Career highlights

• Finished T6 at the Allianz Championship where he posted three consecutive rounds in the 60s. The three sub-par rounds increased his streak of consecutive sub-par rounds to 27 dating back to the final round of the 2016 Boeing Classic
• Missed several weeks early in the year with torn ligaments in his left ankle. Did not compete after the Chubb Classic in February until the Insperity Invitational the first week of May.
• The most-prolific British winner in European Tour history, with 35 titles (third all-time) and a record seven consecutive Order of Merit titles for annual earnings from 1993-99 and an eighth in 2005
• Trails Seve Ballesteros (50 wins) and Bernhard Langer (42) on the career European Tour victory list. European Tour Player of the Year five times. 2013: Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame at a ceremony in May in St. Augustine, Fla.2012: Played in four European Tour events, with his best finish a T29 at the Volvo Golf Champions in China. 2011: Put together one European Tour top-10 during the year. At the BMW PGA Championship, opened with a 2-under 69 at Wentworth Club but faltered in the second round, shooting a 4-over 75. Recovered with a 71-68 finish on the weekend to T7.2010: Captained the European team to a victory in the Ryder Cup in Wales after eight times competing as a player
• During a reduced playing schedule, he enjoyed his top performance at the Iskandar Johor Open in Malaysia on the Asian Tour, where he T11. Top European Tour finish was a T36 at the BMW International Open. 2009: In late January, was picked to captain the 2010 European Ryder Cup team for the matches at the Celtic Manor Resort in Wales. Missed the cut in his only two PGA TOUR starts, at The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. Failed to record a top-10 on the European Tour for the first time in his career. 2008: Best finish was a second at the French Open on the European Tour, four behind winner Pablo Larrazabal. Finished T9 in the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. 2007: In July, ended a 19-month winless streak with a victory at the Smurfit Kappa European Open at The K Club to surpass Nick Faldo's previous Tour record of 30 wins. After beginning the tournament in Ireland with a 69, shot a second-round 64, the low round of the tournament, to move into second place through 36 holes. After a 1-over 71 in the third round, he found himself tied for seventh, four strokes behind leader Soren Hansen going into the final round. On the final day, shot a 6-under 65 to edge Niclas Fasth by a stroke
• First top-10 of the season came with a T10 effort at the Dubai Desert Classic
• At the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship, beat Johan Edfors in the first round before losing to Paul Casey, 4 and 3, in the second round
• Two weeks later, was T6 at the Johnnie Walker Classic in Phuket, Thailand
• Was in contention again in July, at the Open de France Alstom, finishing T3 at Le Golf National in Paris. Shot a 1-under 70 on the final day to finish two strokes back of winner Graeme Storm
• Added a pair of T9s in the latter part of the year, at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in his native Scotland and again at the HSBC World Match Play Championship, at the Wentworth Club
• Ten years after his Scottish team finished second at the World Cup, he teamed with Marc Warren in China to win the OMEGA Mission Hills World Cup for Scotland, giving his home country its first World Cup title.2006: In December 2005, won the UBS Hong Kong Open after opening 69-66-66 at Hong Kong Golf Club. Was two shots off Simon Yates' 54-hole leading pace entering the final round. His final-round, even-par 70 was enought to annex the victory by a stroke from K.J. Choi, James Kingston, Lin Keng-Chi, Edward Loar and Thammanoon Srirot
• Made a run at the title at the BMW Asian Open in April before settling for a T3, a shot out of the Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano-Henrik Stenson playoff at Tomson Shanghai Pudong GC in China. Shot a final-round 68 to put himself in position
• In June, was solo fourth at The Celtic Manor Wales Open. Opened with a 6-under 63 at the par-69 setup
• At the U.S. Open at Winged Foot, was the runner-up after a double bogey on 72nd hole dropped him from the lead. It marked his third runner-up showing at the U.S. Open, after second-place finishes to Ernie Els in 1994 (18-hole playoff) and 1997 and the fifth second-place finish in a major (also 2005 Open Championship and 1995 PGA, a sudden-death playoff loss to Steve Elkington)
