Andrew Oldcorn (born 31 March 1960) is a Scottish professional golfer.
Early life and amateur career In 1960, Oldcorn was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. However, his family moved to Formby in 1964, and then to Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1968, where he attended Currie High School. He therefore represents Scotland in golf.
He represented England as an amateur and won the English Amateur in 1982. He also represented Great Britain & Ireland at the 1983 Walker Cup.
Professional career In 1983, Oldcorn turned professional. Oldcorn was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School that year. He had a steady start to his career on tour before being struck down with ME (also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) in the early 1990s. He returned to form in 1993, to claim his first tour victory in the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia. Away from the tour he also won the Sunderland of Scotland Masters. Several solid years followed along with another title, the 1995 DHL Jersey Open. The undoubted highlight of his career came in 2001 when he became the oldest winner in the history of the Volvo PGA Championship (although Miguel Ángel Jiménez would later beat that record). He finished that season a career best 26th place on the European Tour Order of Merit.
Since turning 50, Oldcorn has primarily been playing on the senior golf tours, having won twice on the European Senior Tour.
Amateur wins 1979 Scottish Youths Amateur Championship 1982 English Amateur
Professional wins (6)
European Tour wins (3) Legend Flagship events (1) Other European Tour (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up128 Feb 1993Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía−3 (70-71-73-71=285)1 stroke Eduardo Romero218 Jun 1995DHL Jersey Open−15 (70-68-66-69=273)3 strokes Dean Robertson328 May 2001Volvo PGA Championship−16 (66-66-69-71=272)2 strokes Ángel Cabrera
Other wins (1) 1993 Sunderland of Scotland Masters
European Senior Tour wins (2) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner-up112 Jun 2011De Vere Club PGA Seniors Championship−11 (73-66-68-70=277)9 strokes Gordon Brand Jnr210 Jul 2016WINSTONgolf Senior Open−8 (70-69-69=208)Playoff Paul Broadhurst
European Senior Tour playoff record (1–0) No.YearTournamentOpponentResult12016WINSTONgolf Senior Open Paul BroadhurstWon with par on second extra hole
Results in major championships Tournament19821983198419851986198719881989The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTCUTPGA Championship Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999The Open ChampionshipCUTT64CUTWDCUT80PGA Championship Tournament200020012002200320042005The Open ChampionshipCUTCUTCUTT28T42CUTPGA ChampionshipT44 Note: Oldcorn never played in the Masters Tournament nor the U.S. Open.
CUT = missed the half-way cut WD = Withdrew "T" = tied
Team appearances Amateur Eisenhower Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982 St Andrews Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1982 Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1983 European Amateur Team Championship (representing England): 1983
Professional Seve Trophy: 2002 (winners)
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