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Full name
  
Gary P. Wolstenholme

U.S. Open
  
CUT: 2008

European seniors tour
  
3

Nationality
  
England

Professional wins
  
5

Other
  
2

Name
  
Gary Wolstenholme

Turned professional
  
2008

Role
  
Golfer


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Born
  
21 August 1960 (age 63) Egham, Surrey, England (
1960-08-21
)

Current tours
  
European Senior Tour, Champions Tour

Masters Tournament
  
CUT: 1992, 2004

The Open Championship
  
CUT: 1992, 2003

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Gary P. Wolstenholme MBE (born 21 August 1960) is an English professional golfer, known for his long amateur career, who now plays on the European Senior Tour.

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Wolstenholme was born in Egham, Surrey. His father was Guy Wolstenholme a professional golfer. He has won The Amateur Championship twice (1991, 2003) as well as many other amateur tournaments around the world. He has played on six Walker Cup teams and is the all-time points leader for the Great Britain and Ireland side.

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In September 2008, at the age of 48, Wolstenholme turned professional in anticipation of playing senior professional golf in 2010. He attempted to qualify for the European Tour through qualifying school, but failed to advance past the first stage.

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Playing on the European Senior Tour, Wolstenholme has won three events: the 2010 Casa Serena Open, 2012 Mallorca Open Senior and the 2012 Benahavis Senior Masters.

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Amateur wins (14)

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  • 1989 Golf Illustrated Gold Vase
  • 1991 The Amateur Championship
  • 1993 Chinese Amateur
  • 1995 United Arab Emirates Amateur, British Mid-Amateur
  • 1996 British Mid-Amateur, Finnish Amateur Championship
  • 1997 Welsh Amateur
  • 1998 British Mid-Amateur
  • 2000 Sherry Cup Invitational
  • 2001 Sherry Cup Invitational
  • 2002 South African Amateur Stroke Play
  • 2003 The Amateur Championship, Scottish Amateur Strokeplay Championship
  • 2007 New South Wales Amateur
  • Other wins (2)

  • 2010 Stoke By Nayland (PGA EuroPro Tour)
  • 2011 Handa Australian Senior Open
  • Results in major championships

    Note: Wolstenholme never played in the PGA Championship.
    DNP = Did not play
    CUT = missed the half-way cut
    "T" = tied

    Team appearances

    this list maybe incomplete
    Amateur

  • Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1995 (winners), 1997, 1999 (winners), 2001 (winners), 2003 (winners), 2005
  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1996, 1998 (winners)
  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing England): 2002, 2004
  • References

    Gary Wolstenholme Wikipedia