| Paul Casey | |||||
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 Casey at the2008 U.S. Open | |||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Paul Alexander Casey | ||||
| Born | (1977-07-21)21 July 1977 (age 48) Cheltenham,Gloucestershire, England | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) | ||||
| Sporting nationality |  England | ||||
| Residence | Weybridge, Surrey, England Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Career | |||||
| College | Arizona State University | ||||
| Turned professional | 2000 | ||||
| Current tours | Asian Tour LIV Golf | ||||
| Former tours | PGA Tour European Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 21 | ||||
| Highestranking | 3 (24 May 2009)[1] | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| PGA Tour | 3 | ||||
| European Tour | 15 | ||||
| Asian Tour | 2 | ||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||
| Other | 3 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | T4:2016 | ||||
| PGA Championship | T2:2020 | ||||
| U.S. Open | T7:2021 | ||||
| The Open Championship | T3:2010 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Paul Alexander Casey (born 21 July 1977) is an English golfer who is a member ofLIV Golf. He has also played on the US-basedPGA Tour and theEuropean Tour. In 2009, he achieved his highest position, third, in theOfficial World Golf Ranking.[2][3]
Casey was born inCheltenham,Gloucestershire, but moved with his family toWeybridge,Surrey at the age of six. After attending Cleves School, Weybridge and thenHampton School, west London, he studied A levels atStrode's College,Egham, Surrey.
Casey attendedArizona State University on an athletic scholarship. His amateur career was distinguished. In the US he won three consecutivePac-12 Championships (1998, 1999 and 2000). In 2000 he broke the championship scoring record held byTiger Woods (18 under par) with a 23-under-par 265.
Back on the other side of the Atlantic he won theEnglish Amateur in 1999 and 2000. He was also a member of Great Britain and Ireland's winning 1999Walker Cup team, where he was only the third player in 77 years to record four victories without a single defeat.
Casey joined theEuropean Tour in May 2001, and recorded a second in his fifth event and a win in his eleventh, theGleneagles Scottish PGA Championship. He ended that season 22nd on the order of merit and won theSir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. After a disappointing second season he won theANZ Championship and theBenson and Hedges International Open in 2003, and came sixth on the Order of Merit.
Casey did not win any individual titles in 2004, but he was a member of the victorious EuropeanRyder Cup team and also won theWGC-World Cup for England in partnership withLuke Donald. Another highlight of his year was a sixth-place finish in his firstMasters. He joined the PGA Tour shortly afterwards as a Special Temporary Member and his membership of the 2004 European Ryder Cup Team qualified him for membership of the US based tour for the 2005 season. However he continues to play mainly in Europe, and was the leader of the European Tour Order of Merit in 2006, untilPádraig Harrington overtook him in the final event. He re-joined thePGA Tour in 2009.
Casey has featured in the top 10 of theOfficial World Golf Ranking and was the highest ranked Englishman for a time. In January 2007 he reached a career high of No. 13 in the rankings.[4]
In 2006, Casey won theHSBC World Match Play Championship atWentworth, beatingShaun Micheel 10 and 8 in a record victory for the final. Casey became the only player inRyder Cup history to win a foursome match with ahole-in-one on Saturday, 23 September 2006, in Ireland.
Casey sparked controversy in November 2004, when in an interview for theSunday Times newspaper he reportedly said, of the USRyder Cup team,"Oh, we properly hate them. We wanted to beat them as badly as possible". Several leading American golfers, includingFred Funk andDavis Love III, publicly dismissed the controversy surrounding Casey as tabloid mischief. Casey later apologised, saying the remarks were taken out of context and using the word "hate" was an error. Casey said he has an American coach (Peter Kostis) and an American girlfriend, and says he"has nothing against America".[5]
Casey earned his firstPGA Tour win on 5 April 2009 by defeatingJ. B. Holmes in a one-hole playoff at theShell Houston Open.[6] This win took him to No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking.[7]
Casey won his milestone 10th event on the European Tour at the 2009BMW PGA Championship atWentworth Golf Club in Surrey, where he won by one stroke over Wentworth resident and fellow EnglishmanRoss Fisher. This win vaulted Casey to a career high of 3rd in theOfficial World Golf Ranking.[2] He had been ranked at No. 41 at the beginning of 2009.[3] Casey suffered a rib injury at the2009 Open Championship, limiting the amount of golf he could play in the second half of 2009.
