Ross Fisher

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Ross Fisher
European Tour
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking17 (1 November 2009)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour5
Sunshine Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentT15: 2011
PGA ChampionshipT19: 2009
U.S. Open5th: 2009
The Open ChampionshipT13: 2009

Ross Daniel Fisher (born 22 November 1980) is an English professional golfer who plays on the

European Tour, where he has won five times, including the 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship
at Finca Cortesin Golf Club in Spain.

Early life

Fisher was born in

Wentworth Golf Club, Surrey, England, the location of the European Tour administrative headquarters. As a child, he attended Charters School, a state comprehensive close to Wentworth.[2]

Professional career

Fisher joined the

Quinn Direct British Masters
.

In 2007, Fisher won the

HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, beaten by Phil Mickelson in a three-way play-off that also featured Lee Westwood
.

In July 2008, Fisher won the European Open on the Heritage Course at The London Golf Club; the first staging of the event at the venue in Kent, England. Despite never having played the course either in competition or in practice, Fisher shot a first round 63—the lowest round thus far in his professional career—which featured a wind-assisted 413-yard drive on the 9th hole, his last of the day. Having established a first round lead, he was never subsequently headed at the top of the leaderboard, going on to win the tournament by a comfortable seven shots from Sergio García. Fisher played steadily for the rest of the season and finished sixth on the Tour's Order of Merit.

Fisher's progress continued in 2009 when he reached the semi-final of the

Open Championship at Turnberry, Fisher held a two-stroke lead in the early stages of the final round, before taking a quadruple-bogey eight on the par four 5th hole after driving into long rough on the right side of the hole. He eventually finished in a tie for 13th place.[5]

In 2009, Fisher had the lowest cumulative score for the four major championships for players who made the cut in all four events. Fisher's cumulative score of +2 was one stroke better than

Race to Dubai
.

Fisher finished runner-up to

3 Irish Open in Killarney, when he was 10-under-par with four holes to play, only needing to birdie two of the remaining four holes, but he parred the last four holes for a round of 61. He won the tournament with an 18-under-par score of 266.[8] Fisher qualified for the 2010 European Ryder Cup team, which regained the trophy from the United States at Celtic Manor, Wales, on 4 October.[9]
He contributed two points towards the European team total and finished with a record of 2–2–0.

After his successes from 2008 to 2010, Fisher had three disappointing seasons in 2011, 2012 to 2013. Fisher was joint 15th in the

Nordea Masters and the Portugal Masters in 2012 and the 2013 Perth International
. Fisher was 52nd, 38th and 40th in the Order of Merit in these three seasons.

In March 2014, Fisher won his fifth European Tour title at the Tshwane Open in South Africa, his first win since 2010. Fisher won by three strokes over Michael Hoey and Daniel van Tonder, having entered the day five ahead of the field. Fisher lost in a three-man playoff for the BMW Masters, the first of the Final Series events that concluded the European Tour season. Marcel Siem won the tournament with a birdie at the first extra hole. The good result enable Fisher to finish the season 20th in the Race to Dubai.

Fisher started the 2015 European Tour season playing in the

Porsche European Open and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship
and finished in the top-20 of the Race to Dubai for the third successive season.

In 2017, he broke the record for the lowest score on the Old Course at St Andrews with a 61.[10]

Personal life

Fisher is married to Joanne with whom he has a daughter, Eve. Joanne gave birth to the couple's second child in 2011 named Harry.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (5)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 26 Aug 2007
KLM Open
 −12 (66-67-68-67=268) 1 stroke Netherlands Joost Luiten
2 6 Jul 2008 European Open −20 (63-68-69-68=268) 7 strokes Spain Sergio García
3 1 Nov 2009 Volvo World Match Play Championship 4 and 3 United States Anthony Kim
4 1 Aug 2010
3 Irish Open
 −18 (69-61-71-65=266) 2 strokes Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
5 2 Mar 2014 Tshwane Open1 −20 (66-65-67-70=268) 3 strokes Northern Ireland Michael Hoey, South Africa Daniel van Tonder

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–5)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2007
HSBC Champions
 United States Phil Mickelson, England Lee Westwood Mickelson won with birdie on second extra hole
2 2008 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship Sweden Robert Karlsson, Germany Martin Kaymer Karlsson won with birdie on first extra hole
3 2013
ISPS Handa Perth International
 South Korea Jin Jeong Lost to par on first extra hole
4 2014 BMW Masters France Alexander Lévy, Germany Marcel Siem Siem won with birdie on first extra hole
5 2016
Porsche European Open
 France Alexander Lévy Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Ross Fisher
Tournament 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament T30
U.S. Open CUT 5
The Open Championship CUT T39 T13
PGA Championship CUT T19
Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament CUT T15 T47 T41 CUT
U.S. Open CUT CUT T48
The Open Championship T37 CUT T45 CUT T68 CUT T44 T39
PGA Championship CUT T45 CUT CUT T42 CUT T65
Tournament 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship T60
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 10 5
U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 1 6 2
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 7
Totals 0 0 0 1 1 4 33 18
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (twice)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
The Players Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT 71
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Results not in chronological order before 2015.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Championship
 T34 T46 T45 T61 T23 T42 T3 T46
Match Play
 4 R64 R32 QF T36
Invitational
 T56 43 T46 T44 T17
Champions T28 T16 T3 T6 T58
  Top 10
  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = tied
The HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Ryder Cup points record

2010 Total
2 2

See also

References

  1. OWGR
    . Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  2. ^ Harvey, S. (January 2008). "News of former pupils" (PDF). Sports College News. Charters School. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2009.
  3. ^ Clarke, Thomas (17 November 2010). "Paul Casey wins the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth". Golf Monthly. Retrieved 6 January 2013.
  4. ^ "Ross Fisher rues his missed chances at Bethpage Black". Liverpool Echo. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  5. ^ PGA Tour profile[dead link]
  6. ^ Kelley, Brent (10 April 2010). "Fisher Fumbles Away 'Majors Aggregate Championship'". About.com. Retrieved 13 May 2013.
  7. ^ "Fisher clinches Match Play crown". BBC Sport. 1 November 2009. Retrieved 2 November 2009.
  8. ^ "Ross Fisher Wins Irish Open". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 1 August 2010.[dead link]
  9. ^ Dorman, Larry (4 October 2010). "McDowell Lifts Europe to Ryder Cup Victory". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  10. ^ Herrington, Ryan (8 October 2017). "Ross Fisher breaks the Old Course scoring record … in disappointing fashion". Golf Digest.
  11. ^ "European Amateur Team Championship". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 November 2020.

External links

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