Ross McFarlane (born 25 May 1961) is an
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professional
golf
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er.
McFarlane was born in
Manchester
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, and is the son of
Manchester United
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footballer
Noel. He turned professional in 1979 and played on the
European Tour for many years, making the top 100 in the Order of Merit seven times, with a best ranking of 26th in 1997. That year he collected his only European Tour tournament win at the
Deutsche Bank Open TPC of Europe, which earned him a five-year exemption on tour.
Having struggled to build on that win, in 2001 McFarlane played only a few tournaments as he joined
Sky Sports
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as a golf commentator, despite still having over a year left on his European Tour exemption. He has also worked for the
Golf Channel.
On 30 January 2014, McFarlane was given a suspended prison sentence of ten months and forced to sign the sex offenders register for 10 years, for being in possession of over 150 indecent images of children. Four weeks later, he was re-arrested after breaking the terms of his suspended sentence, and on 3 March, he was jailed for 18 months.
Professional wins (2)
European Tour wins (1)
Other wins (1)
*1987
Midland Professional Championship
Results in major championships
''Note: McFarlane only played in The Open Championship.''
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
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English male golfers
European Tour golfers
Golf commentators
British sports broadcasters
1961 births
Living people