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Olin Browne
Personal information
Full nameOlin Douglas Browne
Born (1959-05-22) May 22, 1959 (age 65)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality United States
Career
CollegeOccidental College
Turned professional1984
Current tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Professional wins9
Highest ranking48 (June 6, 1999)[1]
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour3
Korn Ferry Tour4
PGA Tour Champions2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament45th: 2006
PGA ChampionshipT46: 2006
U.S. OpenT5: 1997
The Open ChampionshipDNP
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Comeback Player of the Year		2005

Olin Douglas Browne (born May 22, 1959) is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour and now plays on the PGA Tour Champions.

Early life and amateur career

Browne was born in Washington, D.C. He graduated from Holderness School in Plymouth, N.H. in 1977. He then went on to Occidental College in 1981.

Professional career

He turned professional in 1984.

Browne lives in Hobe Sound, Florida. He has featured in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking.

He has won three times on the PGA Tour. On August 8, 2007, Browne was named one of the assistant captains for the 2008 United States Ryder Cup team.[2]

At the 1998 Masters Tournament, Browne and Scott Simpson both carded a quadruple bogey on the opening hole of the first round - the worst start in the history of the tournament.[3]

Browne qualified for the 2005 U.S. Open at Pinehurst by shooting a final round 59 in the qualifying tournament. He shared the lead the first two days of the Open, dropping into a tie for second going into the final day. He shot a final round 80 to drop to T-23rd.[4]

Browne played in his first Champions Tour event in 2009 at The Principal Charity Classic, where he shared the first round lead but struggled on the weekend. He captured his first Champions Tour victory at the 2011 U.S. Senior Open, making his maiden win on tour a senior major championship. Browne held off the challenge of Mark O'Meara on Sunday to prevail by three strokes and become only the fifth player in professional golf history to win on the Nationwide Tour, the PGA Tour and the Champions Tour.[5]

Browne has worked as an analyst for ESPN as on-course reporter during the network's golf telecasts.

He is currently a member of Wolferts Roost Country Club in Albany, New York. Browne has a son, Olin Jr., who is also a professional golfer.

Professional wins (9)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner(s)-up
1 Jul 5, 1998 Canon Greater Hartford Open −14 (66-66-67-67=266) Playoff United States Stewart Cink, United States Larry Mize
2 May 23, 1999 MasterCard Colonial −8 (73-67-66-66=272) 1 stroke United States Fred Funk, United States Paul Goydos,
United States Tim Herron, United States Greg Kraft,
United States Jeff Sluman
3 Sep 5, 2005 Deutsche Bank Championship −14 (68-65-70-67=270) 1 stroke United States Jason Bohn

PGA Tour playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 1998 Canon Greater Hartford Open United States Stewart Cink, United States Larry Mize Won with birdie on first extra hole

Nike Tour wins (4)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runners-up
1 Feb 3, 1991 Ben Hogan Bakersfield Open −9 (69-70-68=207) 4 strokes United States Bob Friend, United States Ron Streck
2 Jul 21, 1991 Ben Hogan Hawkeye Open −14 (67-65-67=199) 2 strokes United States John Ross, United States Ted Tryba
3 Mar 7, 1993 Nike Monterrey Open −12 (71-71-67-67=276) 1 stroke United States Lon Hinkle, United States Stan Utley
4 Jun 2, 1996 Nike Dominion Open −12 (67-69-73-67=276) 1 stroke United States Michael Christie, United States Rob McKelvey

Nike Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 1990 Ben Hogan Greater Ozarks Open United States Jeff Cook Lost to birdie on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Nov 18, 2001 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational −17 (66-66-68-71=271) Playoff United States Todd Barrangen

Other playoff record (1–0)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2001 Callaway Golf Pebble Beach Invitational United States Todd Barrangen Won with birdie on third extra hole

PGA Tour Champions wins (2)

Legend
Senior major championships (1)
Other PGA Tour Champions (1)
No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 Jul 31, 2011 U.S. Senior Open −15 (64-69-65-71=269) 3 strokes United States Mark O'Meara
2 Apr 18, 2015 Greater Gwinnett Championship −12 (68-64=132)* 1 stroke Germany Bernhard Langer

*Note: The 2015 Greater Gwinnett Championship was shortened to 36 holes due to rain.

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (0–2)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2013 Greater Hickory Kia Classic at Rock Barn United States Michael Allen Lost to birdie on first extra hole
2 2019 Chubb Classic Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Germany Bernhard Langer Jiménez won with par on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
Masters Tournament CUT T52
U.S. Open T47 T101 T5 T43 CUT
PGA Championship T53 T62 T49
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament 45
U.S. Open T24 CUT T59 T23 CUT T45
PGA Championship CUT T46
Tournament 2010 2011 2012
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
PGA Championship

Note: Browne never played in The Open Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 1 1 3 12 8
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4
Totals 0 0 0 1 1 3 20 13
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (1994 U.S. Open – 1997 PGA)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 1

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
The Players Championship CUT CUT CUT T77 CUT CUT CUT T66 CUT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Match Play R64
Championship NT1 T37
Invitational T50

1Cancelled due to 9/11

  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play
"T" = Tied
NT = No tournament

Senior major championships

Wins (1)

Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner-up
2011 U.S. Senior Open 2 shot lead −15 (64-69-65-71=269) 3 strokes United States Mark O'Meara

Senior results timeline

Results not in chronological order before 2022.

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
The Tradition T44 T34 T55 T53 T3 T32 2 T27 T25 T22 NT T51 T40
Senior PGA Championship T15 T13 CUT T17 T16 T55 T23 T60 NT T55 38
U.S. Senior Open 10 T3 1 T36 T47 T38 T18 T12 CUT CUT NT CUT CUT T16
Senior Players Championship T34 T11 T17 3 T39 T12 6 T71 71 T18 73 71 T71 T44 T67
Senior British Open Championship T38 T26 T23 T18 T21 74 T23 T45 NT
  Win
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

See also

References

  1. ^ "Week 23 1999 Ending 6 Jun 1999" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved October 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "Azinger names Floyd, Browne, Stockton to Ryder Cup staff". PGA of America. August 8, 2007. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  3. ^ Zullo, Allan (2001). Astonishing but True Golf Facts. Forest Fairview, North Carolina: Andrew McMeels Publishing. ISBN 978-0740714269.
  4. ^ "2005 U.S. Open leaderboard". Yahoo Sports. June 19, 2005. Retrieved October 16, 2012.
  5. ^ "Browne wins his maiden senior major". Sky Sports. July 31, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
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