Paul Gow (born 10 November 1970) is an Australian professional golfer.

Paul Gow
Personal information
Full namePaul Gow
Born (1970-11-10) 10 November 1970 (age 54)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
SpouseCherie
Career
Turned professional1993
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Korn Ferry Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2000, 2002
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Gow was born in Sydney, Australia. He turned professional in 1993.

Gow has won three times on the Nationwide Tour, once in 1997, once in 2000, and once in 2006. He has never won on the PGA Tour, but he did come close when he lost in a playoff to Jeff Sluman at the 2001 B.C. Open.

Gow is 0-for-3 in playoffs on the Nationwide Tour, all of which were lost during the 2004 season, in which he finished 11th on the final money list.

Professional wins (4)

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PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 20 Feb 2000 Canon Challenge −16 (68-68-67-69=272) 1 stroke   Kenny Druce

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 24 Aug 1997 Nike Permian Basin Open −21 (68-69-65-65=267) 2 strokes   Steve Lamontagne
2 9 Jul 2000 Buy.com Hershey Open −3 (72-68-70-71=281) 1 stroke   Paul Claxton
3 23 Apr 2006 Athens Regional Foundation Classic −21 (64-67-67-69=267) 3 strokes   Craig Lile

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 BMW Charity Pro-Am   Ryuji Imada Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
2 2004 SAS Carolina Classic   Chris Anderson,   Jason Buha,
  Brendan Jones
Anderson won with par on eighth extra hole
Buha and Gow eliminated by birdie on first hole
3 2004 Reese's Cup Classic   Ben Bates Lost to par on eighth extra hole

Playoff record

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PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2001 B.C. Open   Jeff Sluman Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2000 2001 2002
U.S. Open CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Gow only played in the U.S. Open.

Team appearances

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Amateur

Professional

Media career

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Gow joined Fox Sports following his retirement from playing becoming the host of The Golf Show, On Par with Paul Gow,[1] Your Golf Show, Tour the Greens,[2] Getting A Round In,[3] and How Good Is Golf with co-host Bree Laughlin.[4]

See also

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References

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