• Shook off the disappointment of the U.S. Open and contended the following week at the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. Again faltered on Sunday. Was a stroke behind leader Paul Casey through 54 holes, but a final-round 73 (2-over) dropped him into a T4
• At the HSBC World Match Play Championship, defeated David Howell and Michael Campbell before dropping his semifinal match with Casey to T3 at the Wentworth Club
• Two weeks earlier, was T6 at the BMW International Open
• Eight-time Ryder Cupper led the European team to a victory in Ireland, scoring two points in the competition. He improved his career record to 20-9-7, including 6-0-2 in singles (beat David Toms, 1-up). 2005: Finished atop the European Tour Order of Merit standings for the eighth and final time of his career. Won the Dunhill Links Championship in late-September early October at three Scottish courses. Shot rounds of 70-65-73-71 at St. Andrews' Old Course, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns to hold off Kenneth Ferrie by a stroke for the title
• Had three runner-up showings on the season. First came in his first European Tour start in January. Was T2 at the Caltex Masters in Singapore. Dropped a five-shot decision to England's Nick Dougherty. Trailed Dougherty by one shot Sunday on the 16th hole. After Dougherty received a favorable ruling on an embedded ball in a bunker, he had a three-putt bogey on the hole to Dougherty's birdie
• In July, was second again, this time at the Smurfit European Open at The K Club. Ferrie got the better of him this time, winning by two strokes
• Biggest disappointment of the campaign came at The Open Championship at St. Andrews. Was in contention throughout, but was only 2-under on the weekend and unable to make a charge, with Tiger Woods eventually winning by five shots
• At the World Golf Championships-American Express Championship at San Francsico's Harding Park GC, held the first-round lead after opening with a 6-under 70. Maintained his advantage—by a stroke over John Daly—through 36 holes then dropped a stroke behind leader Daly after three rounds. Shot a Sunday 70 in California to T3, two strokes out of the Woods-Daly playoff that Woods won
• Was T8 the following week at the Madrid Open
• In his final start of the campaign, two weeks later, took a share of the lead into the final round of the Volvo Masters (with Sergio Garcia) at Valderrama GC in Spain. Opened 67-66-70 but then faltered badly on the final day, shooting a 3-over 74 to T3 with Luke Donald and Jose Maria Olazabal, three behind winner Paul McGinley. 2004: Won a tournament for a 12th consecutive season, capturing the Caltex Masters in Singapore. Began the final round four shots off the lead. Carded seven birdies on the last day for a 7-under 65 and a four-day total of 16-under
• Waited five months, in August, for his next top-10. That came with a T4 at the Scandinavian Masters. Despite a 5-under 67 on the final day and four rounds at par or better, he still was seven strokes behind winner Luke Donald in Malmo, Sweden
• Last top-10 of the year was at the BMW International Open at Munchen Eichenried GC. Had four sub-par rounds, including weekend rounds of 67-68 to T3, five shots behind winner Miguel Angel Jimenez
• At the Ryder Cup, he was part of Europe's nine-point rout of the U.S. at Oakland Hills CC outside Detroit. Was 3-1 in his matches, giving him a 10-1-2 record in his last three Ryder Cups. Defeated David Toms, 1-up, in his singles match. 2003: Won on the Asian Tour, at the Macau Open, with rounds of 66-72-67-68 that was enough to get him into a playoff with Scott Barr, an overtime session he would win. 2002: Accorded Honorary Lifetime Membership to European Tour in recognition of unprecedented five successive Harry Vardon Trophies for Order of Merit titles
• Earned a spot on his sixth European Ryder Cup team and was instrumental in his team's three-point win over the U.S, at The Belfry. Compiled an impressive 4-0-1 mark in his five matches, halving only his foursomes match with partner Bernhard Langer agaginst Phil Mickelson and David Toms. Defeated Scott Hoch, 5 and 4, in singles play. 2001: Won twice on the European Tour, opened the season with a top-five and finished with three consecutive top-10s. First victory came at the Murphy's Irish Open. Opened with a 63 at the Sheraton Fota Island Golf Resort and Spa to take a two-stroke lead. Maintained the two-shot cushion through 36 holes and then moved three ahead after 54 holes and cruised to a five-shot triumph over Darren Clark by shooting a 5-under 66 Sunday
• A month later, in early August, shot a final-round 70 at the Volvo Scandinavian Masters to edge Ian Poulter and Lee Westwood by a shot at Barseback G&CC in Skane, Sweden