In January 2011, Casey won theVolvo Golf Champions tournament inBahrain, which was his first win for 20 months.[8]
Casey won the 2012Telus World Skins Game in Canada, having defeatedJhonattan Vegas in a tiebreaker during the event in July.[9]
In June 2013, Casey won his 12th European Tour title atThe Irish Open to end a two-and-a-half-year winless drought, due to form and fitness problems.[10] He captured the title with a final round 67 in changeable conditions, to win by three strokes overJoost Luiten andRobert Rock. He had begun the day four shots behind the leader Luiten, but a run of five birdies in six holes in the middle of the round opened up a three shot lead. It was reduced to one stroke, when Casey bogeyed the 15th and 16th, but a closing eagle on the par five 18th sealed the victory.[11]
In September 2014, Casey won his 13th European Tour title at theKLM Open in theNetherlands, his first victory of the 2014 season. He took victory after posting a final round 66, putting him one shot ahead of runner up, and fellow EnglishmanSimon Dyson. He started the final round four strokes off the lead ofRomain Wattel. The victory was especially emotional and gratifying as Casey's wife Pollyanna had given birth to the couple's first child two weeks prior to the event.[12]
In 2015, Casey chose to give up his European Tour exemption and focus solely on the PGA Tour, citing a need to lessen his travel.[13] In February 2015, Casey finished in a tie for second at theNorthern Trust Open after losing in a sudden-death playoff toJames Hahn. Casey finished the tournament at six-under-par, tied with Hahn andDustin Johnson. After the trio all parred the first extra hole, Casey could only make a par on the second extra hole and was eliminated when Hahn and Johnson both got up and down for birdies from the green-side rough. Casey continued his good form in America the following week, when he finished in a tie for third at theHonda Classic, one shot outside a playoff. Two weeks later he equalled his 2004 performance by finishing tied for 6th place in the2015 Masters.
In 2016, Casey finished 2nd at both theDeutsche Bank Championship and theBMW Championship before finishing 4th at theTour Championship to finish 5th in the2016 FedEx Cup Playoffs, his best career performance in the Playoffs.
In December 2015, Casey chose not to rejoin the European Tour for the following 2016 season, which made himself unavailable to qualify for the 2016 Ryder Cup.[14] Casey reached the 15th position in the Official World Golf Rankings, just prior to the 2016 Ryder Cup, due to his in-form performances in the PGA Tour playoff tournaments immediately before the Ryder Cup event.[15] Casey admitted that he was hurt that he was not able to participate in the 2016 Ryder Cup, due to his decision then not to obtain European Tour member status, whilst others noted that England's most in-form golfer then, was remarkably absent from the premier golf team event.[16]
Casey rejoined the tour in late October 2017 with aspirations of making the European team for the 2018 match at Le Golf National.[17] Casey remarked that he needed to play in another Ryder Cup, he missed the European Tour and being part of English golf.[18] Casey was subsequently selected for theEurAsia Cup in January 2018.[19] Casey scored two points out of a possible three and, ahead of the tournament, said he had 'no issues' speaking with 2010 Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, who infamously overlooked the then world No. 9 for a spot on the European team atCeltic Manor.[20] However, Casey admitted that he was hurt by the omission from Team Europe of the 2010 Ryder Cup, by not scoring sufficient points to qualify for the team, whilst having never questioned the captain's decisions on selecting individual picks for the team.[21] Casey also acknowledged that he was not selected for the Ryder Cup teams in both 2012 and 2014, as he struggled with his golf game then.[22]
Casey won theValspar Championship in 2018, his first PGA Tour win in nine years.
