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  • Turned Pro
    1993
  • Previous Opens
    22
  • CHAMPION GOLFER OF THE YEAR
    2001

David Duval

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Closing rounds of 65 and 67 at Royal Lytham and St Annes in 2001 swept Duval from seven shots off the lead at halfway to his first major victory by a three-stroke margin.
David Duval Royal Lythm 3 Claret Jug

Duval captures the Claret Jug

Watch: David Duval had topped the world rankings and proven himself as a stellar performer, so it was no surprise when he won at Royal Lytham & St Annes by a three-stroke margin.

Closing rounds of 65 and 67 at Royal Lytham and St Annes in 2001 swept Duval from seven shots off the lead at halfway to his first major victory by a three-stroke margin.

It came as no surprise. He was America's leading money-winner three years earlier and the following season twice took the world No.1 spot off Tiger Woods, made his Ryder Cup debut and also became only the third player to score 59 on the PGA Tour - and the first to do it with a final hole eagle to win the tournament.

That came in the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic, one of 12 victories in the United States achieved by the former Walker Cup amateur in under three years.

Twice a runner-up in the Masters – first to Mark O’Meara in 1998 and then to Woods in 2001 - Duval was unquestionably one of the superstars of the game when his form deserted him.

He had slumped to 882nd in the world when he suddenly burst into life again with a joint second-place finish in the 2009 U.S. Open, finishing just two strokes behind Lucas Glover, but his last win remains the Dunlop Phoenix in Japan in 2001.

Venue
Finish
R1
R2
R3
R4
Total
Par
St Andrews 2022
M/C
82
74
-
-
-
M/C
Royal Portrush 2019
m/c
91
78
-
-
-
M/C
Carnoustie 2018
WD
80
-
-
-
-
M/C
Royal Birkdale 2017
M/C
79
72
-
-
-
M/C
Royal Troon 2016
WD
82
-
-
-
-
M/C
St Andrews 2015
T49
72
72
67
73
284
-4
Royal Liverpool 2014
M/C
73
79
-
-
-
M/C
Muirfield 2013
M/C
76
79
-
-
-
M/C
Royal Lytham & St Annes 2012
M/C
74
71
-
-
-
M/C
Royal St George's 2011
M/C
78
77
-
-
-
M/C
St Andrews 2010
M/C
77
78
-
-
-
M/C
Turnberry 2009
M/C
71
76
-
-
-
M/C
Royal Birkdale 2008
39
73
69
83
71
296
-
Royal Liverpool 2006
56
70
70
78
71
289
-
St Andrews 2005
M/C
80
77
-
-
-
M/C
Royal St George's 2003
M/C
83
78
-
-
-
M/C
Muirfield 2002
22
72
71
70
70
283
-
Royal Lytham & St Annes 2001
1
69
73
65
67
274
-
St Andrews 2000
11
70
70
66
75
281
-
Carnoustie 1999
62
79
75
76
76
306
-
Royal Birkdale 1998
11
70
71
75
71
287
-
Royal Troon 1997
32
73
69
73
71
286
-
Royal Lytham & St Annes 1996
14
76
67
66
70
279
-
St Andrews 1995
20
71
75
70
72
288
-

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