Andrew Buckle
| Andrew Buckle | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Andrew Nicholas Buckle |
| Born | 24 September 1982 Brisbane, Queensland |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) |
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 13 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  Australia |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2002 |
| Current tour(s) | PGA Tour of Australasia |
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Asian Tour Nationwide Tour Gateway Tour |
| Professional wins | 3 |
| Highest ranking | 79 (9 July 2006)[1] |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 |
| Korn Ferry Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | CUT: 2006 |
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2007 |
| The Open Championship | T61: 2006 |
Andrew Nicholas Buckle (born 24 September 1982) is an Australian professional golfer.
Buckle was born in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15–17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and the Australian Amateur.
Buckle won the 2002 Queensland Open on his professional debut. As a professional, he has plied his trade all over the world, including time on the PGA Tour of Australasia and appearances in Europe and Japan. He joined the Asian Tour in 2005 and in 2006 he finished second in the Indonesia Open and the TCL Classic, which are both Asian Tour/European Tour co-sanctioned events. Also in 2006, he won his second professional event at Virginia Beach Open on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour.
Buckle has performed consistently around the world and for a time in 2006 he was the only golfer in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Ranking who was not a member of one of the three richest under-50 men's tours (the PGA, European and Japanese tours), but he won a PGA Tour card at the 2006 Qualifying School. He played on the PGA Tour in 2007 and 2008 but had to return to the Nationwide Tour in 2009.[citation needed]
Amateur wins[edit]
- 1999 World Junior Golf Championships – Boys' 15–17 division
- 2000 World Junior Golf Championships – Boys' 15–17 division
- 2001 Australian Amateur
- 2002 Queensland Amateur (Australia), Saujana Amateur Open (Malaysia), Dogwood Invitational (United States)
Professional wins (3)[edit]
PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 Nov 2002 | Queensland Open | −14 (71-67-68-68=274) | 2 strokes | Ryan Haller, Paul Sheehan, Craig Warren
|
Nationwide Tour wins (1)[edit]
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 May 2006 | Virginia Beach Open | −20 (67-68-64-69=268) | 5 strokes |  Justin Bolli
|
Gateway Tour wins (1)[edit]
- 2013 National Series 10
Results in major championships[edit]
| Tournament | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Open | CUT | |||
| The Open Championship | CUT | T61 | ||
| PGA Championship | CUT |
Buckle never played in the Masters Tournament.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Team appearances[edit]
Amateur
- Nomura Cup (representing Australia): 2001 (winners)
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing Australia): 2002
- Australian Men's Interstate Teams Matches (representing Queensland): 2001 (winners), 2002
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Week 27 2006 Ending 9 Jul 2006" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
External links[edit]
- Andrew Buckle at the PGA Tour of Australasia official site
- Andrew Buckle at the PGA Tour official site
- Andrew Buckle at the Official World Golf Ranking official site