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Andrew Oldcorn
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Steven Oldcorn
Born (1960-03-31) 31 March 1960 (age 64)
Bolton, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality Scotland
ResidenceEdinburgh, Scotland
SpouseKirstin (m. 1999)
Children3[1]
Career
Turned professional1983
Current tour(s)European Senior Tour
Champions Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Professional wins6
Highest ranking72 (28 October 2001)[2]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
European Senior Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT44: 2001
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT28: 2003

Andrew Oldcorn (born 31 March 1960) is a Scottish professional golfer.

Oldcorn was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. He was raised in Edinburgh, and represents Scotland. He represented England as an amateur and won the English Amateur in 1982, turning professional after playing for Great Britain & Ireland in the 1983 Walker Cup.

Oldcorn was medalist at the European Tour final Qualifying School in 1983. He had a steady start to his career on tour before being struck down with ME (also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) in the early 1990s.[3][1] He returned to form in 1993, to claim his first tour victory in the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia. Away from the tour he also won the Sunderland of Scotland Masters. Several solid years followed along with another title, the 1995 DHL Jersey Open. The undoubted highlight of his career came in 2001 when he became the oldest winner in the history of the Volvo PGA Championship (although Miguel Ángel Jiménez would later beat that record).[4] He finished that season a career best 26th place on the European Tour Order of Merit.

Since turning 50, Oldcorn has primarily been playing on the senior golf tours, having won twice on the European Senior Tour.

Amateur wins

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Professional wins (6)

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European Tour wins (3)

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Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 28 Feb 1993 Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía −3 (70-71-73-71=285) 1 stroke Argentina Eduardo Romero
2 18 Jun 1995 DHL Jersey Open −15 (70-68-66-69=273) 3 strokes Scotland Dean Robertson
3 28 May 2001 Volvo PGA Championship −16 (66-66-69-71=272) 2 strokes Argentina Ángel Cabrera

Other wins (1)

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European Senior Tour wins (2)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 12 Jun 2011 De Vere Club PGA Seniors Championship −11 (73-66-68-70=277) 9 strokes Scotland Gordon Brand Jnr
2 10 Jul 2016 WINSTONgolf Senior Open −8 (70-69-69=208) Playoff England Paul Broadhurst

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2016 WINSTONgolf Senior Open England Paul Broadhurst Won with par on second extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Open Championship CUT T64 CUT WD CUT 80
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT T28 T42 CUT
PGA Championship T44

Note: Oldcorn never played in the Masters Tournament nor the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

References

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  1. ^ a b "European Tour biography". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Week 43 2001 Ending 28 Oct 2001" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  3. ^ Spencer, P (1 May 1998). "CFS: A suitable case for treatment" (PDF). 11 (5): 223–6. Retrieved 16 May 2012. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. ^ Farrell, Andy (29 May 2001). "Oldcorn trades rags for riches in inspiring win". The Independent. London. Retrieved 17 July 2009.[dead link‍]
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