Exempt status

• PGA TOUR Champions: PGA TOUR Career Victory Category

Personal

• Both parents are Welsh, and he learned the game on the local Llanmynech GC (15 holes in Wales, three in England) on the border
• Worked on family farm for six months after leaving school. Credits his stocky but powerful physique to lifting heavy hay bales
• Used to travel in a camper van and eat tins of beans to save money when he was an aspiring pro
• Lives in Jersey, Channel Islands.

Special Interests

• Fishing, snooker, sports

PGA TOUR Victories (2)

• 1991 USF&G Classic, Masters Tournament

PGA TOUR Champions Victories (1)

• 2015 Insperity Invitational

International Victories

PGA TOUR (45)

• 1982 Ebel Swiss Open, Cacharel Under-25 Championship.
• 1983 Silk Cut Masters.
• 1984 Scandinavian Enterprise Open.
• 1985 Zambian Open.
• 1986 Lawrence Batley International TPC, '555' Kenya Open.
• 1987 Suntory World Match Play, Lancome Trophy, Bell's Scottish Open, Cepsa Madrid Open, Jersey Open, Hong Kong Open, Million Dollar Challenge-Sun City, World Cup [indiv.].
• 1988 Panasonic European Open, Carroll's Irish Open, Volvo PGA Championship, Welsh Pro Championship.
• 1989 Carroll's Irish Open, World Cup [indiv.].
• 1990 Epson Grand Prix of Europe, Suntory World Match Play, Bell's Scottish Open, Torras Monte Carlo Open, Amex Med Open.
• 1991 PGA Grand Slam, Torras Monte Carlo Golf Open, Fujitsu Mediterranean Open.
• 1992 European Monte Carlo Open.
• 1993 Lancome Trophy, Murphy's English Open.
• 1994 Dunhill British Masters, Air France Cannes Open.
• 1996 Volvo German Open, Scottish Open, Heineken Classic, Johnnie Walker Classic.
• 1997 Volvo PGA Championship, Hyundai Motor Masters.
• 1999 Smurfit COC Team.
• 2001 Cisco World Match Play Championship.
• 2008 Parkridge Polish Seniors Championship [EurSrs], Russian Seniors Open [EurSrs].
• 2009 Irish Seniors Open [EurSrs].

PGA TOUR Champions (5) 2008 Parkridge Polish Seniors Championship, Russian Seniors Open. 2009 Irish Seniors Open. 2011 Berenberg Bank Masters. 2014 Dutch Senior Open.

Other Victories

PGA TOUR Champions (42)

• 1982 Ebel Swiss Open, Cacharel Under-25 Championship.
• 1983 Silk Cut Masters.
• 1984 Scandinavian Enterprise Open.
• 1985 Zambian Open.
• 1986 Lawrence Batley International TPC, '555' Kenya Open.
• 1987 Suntory World Match Play, Lancome Trophy, Bell's Scottish Open, Cepsa Madrid Open, Jersey Open, Hong Kong Open, Million Dollar Challenge-Sun City, World Cup [indiv], World Cup [with David Llewellyn].
• 1988 Panasonic European Open, Carroll's Irish Open, Volvo PGA Championship, Welsh Pro Championship.
• 1989 Carroll's Irish Open, World Cup [indiv.].
• 1990 Epson Grand Prix of Europe, Suntory World Match Play, Bell's Scottish Open, Torras Monte Carlo Open, Amex Med Open.
• 1991 PGA Grand Slam, Torras Monte Carlo Golf Open, Fujitsu Mediterranean Open, World Cup [indiv].
• 1992 European Monte Carlo Open.
• 1993 Trophee Lancome, Murphy's English Open.
• 1994 Dunhill British Masters, Air France Cannes Open.
• 1996 Volvo German Open, Scottish Open, Heineken Classic, Johnnie Walker Classic.
• 1997 Volvo PGA Championship, Hyundai Motor Masters.
• 1999 Smurfit COC Team.
• 2001 Cisco World Match Play Championship.

National Teams

• Ryder Cup (9), 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2006 (Captain)
• World Cup (14), 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2003
• Dunhill Cup (9), 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2000
• Seve Trophy (2), 2000, 2002
• UBS Cup (4), 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004.