| Paul McGinley | |
|---|---|
 McGinley in 2014 | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Paul Noel McGinley |
| Born | (1966-12-16)16 December 1966 (age 59) Dublin,County Dublin, Ireland |
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Ireland |
| Residence | Sunningdale,Berkshire, England |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Career | |
| College | Dublin Institute of Technology; United States International University |
| Turned professional | 1991 |
| Current tour | European Senior Tour |
| Former tour | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 10 |
| Highestranking | 18 (30 October 2005)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 4 |
| Other | 6 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | T18: 2002 |
| PGA Championship | T6:2004 |
| U.S. Open | T42: 2005 |
| The Open Championship | T14: 1996 |
Paul Noel McGinley (born 16 December 1966) is an Irishprofessional golfer. He has won four events on theEuropean Tour. At the2002 Ryder Cup, he famously holed a ten-foot putt on the 18th hole in his match againstJim Furyk atThe Belfry which won the Ryder Cup for Europe.[2] He was the winning captain of Europe in the2014 Ryder Cup and the first Irishman to captain Europe's Ryder Cup side.[3]
McGinley was raised in Rathfarnham and was educated at St Mary's BNS andColáiste Éanna. His fatherMick – who is fromDunfanaghy – playedGaelic football forDonegal, while his mother Julia comes fromRathmullan.[4] McGinley himself was born inDublin and studied atDublin Institute of Technology. After his knee injury, McGinley turned his full attention to golf.[5]
McGinley later said that when he played golf as part of a team it helped to raise his game to another level. He credited his experience of Gaelic football for his passion for team sports and suggested it played a part in why he was appointed European captain for the 2014 Ryder Cup.[6]
McGinley later attended theUnited States International University inSan Diego on agolf scholarship, where he gained amaster's degree in marketing.[7]
McGinley won the 1989 Irish Amateur Close Championship and the 1991 South of Ireland Championship atLahinch Golf Club. He was selected for the 1991 Britain & IrelandWalker Cup team atPortmarnock Golf Club, just north of Dublin, where a strong American team that includedPhil Mickelson beat Britain & Ireland 14–10.[8]
In 1991, McGinley turned professional. He joined the European Tour in 1992, aged 25. In 1993, he lost a playoff toCostantino Rocca in theFrench Open.[9] In 1994, McGinley lost a playoff toJosé María Olazábal in theOpen Mediterrania.[10]
McGinley eventually won his first title on the European Tour at the 1996Hohe Brücke Open. In 1997 he won theWorld Cup of Golf for Ireland withPádraig Harrington (who attended the same secondary school,Coláiste Éanna, as McGinley).
At the 2001Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open, McGinley won the tournament on the fifth extra hole of a playoff in an event that was so badly disrupted by torrential rain that it was reduced to just 36 holes. After his victory, McGinley quipped: "Goran Ivanišević said God sent the rain for him atWimbledon and maybe he sent it for me too!"[11]
McGinley's best finish in one of the fourmajor championships is a tie for 6th place in the2004 PGA Championship. He has featured in the top 20 of theOfficial World Golf Ranking. His best season on the European Tour was in 2005 when he finished third on the Order of Merit. He made the cut in 21 out of 23 events that year and gained his fourth and, to date, last European Tour victory in the season-endingVolvo Masters at theValderrama Golf Club in Spain. McGinley started his final round four shots off the lead. He shot a final round of 67 for the biggest individual tournament win of his career, finishing two strokes ahead of Spain'sSergio García.[12]
Before his victory in the 2005 Volvo Masters, McGinley had three runner-up finishes in tournaments that year, finishing second toÁngel Cabrera in theBMW Championship at Wentworth and losing in the final of theHSBC World Match Play Championship at the same venue to New ZealanderMichael Campbell (2 & 1). In an absorbing contest, Campbell clinched the title with a half on the penultimate hole after McGinley had driven wildly into the trees on the previous two holes. McGinley later said he was "hurt like you can't imagine" after losing in the final. He said: "I fought as hard as I could and I'm bitterly disappointed."[13]
At the 2005TCL Classic, McGinley shot a final round of 63 to force a sudden-death playoff withPaul Casey. However, on the second extra hole, Casey holed a 25-foot birdie putt from the back of the green to win the title.[14]
At the 2008KLM Open played in the Netherlands, McGinley shot a final round of 64 to finish runner-up in the tournament, behindDarren Clarke.[15]
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McGinley made three consecutive Ryder Cup appearances in 2002, 2004 and 2006, with Europe being victorious each time. In the2002 Ryder Cup, his ten-foot putt on the 18th hole in his match againstJim Furyk secured the ½ point Europe needed for victory; the team eventually won 15½ to 12½. In the2006 Ryder Cup atThe K Club in Ireland, McGinley offered a handshake and conceded a 20-foot putt for a half toJ. J. Henry on the 18th green of his last-day singles match because he feared his opponent might have been put off when a streaker ran across the green.[16]
In the2010 and2012 matches, McGinley served as one of the European vice-captains toColin Montgomerie andJosé María Olazábal respectively. On 15 January 2013, he was named the Europe team captain for the2014 Ryder Cup.[17][18][19]
In May 2013, McGinley gave European playerSergio García his backing following a public feud that the Spaniard had withTiger Woods and a controversial "fried chicken" remark that García made about Woods. In an interview withBBC Radio 5 Live, McGinley said: "I think there's a personality clash and they don't particularly like each other's company. For me, it's no big deal. He apologised for it and, as far as I'm concerned, we move on. People make mistakes and say things all the time that they regret and didn't mean."[20] Garcia would eventually qualify for McGinley’s European squad, ahead of the Ryder Cup in September 2014.
