Ross McGowan
| Ross McGowan | |
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| — Golfer — | |
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| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ross Ian Thomas McGowan |
| Born |
23 April 1982 Basildon, Essex, England |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 14 st) |
| Nationality |
 England
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| Residence | Cheam, London, England |
| Career | |
| College | University of Tennessee |
| Turned professional | 2006 |
| Current tour(s) |
Challenge Tour Sunshine Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 1 |
| Challenge Tour | 2 |
| Best results in major championships |
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| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | T40: 2010 |
| The Open Championship | CUT: 2010 |
| PGA Championship | 70th: 2010 |
Ross Ian Thomas McGowan (born 23 April 1982) is an English professional golfer.
McGowan was born in Basildon, Essex, and grew up in Banstead, Surrey and educated at Epsom College. With the assistance of College Prospects of America, he went to university in the United States and played collegiate golf at the University of Tennessee. McGowan won the 2006 English Amateur, where he defeated Oliver Fisher in the final by the score of 5&4. Shortly after that he turned professional.
McGowan led the 2007 Challenge Tour Rankings going into the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final, thanks to two wins and three runner-up finishes during the year. Having finished in a tie for 28th place in the final event of the season, he dropped to second place on the money list, as Michael Lorenzo-Vera won the tournament and jumped to the top of the Challenge Tour's money list.
Courtesy of his final Challenge Tour Rankings position in 2007, McGowan graduated to the European Tour for the 2008 season. He moved into the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings in January of that year, and in June played in his first major championship, the U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He made the halfway cut and eventually finished in 77th place.
McGowan won his first European Tour event in 2009 at the Madrid Masters, most notably for shooting 12 under par 60 in the third round. He finished at -25, winning by three strokes over Mikko Ilonen. McGowan finished second at the inaugural Dubai World Championship, and was ranked 12th in the Race to Dubai.
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