GREEN Gavin

Malaysia
Golf
28 Dec 1993
27
Male
KUALA LUMPUR
 
Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR
 
Malaysia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
GLF Golf Men's Individual Stroke Play 57

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Kasumigaseki Country Club
Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 1
#1
Finished
Finish On:  Jul 31 		Kasumigaseki Country Club
Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 2
#2
Finished
Kasumigaseki Country Club
Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 3
#3
Finished
Kasumigaseki Country Club
Men's Individual Stroke Play Round 4
#4
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocationResult
47Individual Stroke Play2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA287

The Open Championship
RankEventYearLocationResult
61Individual Stroke Play2018Sandwich, GBR290

PGA Tour overview - Three best ranks per season since 2017
YearIndividual Stroke Play
2017/20181 x 61st, 1 x 64th, 1 x 67th
2016/20171 x 69th, 1 x 75th, 1 x 142nd

European Tour overview - Three best ranks per season since 2017
YearIndividual Stroke Play
20211 x 41st, 1 x 65th, 1 x 67th
20201 x 3rd, 1 x 7th, 1 x 8th
20191 x 5th, 1 x 8th, 1 x 9th
20181 x 3rd, 1 x 9th, 1 x 12th
20171 x 2nd, 1 x 32nd, 1 x 38th

PGA Tour & European Tour - Ten best performances since 2017 season
RankYearEventCompetitionLocation
22017Individual Stroke PlayHero Indian OpenNew Delhi, IND
32020Individual Stroke PlaySaudi InternationalKing Abdullah Economic City, KSA
32018Individual Stroke PlayD+D Real Czech MastersPrague, CZE
52019Individual Stroke PlayBelgian KnockoutAntwerp, BEL
72020Individual Stroke PlayAphrodite Hills Cyprus ShowdownPaphos, CYP
82020Individual Stroke PlayCazoo OpenNewport, GBR
82019Individual Stroke PlayEstrella Damm Andalucia MastersSotogrande, ESP
92019Individual Stroke PlayDubai Duty Free Irish OpenLahinch, IRL
92018Individual Stroke PlayBetfred British MastersWalton-on-the-Hill, GBR
112020Individual Stroke PlayCeltic ClassicNewport, GBR
112019Individual Stroke PlaySaudi InternationalKing Abdullah Economic City, KSA


Legend
DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified, WD - Withdrawn
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Spending time with friends, cooking, travelling, playing badminton, playing video games, listening to music. (golfmonthly.com, 08 Jul 2020; europeantour.com, 01 Jul 2018; Facebook profile, 31 Oct 2020)
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Business - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
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Cantonese, English, Malay
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Monterez Golf and Country Club [Shah Alam, MAS]
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Right (Facebook profile, 21 Dec 2017)
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His younger brother Galven Green has represented Malaysia in golf, and competed at the 2017 South East Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has also played golf at university level for the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, United States of America. (golobos.com, 2018; pargolf.my, 02 Oct 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 03 Jul 2018)
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Turned professional in 2015
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In October 2020 he was troubled by an inflamed finger and a recurring wrist injury. He was off the course for two weeks before resuming his European Tour campaign at the Cyprus Open in November. (pargolf.my, 27 Oct 2020; thestar.com.my, 13 Oct 2020)
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He began playing golf at age seven. (thestar.com.my, 29 May 2013)
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His father Gary used to take him to a driving range as a child. His father then signed him up for golf lessons after a professional golfer mentioned he had potential. "We were just trying to play, we were having fun. I used to watch golf on TV all the time, especially when [US golfer] Tiger Woods was playing. I'd always wake up at three in the morning to see him finish before I went to school. I couldn't be a normal kid because I had golf, and I loved it. I didn't have many friends in school, all my good friends were the golfers." (Asian Tour YouTube channel, 06 Dec 2018)
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To compete on the Professional Golfer's Association [PGA] Tour. (thestar.com.my, 24 Jan 2018)
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Winning at the 2017 Taiwan Masters in Tamsui, Chinese Taipei. (pargolf.my, 02 Oct 2017)
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US golfer Tiger Woods. (golobos.com, 13 Oct 2013)
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His grandfather. (pargolf.my, 02 Oct 2017)
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He was named the 2017 Asian Tour Players' Player of the Year. (pargolf.my, 18 Dec 2017)

He was named the 2017 Selangor Sportsman of the Year in Malaysia. (thestar.com.my, 21 Apr 2018)

He was named 2013/14 and 2014/15 Golfer of the Year at the Mountain West Championship during his time at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, United States of America. (unlvrebels.com, 07 May 2015; goairforcefalcons.com, 01 May 2014)

He received All-American honours on three occasions during his time at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, United States of America. (krqe.com, 11 Jul 2016)

General Interest

General
FATHER CADDY
His father Gary has served as his caddie. "Right after I turned pro [in 2015] my dad was kind of the one caddying me for a while. He has always been there to help me out. I'm quite a hard player to deal with, but he has learnt to deal with me and I have learnt to deal with him, and I'd say we get along pretty well. Well, our names are Green. If we travelled without our golf bags, it's weird." (pargolf.my, 18 Nov 2020; Asian Tour YouTube channel, 06 Dec 2018)

ACCIDENT
At age 14 he walked into a sliding glass door and badly cut his nose. He underwent plastic surgery and was hospitalised for three days. With a bandaged nose, he went on winning the 2008 US Kids Golf Teen World Championship in Pinehurst, North Carolina. "I didn't care about my nose. I was more concerned about going to the US for golf." (Asian Tour YouTube channel, 25 Jun 2013; thestar.com.my, 29 May 2013, 17 Jun 2012)

HERITAGE
He is of Irish, Chinese and Portuguese descent. (golfmonthly.com, 08 Jul 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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