Nationality England U.S. Open DNP PGA Championship DNP Role Golfer Weight 92 kg Professional wins 1 | Masters Tournament DNP The Open Championship T24: 1997 Name David Russell Height 1.91 m Challenge tour 1 Turned professional 1976 | |
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David A. Russell (born 6 November 1957) is a retired English professional golfer who played on the European Tour from 1978 to 1996 and briefly on the European Seniors Tour in 2008.
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Career
Russell was born in Dartford, England, and turned professional in 1976. That fall he went to the first Qualifying school held at Walton Heath. He was the medalist with a score of 296.
Russell played on the European Tour and Challenge Tour. His best finish on the European Tour was second place at the 1987 KLM Dutch Open. He won one event on the Challenge Tour, the 1997 Audi Quattro Trophy. In 1992, he suffered a hand injury that kept him out for eight months. He led the 1993 Heineken Dutch Open at one stage, but eventually finished 19th, two shots over par.
Russell played in The Open Championship eight times, making the cut five times, tied for 35th in 1982, T-44 in 1985, T-38 in 1988, T-67 in 1996, and T-24 in 1997.
In 1994, Russell played ten events of the PGA Tour making the cut in three.
Challenge Tour wins
Personal life
Russell is married, and he and his wife Sharon have had two children, both girls.