Biography of Barry Lane -

Barry Lane (born in Hayes, Middlesex on June 21,
1960) is an England|English professional golfer.
He turned professional in 1976 and first played on
the European Tour in 1982. For the first few
seasons he failed to finish high enough on the
Order of Merit to retain his card and he made
several visits to the Qualifying School, but by
1986 he was established on the tour. His best
years came in the early to mid nineties, when he
made the top ten of the order of merit three
times, with a best of fifth in 1992. He won four
European Tour events between 1988 and 1994. He had
a relatively bad period in his later thirties, but
after the turn of the Millenium his form improved
again and he picked up his fifth win on the Tour
at the 2004 British Masters (golf)|British
Masters.

Lane has won several professional tournaments off
of the European Tour, most lucratively the 1995
Accenture World Championship of Golf. This event
was a precursor of the WGC-Accenture World
Matchplay Championship and Lane's prize was one
million dollars, which was a very rare level of
prize in golf at that time. 

Lane made his only Ryder Cup appearance in
Europe's home defeat at The Belfry in 1993, losing
all three of his matches. He has represented
England in the World Cup of Golf|World Cup and the
Alfred Dunhill Cup several times, and has played
for the Rest of the World Team in the UBS Cup
three times. 

==European Tour wins==
*1988 Bell's Scottish Open
*1992 Mercedes German Masters
*1993 Canon European Masters
*1994 Turespana Open de Baleares
*2004 British Masters (golf)|British Masters

==Other wins==
*1983 Jamaica Open, Footjoy Assistant Pros
Championship, World Assistant Pros Championship
*1987 Equity & Law Challenge
*1995 Accenture World Championship of Golf

==Team appearances==
*Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1993
*Alfred Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1988,
1994, 1995, 1996
*World Cup of Golf|World Cup (representing
England): 1988, 1994
*UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World):
2002, 2003, 2004

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