• Began his season with a T3 at the Caltex Singapore Masters. Shot four consecutive rounds in the 60s but still fell three strokes shy of winner Vijay Singh
• Played well at the World Golf Championships-NEC Invitational, turning in a solo-fourth finish
• Capped his season with back-to-back-to-back top-10s at the Cisco World Match Play Championship and Dunhill Links Championship (both T5s) and the Volvo Masters Andalucia (T7)
• On the Australasia Tour, won the Ericsson Masters in February. Shot a Sunday 69 to defeat Nathan Green by a shot in Australia
• In defense of his Skins Game title, he finished T2.2000: Top PGA TOUR finish was a T3 at THE PLAYERS Championship. Rebounded nicely from an opening 75 to finish his play at TPC Sawgrass with a 69-70-70
• Earned two official European Tour titles and won the unofficial Skins Game at the end of the year, his first victory in America
• Captured the Novotel Perrier Open de France, a two-shot victory over Jonathan Lomas at Le Golf National in Paris
• Three starts later, again found himself atop the leaderboard when he took the title at the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth Club in England. Opened 67-65 and cruised to a three-shot win over Darren Clarke, Andrew Coltart and Lee Westwood
• Was runner-up to Lee Westwood at the Cisco World Match Play Championship, finishing the regulation 36-hole final tied, eventually losing to Westwood on the second extra hole
• Had a trio of third-place performances—at the Standard Life Loch Lomond in Scotland in July, the Victor Chandler British Masters and the Linde German Masters.1999: Won the European Tour Order of Merit for a seventh consecutive year and his fourth Player of the Year award in five years. Won six tournaments and was runner-up in one other. First win came at the Benson and Hedges International Open in May. With a final-round 68 at The Oxfordshire GC in Thame, England, edged Angel Cabrera and Per-Ulrik Johansson by three shots
• Two weeks later, at the Wentworth Club in England, rolled to a five-shot win over Mark James at the Volvo PGA Championship. Was 13-under on the weekend, including a final-round, 8-under 64
• Win No. 3 came at the Volvo Scandinavian Masters in Sweden. Was totally dominant in his four rounds at Barseback G&CC. Opened with a pair of 67s but only led Jesper Parnevik by three shots. Took control of the event with a third-round 65 then cruised from there, shooting a Sunday 69 to rout Parnevik by nine shots
• At the BMW International Open, entered the final round a stroke ahead of Padraig Harrington, shot a 2-under 70 at GC Munchen Nord-Eichenreid in Munich, Germany, and won by three
• Final win came at the Cisco World Match Play Championship, beating Mark O'Meara, 3 and 2, in the final
• Opened with a 72 at the PGA Championship then shot three consecutive 70s to T6 at Medinah CC outside Chicago
• Was 3-0-1 at the Ryder Cup on the U.S.'s one-point win at The Country Club in Massachusetts. Defeated Payne Stewart, 1-up, in singles, 29 days before Stewart's untimely death in a plane crash. 1998: For the sixth consecutive year, finished atop the European Tour's Order of Merit. Won three European Tour titles, with three of the victories coming after September. First title of the campaign came at the Volvo PGA Championship, where a 65-69 weekend at Wentworth Club allowed him to hold off Ernie Els, Gary Orr and Patrik Sjoland by a stroke
• Came up short in defense of his title at the Murphy's Irish Open. Shot a final-round 68 in July to get into a playoff with David Carter at Druid's Glen GC in Dublin. Lost to Carter in a playoff
• Won the One 2 One British Masters in England, beating Pierre Fulke and Eduardo Romero by a shot
• At the Linde German Masters, defeated the duo of Robert Karlsson and Vijay Singh by a stroke by shooting four consecutive sub-70 rounds at GC Gut Larchenhof (65-68-66-67)
• Top PGA TOUR performance was at the Honda Classic, where a final-round 66 led to a solo-third showing, five shots behind winner Mark Calcavecchia at TPC Heron Bay
• Was also T8 at the Bay Hill Invitational the vollowing week, and added a T8 at the Masters three weeks later
• Teamed with Andrew Coltart to represent Scotland at the World Cup in New Zealand. The team finished T3, three shots behind England (Nick Faldo-David Carter). In the International Trophy, was five shots behind winner Scott Verplank of the U.S.1997: Earned his fifth straight European Tour Order of Merit crown, taking two titles, adding two additional runner-up showings and compiling 10 top-10s. Also won his third consecutive Player of the Year award. First title was at the Compaq European Grand Prix. Fired rounds of 69-68-68-65 and coasted to a five-shot victory over Retief Goosen at the Hunting Course at De Vere Slaley Hall in England
