Paul Gow

For the Australian rules footballer, see Paul Gow (footballer).

Paul Gow
Personal information
Full namePaul Gow
Born (1970-11-10) 10 November 1970 (age 54)
Sydney, Australia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
SpouseCherie
Career
Turned professional1993
Current tour(s)PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Nationwide Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia1
Korn Ferry Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2000, 2002
The Open ChampionshipDNP

Paul Gow (born 10 November 1970) is an Australian professional golfer.

Gow was born in Sydney, Australia. He turned professional in 1993.

Gow has won three times on the Nationwide Tour, once in 1997, once in 2000, and once in 2006. He has never won on the PGA Tour, but he did come close when he lost in a playoff to Jeff Sluman at the 2001 B.C. Open.

Gow is 0-for-3 in playoffs on the Nationwide Tour, all of which were lost during the 2004 season, in which he finished 11th on the final money list.

Professional wins (4)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 20 Feb 2000 Canon Challenge −16 (68-68-67-69=272) 1 stroke Australia Kenny Druce

Nationwide Tour wins (3)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 24 Aug 1997 Nike Permian Basin Open −21 (68-69-65-65=267) 2 strokes United States Steve Lamontagne
2 9 Jul 2000 Buy.com Hershey Open −3 (72-68-70-71=281) 1 stroke United States Paul Claxton
3 23 Apr 2006 Athens Regional Foundation Classic −21 (64-67-67-69=267) 3 strokes South Africa Craig Lile

Nationwide Tour playoff record (0–3)

No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1 2004 BMW Charity Pro-Am Japan Ryuji Imada Lost to birdie on fifth extra hole
2 2004 SAS Carolina Classic United States Chris Anderson, United States Jason Buha,
Australia Brendan Jones 		Anderson won with par on eighth extra hole
Buha and Gow eliminated by birdie on first hole
3 2004 Reese's Cup Classic United States Ben Bates Lost to par on eighth extra hole

Playoff record

PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1 2001 B.C. Open United States Jeff Sluman Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 2000 2001 2002
U.S. Open CUT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
Note: Gow only played in the U.S. Open.

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

Media career

Gow joined Fox Sports following his retirement from playing becoming the host of The Golf Show, On Par with Paul Gow,[1] Your Golf Show, Tour the Greens,[2] Getting A Round In,[3] and How Good Is Golf with co-host Bree Laughlin.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ https://tvtonight.com.au/2016/08/fox-sports-adds-new-golf-shows.html [bare URL]
  2. ^ https://howgoodisgolf.com/tvshow-category/tour-the-greens/ [bare URL]
  3. ^ https://howgoodisgolf.com/tvshow-category/getting-a-round-in/ [bare URL]
  4. ^ https://howgoodisgolf.com/ [bare URL]


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