Ian Woosnam Profile
In the run up to the Masters in April we are going to profile some of the masters champion greats. We are starting the series with a look at Ian Woosnam. The little welsh wonder who won the green jacket in 1991. Ian Woosnam is now playing on the Champion Tour ( The PGA Seniors Tour), he played his first tournament at the weekend.
Woosnam was part of the golden era of European golf, together with Seve Ballesteros, Nick Faldo, Bernhard Langer and Sandy Lyle, they were born within 12 months of each other and dominated world golf winning all the majors, and they made the European team a force to be reckoned with in the Ryder Cup.
Some career highlights include finishing in the top 10 of the order of merit 13 times. Woosnam was at the peak of his powers in 1991 when he won the US masters and he topped the official golf rankings, and he stayed their for 50 weeks. In total Woosie won 28 events around the world.
Woosie was a key member of the European Ryder Cup team playing in teams from 1983 to 1997, strangely he never won a singles match but he did win 14 matches and got 5 halves. Since he stopped playing he had the honour of being vice captain in 2002 and became the captain in 2006 where he led the Europe team to a trouncing of USA 18 ½ to 9 1/2 .
He was honoured for his services to golf in 2007 with an OBE in the New Years Honours List.
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