Stephen Dodd
Dodd in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Christopher Dodd
Born	(1966-07-15)15 July 1966 (age 58) Cardiff, Wales
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	187 lb (85 kg; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationality	Wales
Residence	Barry, Wales
Career
Turned professional	1990
Current tour(s)	European Senior Tour PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)	European Tour Challenge Tour PGA EuroPro Tour MENA Tour
Professional wins	19
Highestranking	56 (22 May 2005)[1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	3
Asian Tour	1
Challenge Tour	1
PGA Tour Champions	1
European Senior Tour	4
Other	11
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 1990
PGA Championship	CUT: 2005, 2006
U.S. Open	DNP
The Open Championship	CUT: 1989, 2005, 2006, 2022
Achievements and awards
MENA Golf Tour Order of Merit winner 2012 European Senior Tour Order of Merit winner 2021

Stephen Christopher Dodd (born 15 July 1966) is a Welshprofessional golfer who after a moderate career, unexpectedly won two events on theEuropean Tour in the 2005 season at the age of 38 and won a third time in 2006. He also won the2005 WGC-World Cup in partnership withBradley Dredge. Since turning 50 he has won four times on theEuropean Senior Tour, including the2021 Senior Open Championship.

Dodd had a successful amateur career highlighted by victory inThe Amateur Championship atRoyal Birkdale in 1989, which qualified him to play inThe Open Championship that year and theMasters Tournament the following year. He played in the1989 Walker Cup, being part of the first Great Britain and Ireland team to win in the United States. He was namedBBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year in 1989.

Dodd turned professional in 1990. He spent the early years of his professional career on Europe's second tierChallenge Tour. In 1992 he won the Bank Austria Open on that tour, but his results were generally patchy. He first gained his place on the main European Tour in 1995, but found himself returning toqualifying school every year until 2001, when he finally broke into the top 100 on the Order of Merit to automatically retain his playing status. He then steadily improved, having new personal best seasons in 2003 and 2004, finishing 80th and 58th respectively on the money list.

The 2005 season marked a sudden improvement in Dodd's fortunes. He won the first tournament he entered that season, theVolvo China Open (actually played in late 2004), which was one of several events co-sanctioned by the European Tour and theAsian Tour.^[2] A few weeks later he picked up a new biggest paycheck of his career by coming tied second in the higher profileDubai Desert Classic. He went on to win theNissan Irish Open in May,^[3] and in November he won theWGC-World Cup for Wales in partnership withBradley Dredge. He finished the season ranked a career high 17th on theOrder of Merit.

In 2006 Dodd won theSmurfit European Open, granting him a five-year exemption on the European Tour.^[4] He finished the season ranked 29th on the Order of Merit. Since then his form has dropped, and in 2008 he made just 4 cuts as he slipped to 245th on the end of season money list. His career started to decline and by 2012, he was playing on the third-tier Dubai-basedMENA Golf Tour, where he had three wins. In 2016 he won the GRENKE Championship on thePGA EuroPro Tour, a few weeks before his 50th birthday.

Dodd joined theEuropean Senior Tour after turning 50. In his first season, 2016, he won theSenior Italian Open and followed up with wins in the 2017Farmfoods European Senior Masters and the 2018WINSTONgolf Senior Open.

Dodd's biggest success of his career came at the2021 Senior Open Championship. He shot an 8-under-par 62 in the third round to take a two shot lead going into the final round. A 68 on the final day was good enough to see offMiguel Ángel Jiménez by one shot. The win also gave him an exemption into the 2022 Open Championship.^[5]

Dodd was born inCardiff. He resides inBarry,Wales with his wife Allison and their son Liam.

• 1989The Amateur Championship, Welsh Amateur Championship, Welsh Amateur Open Stroke Play Championship

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	28 Nov 2004 (2005 season)	Volvo China Open1	−12 (68-70-70-68=276)	3 strokes	Thomas Bjørn
2	22 May 2005	Nissan Irish Open	−9 (69-70-72-68=279)	Playoff	David Howell
3	9 Jul2006	Smurfit Kappa European Open	−9 (67-69-73-70=279)	2 strokes	José Manuel Lara,Anthony Wall

¹Co-sanctioned by theAsian Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2005	Nissan Irish Open	David Howell	Won with birdie on first extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	5 Jul1992	Bank Austria Open	−11 (69-67-71-70=277)	3 strokes	Gordon Manson

Challenge Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1992	Memorial Olivier Barras	Jeff Hall	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	24 Jun2016	Grenke Championship	−13 (66-66-68=200)	Playoff	Adam Hodkinson

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	24 Oct2012	Shaikh Maktoum Dubai Open	−11 (68-68-69=205)	2 strokes	Martin LeMesurier,Zane Scotland
2	21 Mar2013	Royal D'Anfa Open	−6 (70-69-71=210)	Playoff	Ian Keenan,Zane Scotland
3	23 Oct 2013	Abu Dhabi Golf Citizen Open	−6 (72-68-70=210)	1 stroke	Stuart Archibald,Craig Hinton

• 1991Memorial Olivier Barras
• 1995Welsh PGA Championship
• 2001Welsh PGA Championship
• 2005WGC-World Cup (withBradley Dredge)
• 2007Ryder Cup Wales Welsh PGA Championship
• 2011Welsh National PGA Championship
• 2014Welsh National PGA Championship

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	25 Jul2021	The Senior Open Championship	−13 (66-71-62-68=267)	1 stroke	Miguel Ángel Jiménez

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	23 Oct2016	Senior Italian Open	−9 (69-64-71=204)	1 stroke	Phillip Price
2	22 Oct2017	Farmfoods European Senior Masters	−2 (71-73-70=214)	1 stroke	Clark Dennis,Paul McGinley
3	15 Jul2018	WINSTONgolf Senior Open	−15 (64-66-71=201)	6 strokes	Jean-François Remésy
4	25 Jul2021	The Senior Open Championship	−13 (66-71-62-68=267)	1 stroke	Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

CUT = missed the half-way cut
NT = No tournament due to theCOVID-19 pandemic
Note: Dodd never played in theU.S. Open.

"T" = Tied

Year	Championship	54 holes	Winning score	Margin	Runner-up
2021	The Senior Open Championship	2 shot lead	−13 (66-71-62-68=267)	1 stroke	Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Results not in chronological order before 2022.

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = no tournament due toCOVID-19 pandemic

Amateur

• Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland):1989 (winners)
• European Amateur Team Championship (representing Wales):1987,1989

Professional

• Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland):2005 (winners)
• World Cup (representing Wales):2005 (winners),2006,2007,2009

• Stephen Dodd at theEuropean Tour official site
• Stephen Dodd at thePGA Tour official site
• Stephen Dodd at theOfficial World Golf Ranking official site

• Welsh male golfers
• European Tour golfers
• European Senior Tour golfers
• Winners of senior major golf championships
• Sportspeople from Cardiff
• 1966 births
• Living people

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• Use dmy dates from August 2016