At the2014 Ryder Cup in Scotland, McGinley’s European team defeated the American team captained byTom Watson with a winning margin of 161⁄2 to 111⁄2.[21]
McGinley met his wife,Allison Shapcott, who played golf for England and on theLadies European Tour, when they were both atUnited States International University inSan Diego. They married in 1996 and have three children.[22]
McGinley is an executive fellow of the Leadership Institute at theLondon Business School.[23]
| Legend |
|---|
| Tour Championships (1) |
| Other European Tour (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 Aug1996 | Hohe Brücke Open | −19 (73-66-68-62=269) | 1 stroke |  David Lynn, Juan Carlos Piñero |
| 2 | 26 Oct1997 | Oki Pro-Am | −22 (66-67-64-69=266) | 4 strokes | Iain Pyman |
| 3 | 12 Aug2001 | Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open | −6 (67-71=138)[a] | Playoff |  Paul Lawrie,Daren Lee |
| 4 | 30 Oct2005 | Volvo Masters | −10 (74-68-65-67=274) | 2 strokes | Sergio García |
European Tour playoff record (1–3)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent(s) | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1993 | Peugeot Open de France |  Costantino Rocca | Lost to bogey on first extra hole |
| 2 | 1994 | Turespaña Open Mediterrania | José María Olazábal | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| 3 | 2001 | Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open | Paul Lawrie,Daren Lee | Won with par on fifth extra hole Lawrie eliminated by par on second hole |
| 4 | 2005 | TCL Classic | Paul Casey | Lost to birdie on second extra hole |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 Oct 1991 | UAP European Under-25 Championship | −5 (70-69-74-70=283) | 1 stroke |  Paul Affleck, René Michelsen |
| 2 | 13 Oct 1997 | Smurfit Irish PGA Championship | −3 (70-66-75-74=285) | 3 strokes |  Stephen Hamill,David Higgins,John McHenry |
| 3 | 23 Nov 1997 | World Cup of Golf (with Pádraig Harrington) | −31 (137-137-136-135=545) | 5 strokes | Scotland –Colin Montgomerie andRaymond Russell |
| 4 | 8 Oct 2000 | Smurfit Irish PGA Championship (2) | −18 (67-67-67-69=270) | 4 strokes | Eamonn Darcy |
| 5 | 27 Apr 2002 | Smurfit Irish PGA Championship (3) | −6 (76-72-65=213) | 3 strokes | John Dwyer |
| 6 | 7 Sep 2003 | Smurfit Irish PGA Championship (4) | −8 (71-68-69-72=280) | 5 strokes | Gary Murphy |
| Tournament | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||||||
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | CUT | T14 | T66 | CUT | CUT | |
| PGA Championship |
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | T18 | CUT | ||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT | T42 | CUT | |||||||
| The Open Championship | T20 | T54 | CUT | T28 | T57 | T41 | CUT | 19 | T43 | |
| PGA Championship | CUT | T22 | CUT | CUT | T6 | T23 | T60 |
| Tournament | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | ||||
| U.S. Open | ||||
| The Open Championship | ||||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
| Tournament | Wins | 2nd | 3rd | Top-5 | Top-10 | Top-25 | Events | Cuts made |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| U.S. Open | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| The Open Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 |
| PGA Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 15 |
| Tournament | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Players Championship | CUT | CUT |
CUT = missed the halfway cut
| Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Match Play | R64 | R32 | R64 | ||||||
| Championship | T35 | NT1 | T28 | T35 | |||||
| Invitational | 23 | 26 | 67 | T58 | T46 | T3 | T66 | T39 | T27 |
1Cancelled due to9/11
QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament
Amateur
Professional
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