Biography

Nick O'Hern

Nick O'Hern is an Australian golfer. He is left handed and took up golf at the age of nine. His father was a three-handicap golfer who played baseball for Australia, and Nick played that sport for Western Australia himself. He was also a talented tennis player, but he chose to concentrate on golf and turned professional in 1994. He was successful at the European Tour Qualifying School at his first attempt in 1998 and has played regularly on the European Tour since 1999. He has not won on the European Tour, but had two seconds in 2003, two more in 2004 and one in 2005 as of June. He has won four tournaments in Australia, and continues to play on the PGA Tour of Australasia in the northern winter.

In 2005 O'Hern has begun to play quite regularly in the United States. He was not a member of the PGA Tour, but having reached the top thirty of the Official World Golf Rankings, he was able to count on a good number of automatic invitations and sponsors exemptions for PGA Tour events. In 2006 he became a member of the PGA Tour on the basis of his membership of the International Team at the 2005 Presidents Cup.

Australian Tour

1999 Schweppes Coolum Classic, 1997 Australian Hedland PGA Classic, 1998 South West Open, Port Hedland PGA Classic.

European Tour

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Career Summary

1999 PGA European Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 18; in money - 12; top-10 finishes - 2; stroke average 71.72 (rank - 55th); ?Eruo104,081 or £74,343 (ranked 108th); best finish, 6th, Moroccan Open.

2000 PGA European Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 22; in money - 19; top-10 finishes - 3; stroke average 71.26 (rank - 27th); ?Eruo337,439 or £200,683 (ranked 42nd); T5th, The Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open.

2001 PGA European Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 16; in money - 12; top-10 finishes - 6; stroke average 71.02 (rank - 46th); ?Eruo473,829 or £294,607 (ranked 42nd); best finish, 3rd, Heineken Classic.

2002 PGA European Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 25; in money - 19; top-10 finishes - 2; stroke average 70.98 (rank - 22nd); ?Eruo321,618 or £205,068 (ranked 71st); best finish, T10th, Caltex Singapore Masters & Italian Open.

2003 PGA European Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 18; in money - 17; top-10 finishes - 4; stroke average 70.50 (rank - 12th); ?Eruo604,446 or £421,425 (ranked 37th); best finish, T2nd, ANZ Championship & Telefonica Open de Madrid.

2004 PGA European Tour Summary

Tournaments entered - 23; in money - 20; top-10 finishes - 11; stroke average 70.27 (rank - 6th); ?Eruo1,406,825 or £972,854 (ranked 12th); best finish, 2nd Linde German Masters, T2nd, Open de France.

Team appearances

Alfred Dunhill Cup: 2000
World Cup: 2004
Presidents Cup: 2005

Reference:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_O%27Hern
http://www.pga.com/pgachampionship/2005/scoring/profiles/22348.html