British · Cheltenham, England · Born 21 July 1977English golfer who reached a career-high world ranking of third, winning 21 professional titles and contributing to three victorious European Ryder Cup teams.
Born on 21 July 1977 in Cheltenham, England, Paul Casey received a golf scholarship at age 11 at Foxhills Country Club before earning a collegiate scholarship to Arizona State University, where he won three consecutive Pac-12 Championships and broke the tournament scoring record previously held by Tiger Woods. He also won the English Amateur Championship in both 1999 and 2000 and helped Great Britain and Ireland win the Walker Cup in 1999, winning all four of his matches. Casey turned professional in 2000 and quickly made his mark on the European Tour, winning in just his 11th start at the 2001 Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship to claim the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. He made his Ryder Cup debut in 2004, part of a winning European team, and famously became the only player in Ryder Cup history to win a foursomes match with a hole-in-one, achieved at the K Club in 2006 — a year in which he was also named European Tour Golfer of the Year. Casey reached a career-high World Ranking of third in 2009, the same year he claimed his first PGA Tour victory at the Houston Open, and in 2010 finished tied for third at the Open Championship at St Andrews, his best major finish. His most agonising major near-miss came at the 2020 PGA Championship, where he finished tied for second, one stroke behind champion Collin Morikawa. Casey represented Europe in five Ryder Cups (2004, 2006, 2008, 2018, 2021) after a self-imposed absence from the European Tour led him to miss selection for several editions in between. He won 15 DP World Tour titles and three PGA Tour events across his career before joining the LIV Golf League in 2022, continuing to compete at a high level into his late forties.
Reaching a career-high world ranking of third and making the only hole-in-one during a Ryder Cup foursomes match
How They Played
Powerful, technically sound all-round game with strong ball-striking
Lasting Impact
One of England's finest modern golfers, notable for consistent excellence without a major championship victory
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