• Second title of the year came a month later, at the Murphy's Irish Open. Blew away the field when he shot a 9-under 62 on the final day at Druid's Glen GC. His 11-under weekend gave him a seven-shot victory over Lee Westwood
• Had four consecutive rounds in the 60s at the BMW International Open to finish solo third, a stroke out of the Robert Karlsson-Carl Watts playoff
• Added second-place showings in consecutive starts late in the year. Despite shooting a final-round 63 at the Marriott Forest of Arden Hotel and CC, dropped a one-shot verdit to Greg Turner
• Again came up short in his next start, finishing solo second at the Linde German Masters behind German Bernhard Langer
• In his second PGA TOUR start of the year, was solo fourth at the Honda Classic
• Two weeks later, had a top-10 at THE PLAYERS Championship for a second consecutive year. Was T7 in Ponte Vedra Beach
• For the second time in three years, suffered disappointment at the U.S. Open. Began the event at Congressional CC's Blue Course with a 65 to take the first round lead. Stumbled badly in the second round, with a 6-over 76 in his no-birdie, six-bogey day. Rallied nicely on the weekend, though, shooting rounds of 67-69 only to come up one shot shy of winner Ernie Els
• Again played in all five of his Ryder Cup team's matches. Was victorious twice in foursomes (with Bernhard Langer), split his four-ball matches, winning with Darren Clarke and losing with Langer) and then halving his singles match with Scott Hoch in Europe's one-point win at Valderrama GC in Spain
• At the World Cup at Kiawah Island's The Ocean Course, seven years after the disappointing Ryder Cup loss there, he joined with Raymond Russell to represent Scotland in the annual team affair. The duo shot a combined 26-under score of 550 at the seaside South Carolina course but finished second, five shots behind Ireland's winning team of Padraig Harrington and Paul McGinley. In the International Trophy, the individual portion of the championship, his 68-66-66-66 was good for a two-shot triumph over Germany's Alex Cejka.1996: Earned a fourth consecutive European Tour Order of Merit on the strength of three titles and three runner-up finishes. Won Player of the Year honors for a second consecutive season. Began his season in fine fashion, shooting rounds of 67-68-67-68 at the Dubai Desert Classic. His 18-under 270 was enough for a one-shot win over Miguel Angel Jimenez
• Was a runner-up in consecutive weeks, at the Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe and at the Alamo English Open. At the TPC of Europe at Gut Kaden in Hamburg, Germany, fell one stroke short of winner Frank Nobilo
• At the English Open, joined Ross McFarlane in falling a shot short of winner Robert Allenby in Coventry, England
• Second win of the season was in come-from-behind fashion. Began the day a stroke behind leader Sam Torrance at the Canon European Masters at Crans-Sur-Sierre despite shooting a 10-under 61 in the third round. Put an exclamation point on his win with a follow-up 63 Sunday to defeat Torrance by four shots
• His third second-place performance came at the Trophy Lancome in Paris in defense of his 1995 title. Fell a distant five shots behind winner Jesper Parnevik
• Suffered through his third runner-up performance in a top U.S. tournament in as many years as he T2 at THE PLAYERS Championship. Rounds of 71-69-66-68 at TPC Sawgrass left him, with Tommy Tolles, four strokes short of Fred Couples' winning score
• Added a T9 at the MCI Classic the week after the Masters and was T10 at the U.S. Open.1995: Was the European Tour's Order of Merit winner for a third straight season and earned his first Player of the Year award. Counted two victories during the year, as well as four second-place showings. Wins were at the Volvo German Open and the Trophy Lancome. In Germany, at Nippenburg GC in Stuttgart, four sub-70 rounds, including a second-round 64, gave him a one-shot triumph over Niclas Fasth and Sam Torrance
• At the Trophy Lancome, again got the better of Torrance, winning by a shot at St Nom-la-Breteche on the strength of a first-round 64
• Was second at the Dubai Desert Classic, the Volvo Scandinavian Masters and the Volvo Masters
• Had a runner-up performance in a major championship for a second consecutive year, losing to Steve Elkington in a playoff at the PGA Championship. His final-round 65 at Riviera CC got him into the playoff and gave him and Elkington the distinction at the time of the lowest 72-hole score in major championship history. Elkington won the playoff when he canned a 25-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole
