Gavin Kyle Green (born 28 December 1993) is a

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Amateur career

Green played college golf at the

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where he won eight times and was a 3-time All-American (3rd team 2013, 2nd team 2014, 1st team 2015) and 2-time Mountain West Conference golfer of the year.

Professional career

Green won three times on the

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, once in 2014 as an amateur and twice in 2016. He qualified for the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

and finished in 47th place, and the

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(tying for 57th place). Green played on the

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in 2017. He was runner-up in the

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, the

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and the

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before winning the

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and leading the Order of Merit.

Personal life

Green is of Portuguese, Irish and

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descent. His parents are Gary and Vivienne Green. His brother Galven Green played college golf at the

, where he also won the Mountain West Conference Individual Championship in 2019.

Amateur wins

*2009 Perlis Amateur, Malaysian Amateur Closed, Kurnia Saujana Amateur, TSM Golf Challenge, Malaysian Junior Open *2010 Malaysian Amateur Closed, TSM Golf Challenge, Sabah International Junior Masters *2011 Kuala Lumpur Amateur, Malaysian Amateur Closed, Kurnia Saujana Championship *2012 Malaysian Amateur Open, Saujana Championship, William H Tucker *2013 Putra Cup, William H Tucker, Western Refining College All-American *2014 UTSA Lone Star Invitational, Mountain West Championship, William H Tucker, Western Refining College All-American *2015 Hootie at Bulls Bay Invitational Source:

Professional wins (4)

Asian Tour wins (1)

Asian Development Tour wins (3)

¹Co-sanctioned by the Professional Golf of Malaysia Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the

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Results in major championships

"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur * Eisenhower Trophy (representing Malaysia):

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Professional *

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(representing Asia):

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* World Cup (representing Malaysia):

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Gavin Malaysian male golfers Asian Tour golfers Olympic golfers of Malaysia Golfers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Golfers at the 2020 Summer Olympics New Mexico Lobos men's golfers Southeast Asian Games medalists in golf Southeast Asian Games silver medalists for Malaysia Southeast Asian Games bronze medalists for Malaysia Competitors at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian people of Portuguese descent Malaysian people of Irish descent Sportspeople from Kuala Lumpur 1993 births Living people