Oliver Wilson

Oliver Wilson
Personal information
Full name	Oliver John Wilson
Born	14 September 1980 (1980-09-14) (age 31) Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	168 lb (76 kg; 12.0 st)
Nationality	England
Residence	Mansfield, Notts, England; Augusta, Georgia, U.S.
Career
College	Augusta State University
Turned professional	2003
Current tour(s)	European Tour
Professional wins	0
Best results in Major Championships
Masters Tournament	CUT: 2009, 2010
U.S. Open	T23: 2009
The Open Championship	T24: 2009
PGA Championship	T19: 2009

Oliver John Wilson (born 14 September 1980) is an English professional golfer.

Wilson was born in Mansfield, England, where his golfing career began at Coxmoor Golf Club.

After playing collegiately at Augusta State University, Wilson turned professional in 2003 and played on the Challenge Tour in 2004. He finished 15th on the Order of Merit list and moved up to the European Tour. He improved year-on-year, finishing 97th on the Order of Merit in 2005, 71st in 2006, 30th in 2007, 11th in 2008 and 7th in 2009.

In his rookie season on the European Tour in 2005, Wilson had three top ten finishes. In 2006 he lost in a play-off to Paul Casey in the Volvo China Open and in 2007 he had two second place finishes. So far in 2008 he has also managed four second place finishes the most notable of which came in the BMW PGA Championship where he lost in a play-off to Miguel Ángel Jiménez. In April Wilson reached the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings for the first time, the next month after his runner-up spot at the PGA Championship he reached a new high position of 45.

On 31 August 2008, Nick Faldo named the 2008 European Ryder Cup team. Wilson was named in that team after automatically qualifying earlier that day by finishing 10th in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles. He became the first player in history to be chosen to represent Europe against the Americans without first winning a professional tournament.

In the opening tournament of the 2009 Race to Dubai, the HSBC Champions, Wilson recorded yet another runner-up finish. On March 15, 2009, he recorded a top-5 finish in the WGC-CA Championship. Wilson was also runner-up in the 2009 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship.

2010 was a less successful year, where Wilson never finished higher than 5th, although he still finished in the top 50 of the Order of Merit.

Results in major championships

Tournament	2006	2007	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP	DNP	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT	DNP	T36	T23
The Open Championship	DNP	CUT	CUT	T24
PGA Championship	DNP	DNP	CUT	T19

Tournament	2010
The Masters	CUT
U.S. Open	CUT
The Open Championship	CUT
PGA Championship	CUT

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Team appearances

Amateur

• Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2003 (winners)
• Palmer Cup (representing Europe): 2001, 2002, 2003 (winners)

Professional

• Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2007 (winners), 2009 (winners)
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 2008
• Royal Trophy (representing Europe): 2009

External links

• Oliver Wilson at the European Tour official site
• Oliver Wilson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site

Persondata
Name	Wilson, Oliver
Alternative names
Short description	Professional golfer
Date of birth	14 September 1980
Place of birth	Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England
Date of death
Place of death