Barry Douglas Lane (21 June 1960 – 31 December 2022) was an English professional golfer. He won five official European Tour events between 1988 and 2004. He played in the 1993 Ryder Cup and won the inaugural Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf in late 1995. After reaching 50 he had considerable success on the European Senior Tour, winning eight times between 2010 and 2019.

Early life Lane was born in Hayes, Middlesex but grew up in Bracknell. He took up golf at age 14 and became an assistant professional at Downshire Golf Club in 1976, at age 16. He worked there for 8 years.

Professional career Lane first played on the European Tour in 1982, after three failed attempts at Q-School. From 1982 to 1984 he had little success on the tour, playing only a small number of events, and failed to qualify for the tour in 1985. He did have some success in non-tour events, winning the 1983 PGA Assistants' Championship at Coombe Hill. The win earned him a place in the World Assistants' Championship in Florida in December, which he won by 6 strokes.

Lane qualified for the European Tour again in 1986 and, playing 20 events, finished 71st in the Order of Merit. He improved again in 1987, finishing 27th in the Order of Merit with five top-10 finishes. In October 1987 he also had his biggest prize to date, £20,000, for winning the inaugural Equity & Law Challenge, an unofficial money event on the tour. Lane won the 36-hole event, in which points were gained for birdies and eagles, with a score of 15, one ahead of Bill Malley.

Lane played 26 successive seasons, from 1986 to 2011, on the European Tour. Lane's best years came in the early to mid-nineties, when he made the top ten of the Order of Merit three times, with a best of fifth in 1992. He won four European Tour events between 1988 and 1994. He had a relatively bad period in his later thirties, but after the turn of the millennium his form improved again and he picked up his fifth win on the Tour at the 2004 Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters.

Lane won several professional tournaments not on the European Tour, most lucratively the 1995 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf. This event was a precursor of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and Lane's prize was US$1,000,000, which was a rare level of prize in golf at that time.

Lane made his only Ryder Cup appearance in Europe's home defeat at The Belfry in 1993, losing all three of his matches. He represented England in the World Cup and the Alfred Dunhill Cup several times and played for the Rest of the World Team in the UBS Cup three times.

On turning 50 in June 2010, Lane joined the European Senior Tour. He quickly claimed his first win at the Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open that August. Lane continued his good form in 2011, playing a mixture of regular and senior European Tour events, and winning twice more on the senior tour. Subsequently he enjoyed further wins on the 2012, 2016, 2017 tours and twice on the 2019 circuit.

Death Lane died of cancer on 31 December 2022, at the age of 62.

Professional wins (20) European Tour wins (5) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up19 Jul 1988Bell's Scottish Open−13 (70-67-66-68=271)3 strokes Sandy Lyle, José Rivero24 Oct 1992Mercedes German Masters−16 (71-67-66-68=272)2 strokes Rodger Davis, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam35 Sep 1993Canon European Masters−18 (69-67-64-70=270)1 stroke Seve Ballesteros, Miguel Ángel Jiménez413 Mar 1994 Turespaña Open de Baleares−19 (64-70-66-69=269)2 strokes Jim Payne59 May 2004Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters−16 (70-69-67-66=272)3 strokes Ángel Cabrera, Eduardo Romero

European Tour playoff record (0–3) No.YearTournamentOpponent(s)Result11988Torras Hostench Barcelona Open Nick Faldo, Mark Mouland, David WhelanWhelan won with par on fourth extra holeFaldo and Mouland eliminated by birdie on first hole21992Roma Masters José María CañizaresLost to birdie on second extra hole31995Smurfit European Open Bernhard LangerLost to birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (6) 1983 Footjoy PGA Assistants' Championship, Jamaica Open, Footjoy World Assistants' Championship 1987 Equity & Law Challenge 1995 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf 2015 Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship

European Senior Tour wins (8) Legend Tour Championships (2) Other European Senior Tour (6) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up122 Aug 2010Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open−4 (69-71-72=212)4 strokes Glenn Ralph, Jim Rhodes221 Aug 2011Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open (2)−14 (67-69-66=202)2 strokes Gary Koch318 Sep 2011Casa Serena Open−15 (67-62-69=198)2 strokes Peter Fowler426 Aug 2012Speedy Services Wales Senior Open−7 (72-67-70=209)1 stroke Philip Golding511 Dec 2016MCB Tour Championship−12 (67-67-68=204)1 stroke Paul Broadhurst627 Aug 2017Willow Senior Golf Classic−22 (67-60-67=194)5 strokes Gary Orr71 Jun 2019Senior Italian Open−8 (69-72-67=208)Playoff Marc Farry81 Dec 2019MCB Tour Championship (Madagascar) (2)−3 (70-71-69=210)1 stroke Juan Quirós, Jean-François Remésy

European Senior Tour playoff record (1–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12014MCB Tour Championship Paul WesselinghLost to par on sixth extra hole22019Senior Italian Open Marc FarryWon with birdie on second extra hole

Japan PGA Senior Tour wins (1) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up13 Nov 2018Fujifilm Senior Championship−10 (67-72-64=203)2 strokes Prayad Marksaeng

Results in major championships Tournament198719881989Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTPGA Championship Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999Masters TournamentCUTU.S. OpenT16T4744CUTThe Open ChampionshipT17T5113CUTT20CUTCUTPGA ChampionshipT71T25T63 Tournament2000200120022003200420052006200720082009Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open Championship29T50T14CUTPGA Championship Tournament201020112012Masters TournamentU.S. OpenThe Open ChampionshipCUTPGA Championship

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

Source:

Summary Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts madeMasters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 3The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 4 15 7PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3Totals 0 0 0 0 0 6 23 13 Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (1991 Open Championship – 1993 PGA) Longest streak of top-10s – 0

Results in World Golf Championships Tournament2004Match PlayChampionshipT23InvitationalT55

"T" = Tied

Team appearances Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996 World Cup (representing England): 1988, 1994 Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1993 UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2002, 2003 (tie), 2004

See also List of golfers with most European Senior Tour wins

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