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Paul Lawrie (born 1 January 1969) is a
Scotland|Scottish golfer who is best known for
winning The Open Championship in 1999.

==Career outline==
Lawrie became a member of the PGA European Tour in
1992, and performed steadily without doing much to
draw attention to himself. In his first seven
seasons his only top 50 finish on the order of
merit came in 1996 when he was 21st. However he
also finished in the top 100 in all but one of the
other six seasons, and picked up a debut tour win
at the 1996 Catalan Open.

Lawrie's career was transformed in 1999. After
winning the Qatar Masters, which is a
Europe|European Tour event, early in the season,
he went on to win the 128th The Open
Championship|Open Golf Championship at Carnoustie
in July. This was the Open where the
France|Frenchman Jean Van de Velde famously threw
away a three-shot lead on the final hole. Lawrie
won a four-hole playoff against Van de Velde and
the United States|American Justin Leonard. An
unusual aspect of Lawrie's victory was that he was
neither leader or co-leader at any time during his
regulation 72 holes, only moving into a share of
the lead when the leaders came back to him after
he had completed his final round. Also, Lawrie
came back from the largest third-round deficit
ever faced by a major championship winner; going
into the final day, he trailed the leader, Van de
Velde, by 10 shots.

After his major championship victory Lawrie's game
shifted to a higher level without quite moving him
into the Globe|global elite group of golfers. He
finished 9th on the European Tour Order of Merit
in 1999, 6th in 2001, when he captured the
lucrative Dunhill Links Championship|Dunhill Links
title, and 10th in 2002, when he won his fifth
European Tour title at the Wales Open. However, in
2003, his form fell away, and as of March 2005, it
has not recovered. 

After winning the Open, Lawrie was a member of the
PGA TOUR for several seasons, while also
continuing to compete on the European Tour, but he
enjoyed little success in the U.S. and when his
five year major championship exemption expired at
the end of the 2004 season, he lost his PGA Tour
card.

==European Tour wins==
*1996 Catalan Open
*1999 Qatar Masters, The Open Championship
*2001 Dunhill Links Championship
*2002 Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open

==Other professional wins==
*1990 Scottish Assistants Championship
*1992 UAP Under 25s Championship, Scottish Brewers
Championship
*2002 Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Match
Play Championship

==Team Appearances==
*Ryder Cup: 1999
*Seve Trophy: 2000, 2002, 2003
*WGC-World Cup: 1996, 2000, 2002, 2003
*Alfred Dunhill Cup: 1999

==External links==
*http://www.paullawriegolf.com/home/ Official site
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=7102&sOption=profile Profile on the PGA
Tour's official site
*http://www.golfstarsonline.com/L/Paul_Lawrie/
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