Nick Dougherty

Nick Dougherty
— Golfer —
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Dougherty
Born (1982-05-24) 24 May 1982
Bootle, Liverpool, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Nationality  England
Residence Sunningdale, Berkshire, England
Spouse Di Stewart (m. 2010)
Career
Turned professional 2001
Former tour(s) European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
European Tour 3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T33: 2008
U.S. Open T7: 2007
The Open Championship T38: 2009
PGA Championship CUT: 2005–09
Achievements and awards
Sir Henry Cotton
Rookie of the Year		 2002

Nicholas Dougherty (born 24 May 1982) is a retired English professional golfer.

Dougherty was born in Bootle, Merseyside, and attended Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School in Blackburn, Lancashire. He is a protégé of former professional golfer, Nick Faldo, and had an exceptional amateur career. He won numerous tournaments including the 1999 World Boys Championship and three Faldo Junior Series events.[1] In 2001 he was a member of the victorious Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team.

Dougherty turned professional in 2001 and gained membership to the European Tour for 2002 via the final qualifying school. In his début season he finished 36th on the Order of Merit, and was named the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year. He was hindered by glandular fever in 2003, and his 2004 season was also disappointing when he slipped to 97th on the Order of Merit. In early 2005 he earned his first victory on the European Tour at the Caltex Masters in Singapore,[2] going on to reach the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings in the middle of the year, and ended it in 15th place on the final European Tour Order of Merit. He also made a strong start to the 2006 season before struggling later in the year.

Dougherty would bounce back in 2007, and was the leader after the first round of the 107th US Open at Oakmont Country Club with a two under par round of 68.[3] He eventually finished the tournament in a tie for seventh place. This is, to date, his best finish in a major championship, and was also enough to gain automatic entry into the following years championship and the US Masters.[4] Later that year he secured his second European Tour victory at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship,[5] and finished the season placed 11th on the Order of Merit.

After a disappointing 2008 season which was marred by the sudden death of his mother, Dougherty recorded his third European Tour victory at the 2009 BMW International Open in Munich, Germany. He was three shots behind 54-hole leader Retief Goosen going into the final round. He shot a final round of 64 and ended with a one stroke victory over Rafael Echenique, who made an albatross 2 on the par-5 18th, and by four over Goosen.[6] The win secured Dougherty a spot in his first major of 2009, The Open Championship at Turnberry in July.

Dougherty ended up losing his European Tour card in 2011 after making only one cut during 32 events. Although he finished 45th at the Omega European Masters with a first day 63 helping him to a pay check of 10,600 euros, it was not enough to retain his 2012 tour card. He attended the European Qualifying School in late 2011, but was unsuccessful and consequently settled for membership on the Challenge Tour.

Amateur wins (10)

Professional wins (3)

European Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner(s)-up
1 30 Jan 2005 Caltex Masters
(co-sanctioned by Asian Tour)		 –18 (68-67-68-67=270) 5 strokes Netherlands Maarten Lafeber, Scotland Colin Montgomerie
2 7 Oct 2007 Alfred Dunhill Links Championship –18 (67-66-66-71=270) 2 strokes England Justin Rose
3 28 Jun 2009 BMW International Open –22 (69-65-68-64=266) 1 stroke Argentina Rafael Echenique

Results in major championships

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Masters Tournament DNP DNP DNP T33 DNP
U.S. Open T52 CUT T7 CUT DNP
The Open Championship DNP CUT T42 T78 T38
PGA Championship CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT

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

Summary

Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
U.S. Open 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 2
The Open Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
PGA Championship 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Totals 0 0 0 0 1 1 14 6

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

References

  1. ↑ "Nick Dougherty: The remaking of 'Little Nick' on the hard road to respect". London: The Independent. 6 March 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  2. ↑ "Dougherty secures Singapore title". BBC Sport. 30 January 2005. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  3. ↑ Slater, Matt (15 June 2007). "Dougherty storms to US Open lead". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  4. ↑ Slater, Matt (17 June 2007). "Cool Cabrera wins US Open classic". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  5. ↑ Mair, Lewine (8 October 2007). "Nick Dougherty wins at St Andrews". London: The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  6. ↑ "Dougherty holds on for BMW title". BBC Sport. 28 June 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
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