David Lynn (golfer)

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David Lynn
— Golfer —
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Personal information
Full name David Anthony Lynn
Born (1973-10-20) 20 October 1973 (age 50)
Billinge, Merseyside, England, UK
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight 178 lb (81 kg; 12.7 st)
Nationality  England
Residence Stoke-on-Trent, England, UK
Career
Turned professional 1995
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) PGA Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 2
Challenge Tour 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T46: 2013
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T53: 2003
PGA Championship 2nd: 2012

David Anthony Lynn (born 20 October 1973) is an English golfer who has played mainly on the European Tour, but took up full-time membership on the PGA Tour for the 2013 season.

He won the 1994 Greek Amateur Championship, where he finished eight shots ahead of David Howell. He turned professional in 1995. Lynn has won twice in his professional career. Firstly at the 1997 Team Erhverv Danish Open on the Challenge Tour and then at the 2004 KLM Open on the European Tour. His best European Tour Order of Merit finish to date is 18th in 2012 and he has been ranked in the top 100 every year since 2000. He has featured in the top 50 on the Official World Golf Ranking.

He notably finished second in the 2012 PGA Championship, eight strokes behind winner Rory McIlroy on five under par after consecutive rounds of 68 over the weekend. This was only his second appearance in a major championship and the result ensured a return to next year's PGA Championship, as well as a first ever visit to the Masters Tournament. He also moved up to a career high ranking of 40th.[1]

On the back of his runner-up finish at the 2012 PGA Championship and having earned enough money as a non-member, Lynn joined the PGA Tour full-time for the 2013 season.[2] Lynn came close to earning his first PGA Tour victory in May 2013 at the Wells Fargo Championship. He finished regulation play at eight-under-par, tied with American rookie Derek Ernst. However, Lynn lost on the first sudden-death playoff hole to an Ernst par, after hitting his second shot into a greenside bunker and was unable to get up-and-down for par.[3]

In October 2013, Lynn won the Portugal Masters, shooting a final-round of 63 to win his first European Tour title in nine years.[4]

Amateur wins (1)

  • 1994 Greek Amateur Open Championship

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 8 Aug 2004 KLM Open −16 (63-70-65-66=264) 3 strokes Australia Richard Green, Republic of Ireland Paul McGinley
2 13 Oct 2013 Portugal Masters −18 (65-65-73-63=266) 1 stroke South Africa Justin Walters

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2010 Austrian Golf Open Spain José Manuel Lara Lost to par on first extra hole

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2013 Wells Fargo Championship United States Derek Ernst Lost to par on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T46 CUT
U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP
The Open Championship T53 DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP
PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP 2 T22 DNP

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

Team appearances

Professional

References

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External links

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