• For the second consecutive time, played in all his Ryder Cup team's possible matches. Split his foursomes matches (again with Nick Faldo as his partner), played with Faldo in one four-ball match (losing to Fred Couples and Davis Love III) and joined forces with Torrance in his other four-ball (losing to Couples and Brad Faxon). Defeated Ben Crenshaw, 3 and 1, in his singles match. 1994: Three European Tour titles led to a second consecutive Order of Merit title on the European Tour.Appeared in his first PLAYERS Championship. Opened with a 65 at TPC Sawgrass and went on to a T9
• At the U.S. Open, had his first runner-up performance at the U.S. Open, losing in a playoff to Ernie Els (extra session also included Loren Roberts)
• Added another top-10 in a major, a T8 at The Open Championship, playing his final 54 holes in 7 under to T8
• Made it to the finals of the Toyota World Match Play Championship but dropped the closing match to Ernie Els, 4 and 2. 1993: Played in his first Masters Tournament, finishing T52 there
• Shot a final-round 68 at the U.S. Open at Baltusrol GC in New Jersey to T33
• Represented Europe in his second Ryder Cup, playing in five of a possible five matches at The Belfry in England. Won both his foursomes matches, with partner Nick Faldo, beating Raymond Floyd and Fred Couples on day one and taking down Lanny Wadkins and Corey Pavin on day two. Halved one four-ball match with Faldo (against Paul Azinger and Fred Couples) and lost the other (against John Cook and Chip Beck). Won his singles match, 1-up, over Lee Janzen. 1992: Made his PGA TOUR debut in the U.S., missing the cut at the Nestle Invitational at Bay Hill Club in Orlando
• U.S. golf fans became aware of him at the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach GL. After beginning the tournament with a 70-71 to leave him tied for fifth at the halfway juncture, faltered badly in the third round, shooting a 77 to fall into a tie for 28th. Rallied with the low score of the day, a 2-under 70, during windy conditions to finish third, three shots behind Tom Kite.
• 1991: Made his first European Ryder Cup team, playing against the U.S. at Kiawah Island's The Ocean Course. Had a 1-1-1 record in his three matches, losing foursomes with David Gilford, winning four-ball with Bernhard Langer and halving his singles match with Mark Calcavecchia in the U.S.'s one-point victory. 1990: Had a runner-up performance for the second consecutive season. At the Volvo Open di Firenze in Florence, Italy, he owned the 54-hole lead by a stroke over Russell Claydon after starting 65-64-67. Shot a final-round 70 at Ugolino GC to T2, with Eduardo Romero prevailing by a shot
• Had another close call but couldn't turn his 69-63-71-67 into victory, falling one shot shy of winner Jose Maria Olazabal at the Lancome Trophy at St. Nom La Breteche in France
• Other top-five showing came at the KLM Dutch Open, where he T4
• Also had top-10s at the Belgian Open (sixth), Epson Grand Prix of Europe (T7), Benson and Hedges International Open and Volvo Masters (both eighth) and the Volvo PGA Championship (ninth).1989: Won his first professional title, waiting until his second-to-last event of the season. In a dominating performance, he opened with a 5-under 67 at Quinta do Lago and was a stroke off the 18-hole lead. Shot a 7-under 65 to take the 36-hole lead by four shots over Luis Carbonetti. With a 3-under 69, he maintained that four-shot advantage through 54 holes then completely dominated the final round, shooting a 63 to overwhelm the field and win by 11 shots over Rodger Davis, Manuel Moreno and Mike Smith with a 24-under 264
• Had a tremendous chance to win his first title in March, at the Massimo Dutti Catalan Open in Girona, Spain. After a 1-over 72 in the third round, he rallied with a day's best 67 but came up one shot short of Mark Roe, settling for a solo second
• Three weeks later was T5 at the Jersey European Airways Open
• Added a T7 at the European Masters Swiss Open in September. 1988: The European Tour named him the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. Enjoyed his first career European Tour top-10, shooting a final-round 68 at the Peugeot Spanish Open to T9 in the event won by Mark James at Pedrena GC
• Turned a final-round 69 at the PLM Open in Lohja, Sweden, into his first top-five performance—a T3 with Peter Fowler, six strokes behind champion Frank Nobilo.1987: Made his European Tour debut at the Bell's Scottish Open. Opened with a 73 but came back with a second-round 67 to get to the weekend where he went on to finish 29th. Made two other cuts in his four starts—a 45th-place showing at the German Masters and a 43rd in the weather-shortened Portuguese Open.