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Introduction
Paul Lawrie is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999. He was a vice-captain for the European Ryder Cup team in 2016.
Early life
| Name | Paul Lawrie |
| Net Worth | $10 million |
| Salary | $2 million |
| Occupation | Golfer |
| Age | 53 years |
| Height | 1.80m |
Paul Stewart Lawrie OBE was born on January 1, 1969 (age 53 years) in Aberdeen. Scotland. He hasn’t shared the information related to his parents and siblings.
Career
Paul Lawrie turned professional in 1986 and became a member of the European Tour in 1992. He performed steadily without doing much to draw attention to himself, aside from a 6th-place finish in the 1993 Open Championship. In his first seven seasons, his only top 50 finish on the Order of Merit came in 1996 when he was 21st. However, he also finished in the top 100 in all but one of the other six seasons and picked up a debut tour win at the 1996 Catalan Open.
Lawrie’s career was transformed in 1999. After winning the Qatar Masters (a European Tour event) early in the season, he went on to win the 1999 Open Championship at Carnoustie in July. This was the Open where the Frenchman Jean van de Velde blew a three-shot lead on the final hole. Lawrie won a four-hole playoff against Van de Velde and American Justin Leonard. An unusual aspect of Lawrie’s victory was that he was neither leader nor co-leader at any time during his regulation 72 holes, only moving into a share of the lead when the leaders came back to him after he had completed his final round.
He came back from the largest third-round deficit ever faced by a major championship winner – going into the final day, he tr ailed the leader, Van de Velde, by 10 shots. This is also the record for the biggest final-round comeback on the PGA Tour. After his major championship victory, Lawrie’s game shifted to a higher level without quite moving him into the global elite group of golfers.
Paul Lawrie finished 9th on the European Tour Order of Merit in 1999; 6th in 2001, when he captured the lucrative Dunhill Links Championship; and 10th in 2002, when he won his fifth European Tour title at the Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open.
In March 2001, the Paul Lawrie Foundation was created. The Foundation aims to support and sustain an interest and enthusiasm for the game of golf amongst under-18s. Activities are delivered in a fun and relaxed setting with equipment provided if necessary. The Foundation has grown rapidly and now includes football and hockey. In 2011, a 54-hole tournament, the Paul Lawrie Invitational was added to the Tartan Tour.
Paul Lawrie was a member of the PGA Tour for several seasons after winning the Open while also continuing to compete on the European Tour. He enjoyed little success in the U.S. and when his five-year major championship exemption expired at the end of the 2004 season, he lost his PGA Tour card.
Lawrie was the last European player to win a major until 2007 when that drought was ended by Pádraig Harrington of Ireland in The Open Championship. He was the last player from the United Kingdom to win a major until Graeme McDowell won the 2010 U.S. Open. Lawrie is still the last player from Scotland to win a major.
At the 2009 Open Championship at Turnberry, Lawrie scored what is believed to be only the eighth albatross (double eagle) in the competition’s 150-year history by holing his second shot at the par 5 seventh hole in the final round. However, on 27 March 2011, Lawrie won the Open de Andalucía de Golf by one stroke over Johan Edfors. Lawrie finished the championship at −12 and in doing so ended a nine-year period without a tour win.
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In February 2012, Lawrie won the Commercialbank Qatar Masters for the second time in his career, having previously won in 1999. Lawrie became only the second player to have won the tournament more than once alongside Adam Scott. It was Lawrie’s seventh win on the European Tour. The tournament was reduced to 54 holes after strong winds hampered the play during rounds one and two. He won by four strokes over Jason Day and Peter Hanson after a final round of 65.
Paul Lawrie skipped the 2012 U.S. Open in an attempt to qualify for the 2012 Ryder Cup. He secured qualification with victory at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in August. He has stated that he would accept the captain’s role for the 2014 Ryder Cup if offered. Lawrie helped Team Europe retain the Ryder Cup at Medinah. He finished the season in the top 10 of the Order of Merit for the first time in ten years.
Lawrie was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2000 and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for voluntary service to golf. On 1 October 2020, Lawrie announced that he would be retiring from the European Tour following his 620th career event at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open due to back problems and would instead compete on the European Senior Tour moving forward.
Other works
Paul Lawrie is passionate about junior golf and his Paul Lawrie Foundation has taught thousands of youngsters. In 2012 he bought Aspire Golf Centre in Aberdeen (now called the Paul Lawrie Golf Centre). Partly due to this, he was named by the Golf Club Managers’ Association’s Golf Club Management magazine as the 37th most powerful person in British golf.
Lawrie is a fan of Aberdeen FC. He was a columnist for bunkered golf magazine between 1999 and 2004. Lawrie has his own golf brand, called Cardinal Golf. As of July 2022, Paul Lawrie has 16 professional wins and his highest ranking was on October 21, 2012, at position 26.
Wife
Paul Lawrie is married to Marian Lawrie, they had their wedding in 1991. His wife is a private person and a businesswoman. The couple has two children Craig Lawrie and Michael Craig. Their first son Craig Lawrie who was born in 1995 (age 27 years) is also a professional golfer. As of mid-2022, Paul Lawrie and his wife Marian Lawrie are still married and living a happy life with each other without facing any problems, tension and misunderstanding.
Paul Lawrie net worth
How much is Paul Lawrie worth? Paul Lawrie net worth is estimated at around $10 million. His main source of income is from his career as a professional golfer and businessman. Lawrie salary per month with other career earnings is over $2 million annually. He is one of the richest and most influential professional golfers in the United Kingdom. Paul Lawrie stands at an appealing height of 1.80m and has a good body weight which suits his personality.