Ian Woosnam is from Oswestry, Shropshire in England
Ian Harold Woosnam was born on 2nd of March 1958 in Oswestr, England. Though small in stature at 5 ft. 4½ in. he is a powerful striker of the golf ball.
Nicknamed 'Woosie', Ian started playing golf at the unique Llanymynech Golf Club, which straddles the Wales-England border.
He turned professional in 1976 and first played on the European Tour in 1979.
When he first started out on the European Tour he lived out of his campervan and would occasionally eat cans of baked beans due to tightness of funds.
In 2001, at the age of 43, Ian Woosnam became the oldest player to win the World Match Play Championship, which was not an official European Tour event at the time, when he beat Pádraig Harrington 2 & 1 in the final.
Woosnam has also made substantial contributions to team golf, representing Europe in the Ryder Cup for eight consecutive years from 1983 to 1997 and serving as captain in 2006. His leadership was instrumental in fostering Europe's competitiveness in the event.
In total Ian won 52 professional tour titles including the Masters Tournament in 1991.
Ian Woosnam won the 1991 Masters Tournament with a total score of 277 (-11). Runner up was José María Olazábal on shot behind.
He won the 1991 SF&G Classic in a playoff against Jim Hallet. His total score was 275 (-13).
In 1987, Ian Woosnam won BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year awards. He won the award again in 1990 and 1991.
In 2017 Ian was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Ian was awarded an OBE in the 2007 New Years Honours List
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