Richard Boxall (born 28 April 1961) is an English professional golfer.
| Richard Boxall | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Richard Boxall |
| Born | 28 April 1961 Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England |
| Height | 5 ft 11.5 in (1.82 m) |
| Weight | 196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Residence | Camberley, Surrey, England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 1982 |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Professional wins | 2 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T44: 1996 |
Golf career
editBoxall turned professional in 1982 and won a place on the European Tour at that year's final qualifying school. He played on the Tour until 2000, and won one Tour event, the 1990 Lancia Martini Italian Open. He also had his best finish on the Order of Merit that year, placing seventeenth. He represented England in the Alfred Dunhill Cup and the World Cup of Golf in 1990.
During the third round of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 1991, Boxall was just two strokes off the lead when he suffered a stress fracture of his left leg while playing his tee shot on the ninth hole.[1]
Media work
editBoxall now works as a golf commentator, mainly on Sky Sports coverage of the European Tour.
He started on the BBC.
Professional wins (2)
editEuropean Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 May 1990 | Lancia Martini Italian Open | −21 (65-64-70-68=267) | 5 strokes |  José María Olazábal
|
European Tour playoff record (0–1)
| No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1990 | Vinho Verde Atlantic Open |  Stephen Hamill,  Stephen McAllister, Ronan Rafferty,  Anders Sørensen, David Williams
|
McAllister won with par on first extra hole |
Other wins (1)
edit- 1995 J. P. McManus Pro-Am (shared title with Paul Broadhurst)
Results in major championships
edit| Tournament | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | CUT | T52 | CUT | T52 | CUT | WD | CUT | CUT | CUT | T44 | T48 |
Note: Boxall only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = withdrew
"T" = tied
Team appearances
editAmateur
- European Youths' Team Championship (representing England): 1982,[2][3]
Professional
- Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1990
- World Cup (representing England): 1990
References
edit- ^ "Painful memories for Boxall 17 years on". The Scotsman. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 31 May 2009.
- ^ Nordlund, Anders (September 1982). "Sveriges öde i junior-EM hängde på ett sprinklerlock, Junior-EM, pojkar" [Swedens destiny in the Junior Europeans depended on a sprinkler cover, European Youth's Team Championship]. Svensk Golf (in Swedish). No. 7/1982. pp. 50, 65. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
- ^ "Scots beat odds to reach youth's final". The Glasgow Herald. 3 September 1982. p. 23. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
External links
edit- Richard Boxall at the European Tour official site
- Richard Boxall at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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