Marc Warren (born 1 April 1981) is a Scottish professional golfer who plays on the

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. He has won three European Tour victories in his career and finished 26th in the 2014

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, his strongest professional year. After a professional surge early in career, he endured a pair of challenging tournament losses in 2012 and 2013 before his strong 2014 showing.

Amateur career

Warren was born in

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, South Lanarkshire and grew up supporting Rangers. As an amateur he was a member of East Kilbride Golf Club, and he was awarded honorary life membership of the club in February 2002. He represented Great Britain & Ireland at the

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, where he holed the winning putt. He turned professional in 2002.

Professional career

Warren began his professional career on the second tier

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, and finished top of the Challenge Tour Rankings in 2005, to graduate directly to the

. He claimed his first European Tour title during his first season, at the EnterCard Scandinavian Masters. He finished his début season 42nd on the Order of Merit, and was named the European Tour's

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. At the end of the year, he partnered

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to second place for Scotland in the 2006

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, after losing out to Germany in a playoff. In 2007 Warren captured the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles, after overcoming Simon Wakefield on the second hole of a sudden death playoff. Again he finished the season ranked 42nd on the Order of Merit. In November, he partnered Montgomerie for the second time in the Omega Mission Hills World Cup, and this time the pair won the tournament, defeating the American team in a sudden death playoff. In the years that followed, Warren had limited success on the European Tour, finishing outside the top 100 in the Order of Merit standings in both 2010 and 2011. In July 2012, Warren had an opportunity to win his home event, the Scottish Open at

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. With four holes to go, Warren held a one shot lead over the field, but finished poorly, dropping four shots in four holes, including a double-bogey at the 15th, to fall one shot outside of a playoff. Warren endured more final round heartache in April 2013 at the

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. Warren had led for most of the final round before consecutive bogeys at the 14th and 15th put him one shot behind. However he picked up a birdie at the 16th, but then proceeded to three-putt both the 17th and 18th to once again fall a shot outside the playoff and into a tie for fourth. A few weeks later at the

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at Wentworth, Warren lost out in a three-man sudden-death playoff for the title. He birdied the first four holes on the back nine during the final round to go into a one shot lead, but bogeyed 15, then parred his way in to make the playoff with Simon Khan and

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. At the first extra hole, Warren drove his tee shot into the trees on the right at 18 and had to go back to the tee. After hitting his drive down the fairway, he then dumped his fourth shot into the water hazard. He managed to get up and down for a double-bogey, but both Khan and Manassero made birdies to eliminate Warren. In July 2020, Warren claimed a one-stroke victory over Marcel Schneider to win the dual-ranking Austrian Open for his fourth win on the European Tour and his third on the Challenge Tour.

Amateur wins

*1994 Doug Sanders World Boys Championship *1996

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Professional wins (7)

European Tour wins (4)

¹Dual-ranking event with the

European Tour playoff record (2–1)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

¹Dual-ranking event with the

Challenge Tour playoff record (2–0)

Other wins (1)

Other playoff record (1–1)

Results in major championships

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

Results in World Golf Championships

''Results not in chronological order before 2015.'' "T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur *

European Youths' Team Championship The European Youths' Team Championship was a European amateur team golf championship for men under 22 organized by the European Golf Association. The inaugural event was held in 1961. It was played every year until 1982, then every second year. It ...

(representing Scotland): 2000 *

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(representing Scotland): 2001 (winners) *

Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested in odd-numbered years by leading male amateur golfers in two teams: United States, and Great Britain and Ireland. The official name is the Walker Cup Match (not "Matches" as in Ryder Cup Matches). It is ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2001 (winners) * Bonallack Trophy (representing Europe): 2002 Professional *

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(representing Scotland): 2006, 2007 (winners) *

Seve Trophy The Seve Trophy was a biennial golf tournament between teams of professional male golfers; one team representing Great Britain and Ireland, the other team representing Continental Europe. The tournament was played in years when there is no Ryder ...

(representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2007 (winners),

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(representing Europe):

(winners)

References

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