio Garrido in a playoff.

In September 2016, he announced his retirement from the European Tour at the end of the season to take up a position as a golf professional in Luttrellstown Castle golf club.

European Tour playoff record (1–3)

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Amateur


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