In September 2018, Casey was named as a captain's pick byThomas Bjørn for the European team participating in the2018 Ryder Cup. Europe defeated the U.S. team by a dominant margin of 17.5 to 10.5 atLe Golf National outside Paris, France. Casey went 1–1–1 including a half in his singles match againstBrooks Koepka.[23]
Casey missed a chance to win the 2019AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, when he failed to convert a three-stroke 54-hole lead. He was chased down and passed byPhil Mickelson, who claimed a three-stroke victory. Casey birdied the last during a Monday finish to claim solo second. He did however win the Pro-Am tournament with playing partner Don Colleran.[24]
In March 2019, Casey successfully defended his Valspar Championship title with a one-stroke victory overJason Kokrak andLouis Oosthuizen, to claim his third PGA Tour title.
In September 2019, Casey won thePorsche European Open at Green Eagle Golf Course inHamburg, Germany. Casey earned his 14th European Tour victory and his first since winning theKLM Open in 2014.[25]
In August 2020, Casey finished tied for second at the2020 PGA Championship along withDustin Johnson, both finished two strokes behindCollin Morikawa. This marked his best career finish in a major championship and moved him to 19th in the Official World Golf Ranking.
In November 2020, Casey shot a seven under 65 to hold a share of the first round lead at theMasters. He ultimately finished the tournament T38, with subsequent rounds of 74-71-77.
In January 2021, Casey claimed his 15th European Tour victory, at theOmega Dubai Desert Classic, with a four-stroke victory overBrandon Stone.[26] The win saw him move back into the top 20 in theworld rankings. In August that year, Casey finished in a tie for 3rd place at theOlympic Games. He lost in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal.[27]
In September 2021, Casey played on the European team in the2021 Ryder Cup atWhistling Straits inKohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Casey went 0–4–0 and including a loss in his Sunday singles match againstDustin Johnson.
In July 2022, Casey joined theLIV Golf tour and placed sixth at his first tournament atTrump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, winning $648,000 in the process. Casey competes for Crushers GC in LIV Golf. Casey then finished 21st atLIV Golf Invitational Boston, played at The International Golf Club in Bolton, Massachusetts, talking home $171,200. In 2023, Casey's team Crushers GC took home the team event victory at LIV Golf Mexico held at the El Camaleon Golf Course in Mayakoba.
In 2008, he married Jocelyn Hefner, a distant cousin ofPlayboy founderHugh Hefner. The couple lived a quiet life on a remote ranch in ruralArizona, where keen amateur horse woman Jocelyn competed in local equestrian events. The couple divorced in 2011, citing the impact of the demands of Casey's career on their marriage.[28]
After they met at theFormula 1 Chequered Flag Ball at the 2011Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Casey started dating television presenterPollyanna Woodward.[29] The couple got engaged during the Christmas period in 2013.[29] Soon after, they welcomed their first son, Lex, on 1 September 2014. They married January 2015.
