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    1995
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  • CHAMPION GOLFER OF THE YEAR
    2009

Stewart Cink

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Will always be remembered as the man who prevented 59-year-old Tom Watson becoming the oldest-ever winner of a major title at The Open at Turnberry in 2009. 
Stewart Cink Turnberry 2009 7

Cink captures the Claret Jug 

Stewart Cink wins his first major defeating Tom Watson over the stunning links of Turnberry.

Will always be remembered as the man who prevented 59-year-old Tom Watson becoming the oldest-ever winner of a major title at The Open at Turnberry in 2009.

Stewart Cink, three behind with a round to go, birdied the final hole from 16 feet before Watson bogeyed it to fall into a tie. The former then dominated the four-hole play-off, winning it by six strokes, for the high point of a career which has brought five Ryder Cup caps, most recently in 2010, and four winning Presidents Cup appearances.

Rookie of the Year on the PGA Tour in 1997, Cink has recorded top-three finishes in all four majors.

He beat Tiger Woods by four in the 2004 WGC-NEC Invitational in Akron and was a runner-up to him both in the same event two years later and at the 2008 WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.

Cink has spent more than 40 weeks in the world's top 10, reaching fifth spot just after he lifted the 2008 Travelers Championship.

At the age of 47 he achieved his first PGA Tour win for more than 11 years - since The Open, in fact - at the 2020 Safeway Open, then won again in the following year’s RBC Heritage.

Venue
Finish
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
Par
M/C
75
71
-
-
-
M/C
M/C
76
77
-
-
-
M/C
T23
68
73
71
72
284
-
M/C
78
71
-
-
-
M/C
M/C
66
77
-
-
-
M/C
T20
74
68
71
70
283
-1
T24
72
70
71
70
283
-1
M/C
77
73
-
-
-
M/C
T20
70
71
68
72
281
-7
T47
71
75
73
69
288
-
T26
72
75
76
69
292
8
M/C
72
73
-
-
-
M/C
T30
70
71
77
71
289
9
T48
70
74
71
74
289
1
Turnberry 2009
1
66
72
71
69
278
-
M/C
75
75
-
-
-
M/C
6
69
73
68
70
280
-
M/C
72
77
-
-
-
M/C
M/C
76
73
-
-
-
M/C
14
72
71
71
69
283
-
34
75
75
75
68
293
-
59
71
69
80
69
289
-
30
71
72
72
70
285
-
41
69
73
76
69
287
-
M/C
82
80
-
-
-
M/C
66
71
73
83
72
299
-

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