Gregory Clive Owen (born 19 February 1972) is an English

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Career

Owen was born in

Mansfield Mansfield is a market town and the administrative centre of Mansfield District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest town in the wider Mansfield Urban Area (followed by Sutton-in-Ashfield). It gained the Royal Charter of a market tow ...

, Nottinghamshire. He turned professional in 1992 and gained his

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card at the 1997

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. He finished in the top 100 of the Order of Merit every year from 1998 to 2004, and won for the first time on tour at the 2003 Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters at his 158th tournament. At the 2001 Open Championship, Owen notably became only the sixth golfer in the history of the competition to score a rare

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(double eagle), on the par-5 11th hole at Royal Lytham. Since 2005, Owen has played mainly in the United States being a full member of the

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in 2005–07, 2009–10 and 2012. His best finish in the United States was second at the 2006

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, where he finished one shot behind

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after playing the last two holes in three over par. Having lost his PGA Tour card at the end of 2007, he bounced back the following season, to graduate directly from the second tier Nationwide Tour by finishing in 10th place on the money list. In 2010 he finished 183rd on the PGA Tour money list and lost his card for the second time. In 2011 he played again on the Nationwide Tour, finishing 52nd on the money list. However he finished tied for 18th in the 2011 PGA Q School to regain his full PGA Tour card for 2012. He finished 85th in earnings in 2012, but was less successful in 2013, finishing 134th in the FedEx Cup. In 2014 he split time between the PGA Tour and Web.com Tour; after winning the

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he finished 27th on the regular-season Web.com money list, missing out on a PGA Tour card by only $3,205. He went on to earn his card by finishing 10th on the Web.com Tour Finals money list. Owen was in the top 50 of the

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for three weeks in 2006 with his highest ranking being 49.

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour wins (1)

Web.com Tour playoff record (0–1)

Challenge Tour wins (1)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in The Players Championship

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Owen, Greg English male golfers European Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers Korn Ferry Tour graduates Golfers from Florida Sportspeople from Mansfield People from Windermere, Florida 1972 births Living people