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 5 Apr2009 | Shell Houston Open | 66-70-69-72=277 | −11 | Playoff |  J. B. Holmes |
| 2 | 11 Mar2018 | Valspar Championship | 70-68-71-65=274 | −10 | 1 stroke | Patrick Reed,Tiger Woods |
| 3 | 24 Mar2019 | Valspar Championship (2) | 70-66-68-72=276 | −8 | 1 stroke | Jason Kokrak, Louis Oosthuizen |
PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2009 | Shell Houston Open | J. B. Holmes | Won with bogey on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2015 | Northern Trust Open | James Hahn,Dustin Johnson | Hahn won with birdie on third extra hole Casey eliminated by birdie on second hole |
| 3 | 2015 | Travelers Championship | Bubba Watson | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| Legend |
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| Flagship events (1) |
| Other European Tour (14) |
1Co-sanctioned by thePGA Tour of Australasia
2Co-sanctioned by theAsian Tour
European Tour playoff record (2–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 | Celtic Manor Wales Open | Simon Khan | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2005 | TCL Classic |  Paul McGinley | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2005 | Volvo China Open | Oliver Wilson | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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| 1 | 20 Mar2005 | TCL Classic2 | 64-68-68-66=266 | −22 | Playoff | Paul McGinley |
| 2 | 27 Nov 2005 | Volvo China Open2 | 71-69-70-65=275 | −13 | Playoff | Oliver Wilson |
Asian Tour playoff record (2–0)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2005 | TCL Classic | Paul McGinley | Won with birdie on second extra hole |
| 2 | 2005 | Volvo China Open | Oliver Wilson | Won with birdie on first extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 Oct2011 | Shinhan Donghae Open | 77-73-69-69=288 | E | 1 stroke |  Kang Sung-hoon,Kim Kyung-tae |
| Legend |
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| World Golf Championships (1) |
| Other wins (1) |
| No. | Year | Tournament | Winning score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 Nov 2004 | WGC-World Cup (with Luke Donald) | 61-64-68-64=257 | −31 | 1 stroke |  Spain −Sergio García andMiguel Ángel Jiménez |
| 2 | 31 Jul 2012 | Telus World Skins Game | $185,000 | $100,000 |  Jhonattan Vegas | |
LIV Golf League playoff record (0–2)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2024 | LIV Golf Hong Kong |  Abraham Ancer, Cameron Smith | Ancer won with birdie on first extra hole |
| 2 | 2025 | LIV Golf Dallas |  Jinichiro Kozuma,Louis Oosthuizen,Patrick Reed | Reed won with birdie on first extra hole |
Results not in chronological order in 2020.
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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| Masters Tournament | T6 | CUT | T10 | T11 | T20 | |||
| U.S. Open | CUT | CUT | WD | 15 | T10 | T65 | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T20 | CUT | 71 | T27 | T7 | T47 |
| PGA Championship | CUT | 66 | CUT | T59 | CUT | T40 | T15 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T38 | CUT | T6 | T4 | 6 | T15 | ||
| U.S. Open | T40 | CUT | T45 | T56 | T39 | CUT | 26 | T16 | |
| The Open Championship | T3 | T54 | CUT | T47 | T74 | CUT | T11 | T51 | |
| PGA Championship | T12 | T72 | CUT | T33 | CUT | T30 | T10 | T13 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | CUT | T38 | T26 | |
| PGA Championship | T29 | T2 | T4 | |
| U.S. Open | T21 | T17 | T7 | |
| The Open Championship | T57 | NT | T15 | T53 |
WD = withdrew
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 11 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 13 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 12 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 19 | 14 |
| Totals | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 25 | 71 | 50 |
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
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| The Players Championship | T10 | CUT | CUT | CUT | T14 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT | WD | WD | T23 | T22 | CUT |
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | C | T5 | 3 |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
WD = withdrew
"T" indicates a tie for a place
C = Cancelled after the first round due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
Results not in chronological order before 2015.
| Tournament | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
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| Championship | T8 | T21 | T56 | T9 | T51 | T31 | T6 | T18 | T51 | T38 | 7 | T16 | T12 | T3 | |||
| Match Play | R64 | R64 | R64 | R64 | QF | R16 | 2 | 2 | R32 | QF | T51 | R16 | T17 | R16 | |||
| Invitational | T17 | T16 | T19 | T4 | T51 | T8 | WD | T22 | T45 | T27 | T17 | T16 | T5 | T31 | T27 | ||
| Champions | WD | T6 | T4 | 20 | T23 | T12 | T11 | T16 | T38 | ||||||||
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Championship | 11 | ||
| Match Play | NT1 | T28 | T60 |
| Invitational | T67 | T5 | |
| Champions | NT1 | NT1 | NT1 |
1Cancelled due toCOVID-19 pandemic
WD = Withdrew
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
NT = no tournament
"T" = tied
Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.
Note that the Championship and Invitational were discontinued from 2022.
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