During the 1980s and 1990s, Ian ‘Woosie’ Woosnam was a name never far away from the top of the leaderboard. A winner on both the PGA and European Tours, the highlight of his career was undoubtedly his Masters’ triumph in 1991.

The most successful Danish golfer of all time, Thomas Bjørn has claimed 15 European Tour titles to date. Back in 1996 Bjørn became the first Dane to win a European Tour event and undoubtedly trailblazed the way for Danish golf.  

Many golfers are successful. Some win numerous Majors, some spend weeks as world number one, some win on all tours globally. Not only is Paul Lawrie a successful golfer, but he has two iconic golf moments that golf fans will remember forever.

John Daly won the 1995 Open at St Andrews, beating Constantino Rocca in a play-off. Only one shot further behind and in his first full season on the European Tour was New Zealand’s Michael Campbell. Campbell had been two shots ahead at the start of the final round, but this valuable experience would hold him in good stead ten years later.

Paul is not only the first Irishman to captain the Ryder Cup team, but he is also a winning captain, victorious at the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

"It means a lot to spend time with passionate golf fans, sharing my thoughts and knowledge on leadership, performance and creating a winning team culture based on a player and as a victorious Ryder Cup Captain"

Paul McGinley

Tom Lehman is the only player in history to be voted ‘Player of Year’ on all three tours operated by the PGA Tour. This is a testament to the consistent nature of his golf, where on the PGA Tour, he not only won five times, but was runner up 19 times in between 1992 and 2006.

Turned professional in 1985 and joined the European Challenge Tour in 1990.

A sixth place finish at the US Open in 1994 at Oakmont was the highlight of Clark’s PGA Tour career, but it has been his arrival in Europe that has seen his best golf. Now a five-time European Senior Tour winner, he seems at home on this ‘side of the Pond’.

Jose Cóceres was the first Argentine to win on the PGA Tour since Major winning, Roberto De Vicenzo. A winner in both Europe and the US, he has continued that winning mentality with two victories on the European Senior Tour.

Peter represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1985 Ryder Cup and he turned professional a year later. He has had success on both the European and Challenge Tours, and this success has also extended to the European Senior Tour with a win at the Arras Open.

Since joining the European Senior Tour, Barry has preserved his reputation as a fierce competitor and a regular winner. There are not many golfers who lead after the 3rd round then shoot 66 in the final round to win by three, defeating Major winner Angel Cabrera in the process.

Alex Cejka’s life has already been a fairy tale. Winning the 2021 KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship is another part of a spectacular epilogue for the 50-year-old.

Having missed out in a play-off in 2017 for one of the European Senior Tour Qualifying School’s five cards, the evergreen Shacklady returned in 2018 finishing fourth and getting his card.

The name Jean van de Velde is synonymous with French golf.   Arguably Jean has done more to promote the game in France than any other golfer.  

“This is a fantastic development for French golf and we are so excited to be hosting the Legends Open de France later this year."

Jean van de Velde

Back to back Open de France titles in 2004 and 2005 have been the highlight of Jean-François Remésy’s career. Jean-François reflected that, “apart from a Major, there is no bigger tournament for a Frenchman to win than this one”. He did it twice!

Became the first player from Thailand to win a European Tour event, at the 2004 Malaysian Open. He was also the first Thai to play in all four Major Championships.

One of the world’s truly global golfers with more than 70 victories worldwide, including 28 European Tour titles.

2007 was the breakthrough year for James Kingston. A winner on the Sunshine and Asian Tours in the 90s, European Tour success finally arrived at the South African Airways Open. James also topped the Sunshine Tour Order of Merit that year.

England’s Philip Golding is a five-time Legends Tour winner, and, prior to that, enjoyed a long career on the European Tour. Golding won his only European Tour title on his 201st outing at the 2003 Open de France at Le Golf National. He is one of a unique number of players to have won on the Challenge Tour, European Tour and Legends Tour, with his most recent victory coming at the 2018 Staysure PGA Seniors Championship.

It was the fist pumping rookie, Phillip Price’s 3&2 victory over Phil Mickelson that helped Sam Torrance’s European team beat the USA at the Belfry in 2002.

As a Senior, Chapman made history in 2012, becoming the first European to win both the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship and U.S. Senior Open in the same season, becoming a two-time Senior Major Champion.

During the 1980s and 1990s, Ian ‘Woosie’ Woosnam was a name never far away from the top of the leaderboard. A winner on both the PGA and European Tours, the highlight of his career was undoubtedly his Masters’ triumph in 1991.

The most successful Danish golfer of all time, Thomas Bjørn has claimed 15 European Tour titles to date. Back in 1996 Bjørn became the first Dane to win a European Tour event and undoubtedly trailblazed the way for Danish golf.  

Many golfers are successful. Some win numerous Majors, some spend weeks as world number one, some win on all tours globally. Not only is Paul Lawrie a successful golfer, but he has two iconic golf moments that golf fans will remember forever.

John Daly won the 1995 Open at St Andrews, beating Constantino Rocca in a play-off. Only one shot further behind and in his first full season on the European Tour was New Zealand’s Michael Campbell. Campbell had been two shots ahead at the start of the final round, but this valuable experience would hold him in good stead ten years later.

Paul is not only the first Irishman to captain the Ryder Cup team, but he is also a winning captain, victorious at the 2014 Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.

"It means a lot to spend time with passionate golf fans, sharing my thoughts and knowledge on leadership, performance and creating a winning team culture based on a player and as a victorious Ryder Cup Captain"

Paul McGinley

Tom Lehman is the only player in history to be voted ‘Player of Year’ on all three tours operated by the PGA Tour. This is a testament to the consistent nature of his golf, where on the PGA Tour, he not only won five times, but was runner up 19 times in between 1992 and 2006.