Paul Lawrie
Summary
- First major 1999 The Open
- Ryder Cup 2 Cups · 4-3-1 · 4.5 points (56.2%)
Wins
- 1999 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · 290 (+6) · won a playoff against Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard
Near misses
Ryder Cup
2 Cups, 8 matches: 4 won, 3 lost, 1 halved, 4.5 points. Foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 1-2-1, singles 2-0-0.
Rivals
Beaten in finals and playoffs
Ryder Cup partners
Ryder Cup opponents
Next in the chain: Jean van de Velde's rivals →
Moments
- 1999 Open Van de Velde stood on the 18th tee three strokes clear. His approach hit the grandstand, he went into the Barry Burn and made a triple-bogey 7 to fall into the playoff.
- 1999 Open Lawrie started the final round 10 strokes behind, a major-championship comeback record, closed with 67, then birdied the 17th and 18th in the playoff.
Records and firsts
Results by championship
Best day
1999 The Open
Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · 290 (+6) · won a playoff against Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard (Lawrie 15; Leonard 18; Van de Velde 18)
Van de Velde stood on the 18th tee three strokes clear. His approach hit the grandstand, he went into the Barry Burn and made a triple-bogey 7 to fall into the playoff.
Lawrie started the final round 10 strokes behind, a major-championship comeback record, closed with 67, then birdied the 17th and 18th in the playoff.
Record: largest final-round comeback · 10 behind
Record: highest winning score to par since 1948 · +6 (290)
Chosen by rule: the major win our record tables single out. Year page: 1999.
Career line, 1993–2012
4 results. Hover or tap a mark; click it for the year.
- Major win
- Top 10
- Ryder Cup, GB / Europe
Paul Lawrie was born on January 1, 1969, in Aberdeen, Scotland. Lawrie won one major championship: the 1999 Open. Lawrie played in 2 Ryder Cups for Europe (1999, 2012), winning 4, losing 3 and halving 1 of 8 matches for 4.5 points.
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The record
Wins in the majors (1)
- 1999 The Open Carnoustie Golf Links (Championship Course) · 290 (+6) · won a playoff against Jean van de Velde and Justin Leonard (Lawrie 15; Leonard 18; Van de Velde 18)
Near misses
Top-10 finishes are listed for The Open, the one championship with a full top 10 every year.
Ryder Cup
Lawrie played 2 Ryder Cups for Europe: 8 matches, 4 won, 3 lost, 1 halved, 4.5 points (56.2% of those available). By format: foursomes 1-1-0, four-ball 1-2-1, singles 2-0-0 (won-lost-halved). Vice-captain: 2016.
- 1999 The Country Club (Championship/Composite Course) Europe · USA won 14.5–13.5 · 3-1-1, 3.5 points · automatic
- 2012 Medinah Country Club, Course No. 3 Europe · Europe won 14.5–13.5 · 1-2-0, 1 point · automatic
Partners, with matches played together: Colin Montgomerie (4), Peter Hanson (1), Nicolas Colsaerts (1).
Records and firsts
Rows from our record tables that name this player, worded as the tables word them.
Sources
Elsewhere: Wikipedia.
Every fact on this page comes from Golf Network News data sets compiled in October 2026 (Masters, PGA Championship, The Open, U.S. Women's Open, Ryder Cup, PGA Tour 2024–2026, major host sites, Champions Dinner menus, and the U.S. Open and state rooms). These are the sources those rows cite.