Gary Evans (born 22 February 1969) is an English professional golfer.

Gary Evans
Personal information
Born (1969-02-22) 22 February 1969 (age 55)
Rustington, West Sussex, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceDubai, United Arab Emirates
Career
Turned professional1991
Current tour(s)European Senior Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Highest ranking87 (30 November 2003)[1]
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipT51: 2003
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT5: 2002

Evans was born in Rustington, West Sussex. As an amateur, he won the Brabazon Trophy in 1990 and 1991 (shared both times), and represented Great Britain & Ireland in the 1991 Walker Cup. He turned professional later that year.

Evans earned membership of the European Tour on his first visit to the qualifying school. He was a consistent performer on the European Tour throughout his career, finishing inside the top 100 on the Order Of Merit every season he played from 1992 through 2004 (he missed the 1995 season with a wrist injury), with a best of 21st place in 2002. Back and shoulder problems which eventually required surgery brought a premature end to his 2005 season, and he retired at the end of 2006 having never won a tournament on the European Tour.[2]

The highlight of Evans' career came at the 2002 Open Championship at Muirfield where he was in contention on the final day and finished in a tie for fifth place, just one stroke outside the four man play-off, eventually won by Ernie Els.[3]

Two years later, at the 2004 Open, Evans became only the seventh golfer in the long history of the competition to record an albatross (double eagle), on the fourth hole at Royal Troon.[4]

Amateur wins

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Results in major championships

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Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
The Open Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT T35 73
PGA Championship
Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
The Open Championship T5 T10 T20
PGA Championship T51

Note: Evans only played in The Open Championship and the PGA Championship.

  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place

Results in World Golf Championships

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Tournament 2002
Match Play
Championship T15
Invitational
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

References

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  1. ^ "Week 48 2003 Ending 30 Nov 2003" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Good Evans, it's all over!". Today's Golfer. 5 December 2006. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  3. ^ "Evans thrills Muirfield". BBC Sport. 21 July 2002. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
  4. ^ "Paul Lawrie sinks Turnberry albatross to join select Open club". The Guardian. 19 July 2009. Archived from the original on 4 April 2023.
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