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Stephen Dodd (b, 15 Jul 1966) is a Wales|Welsh
golfer  who after a very moderate career,
unexpectedly won two events on the PGA European
Tour in the 2005 season at the age of 38.

Dodd won The Amateur Championship at Royal
Birkdale in 1989, which qualified him to play in
the Masters Tournament|Masters the following year,
but he spent the early years of his professional
career on the second tier Challenge Tour. In 1992
he won the Bank Austria Open on that tour, but his
results were generally patchy. He first qualified
to for the main European Tour in 1995, but didn't
finish in the top one hundred of the rankings
until 2001, when he came 97th. He then had new
personal best seasons in 2003 and 2004, finishing
80th and 58th respectively. 

The 2005 season marked a sudden improvement in
Dodd's fortunes. He won the first tournament he
entered that season, the Volvo China Open
(actually played in late 2004), which is one of
several events co-sanctioned by the European Tour
and the Asian Tour. A few weeks later he picked up
a new biggest paycheck of his career by coming
tied second in the higher profile Dubai Desert
Classic. In May 2005 he won the Nissan Irish Open,
a considerably more prestigious tournament than
his previous victory. 

==External links==
*http://www.europeantour.com/players/bio.sps?iPlay
erNo=5529&sOption=profile Profile on the PGA
European Tour's official site