Paul Gow (born 10 November 1970) is an Australian

professional golfer A professional golfer is somebody who receives payments or financial rewards in the sport of golf that are directly related to their skill or reputation. A person who earns money by teaching or playing golf is traditionally considered a "golf pr ...

. Gow was born in

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. He turned professional in 1993. Gow has won three times on the

Nationwide Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental golf tour, tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at tha ...

, once in 1997, once in 2000, and once in 2006. He has never won on the

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, but he did come close when he lost in a playoff to

Jeff Sluman Jeffrey George Sluman (born September 11, 1957) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous professional golf tournaments including six PGA Tour victories. Early years Sluman was born and reared in Rochester, New York. After graduati ...

at the

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

B.C. Open The B.C. Open was a PGA Tour golf tournament in New York, held annually from 1971 to 2006. In 1971, it was called the Broome County Open, and the next year it switched to the B.C. Open. In 1973, it became a PGA Tour regular 72-hole money event. F ...

. Gow is 0-for-3 in playoffs on the Nationwide Tour, all of which were lost during the 2004 season, in which he finished 11th on the final money list.

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–3)

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the half-way cut
''Note: Gow only played in the U.S. Open.''

Team appearances

Amateur *

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(representing New South Wales): 1989 (winners), 1990 (winners), 1991 (winners), 1992 (winners), 1993 Professional *

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(representing Australia):

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