Paul Casey

Paul Casey
Personal information
Full name	Paul Alexander Casey
Born	21 July 1977 (age 41) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	180 lb (82 kg; 13 st)
Nationality	England
Residence	Weybridge, Surrey, England Scottsdale, Arizona, US
Spouse	Jocelyn Hefner (m. 2008–2011) Pollyanna Woodward(m. 2015)
Career
College	Arizona State University
Turned professional	2000
Current tour(s)	PGA Tour (joined 2005) European Tour (joined 2001)
Professional wins	19
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour	3
European Tour	13
Asian Tour	2
Other	3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	T4: 2016
U.S. Open	T10: 2007
The Open Championship	T3: 2010
PGA Championship	T10: 2016
Achievements and awards
European Tour Player of the Year	2006
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year	2001

Paul Alexander Casey (born 21 July 1977) is an English golfer who is a member of the US-based PGA Tour. In 2009 he achieved his highest position, third, in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Casey was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but moved with his family to Weybridge, Surrey at the age of six. After attending Cleves School, Weybridge and then Hampton School, west London, he studied A levels at Strode’s College, Egham, Surrey. He then took a golf scholarship at Arizona State University.

In 2008, he married Jocelyn Hefner, a distant cousin of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner. The couple lived a quiet life on a remote ranch in rural Arizona, where keen amateur horse woman Jocelyn competed in local equestrian events. But after she abandoned an interior design course in 2011, the couple agreed to divorce.^[3]

After they met at the Formula 1 Chequered Flag Ball at the 2011 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Casey started dating television presenter Pollyanna Woodward.^[4] The couple got engaged during the Christmas period in 2013.^[4]Soon after, they welcomed their first son, Lex, on September 1, 2014. They married January 2015.

Amateur golf career

His amateur career was distinguished. In the US he won three consecutive PAC-12 Championships (1998, 1999 and 2000). In 2000 he broke the championship scoring record held by Tiger Woods (18 under par) with a 23 under par 265. Back on the other side of the Atlantic he won the English Amateur in 1999 and 2000. He was also a member of Great Britain and Ireland’s winning 1999 Walker Cup team, where he was only the third player in 77 years to record four victories without a single defeat.

Professional career

Casey joined the European Tour in May 2001, and recorded a second in his fifth event and a win in his eleventh, the Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship. He ended that season 22nd on the order of merit and won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. After a disappointing second season he had two wins in 2003, and came sixth on the Order of Merit.

Casey did not win any individual titles in 2004, but he was a member of the victorious European Ryder Cup team and also won the WGC World Cup for England in partnership with Luke Donald.

He joined the PGA Tour shortly afterwards as a Special Temporary Member and his membership of the 2004 European Ryder Cup Team qualified him for membership of the US based tour for the 2005 season. However he continues to play mainly in Europe.  He re-joined the PGA Tour in 2009.

Casey earned his first PGA Tour win on 5 April 2009 at the Shell Houston Open.

Professional wins (19)

PGA Tour wins (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	5 Apr 2009	Shell Houston Open	66-70-69-72=277	−11	Playoff	J. B. Holmes
2	11 Mar 2018	Valspar Championship	70-68-71-65=274	−10	1 stroke	Patrick Reed,  Tiger Woods
3	24 Mar 2019	Valspar Championship (2)	70-66-68-72=276	−8	1 stroke	Jason Kokrak,  Louis Oosthuizen

PGA Tour playoff record (1–2)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2009	Shell Houston Open	J. B. Holmes	Won with bogey on first extra hole
2	2015	Northern Trust Open	James Hahn,  Dustin Johnson	Hahn won with birdie on third extra hole Casey eliminated with par on second hole
3	2015	Travelers Championship	Bubba Watson	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

European Tour wins (13)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	26 Aug 2001	Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship	69-69-67-69=274	−14	1 stroke	Alex Čejka
2	9 Feb 2003	ANZ Championship	45 pts (8-10-21-6=45)		4 points	Stuart Appleby,  Nick O’Hern
3	11 May 2003	Benson & Hedges International Open	71-69-66-71=277	−11	4 strokes	Pádraig Harrington
4	20 Mar 2005	TCL Classic1	64-68-68-66=266	−22	Playoff	Paul McGinley
5	27 Nov 2005 (2006 season)	Volvo China Open1	71-69-70-65=275	−13	Playoff	Oliver Wilson
6	25 Jun 2006	Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles (2)	67-71-66-72=276	−16	1 stroke	Andrew Marshall,  Søren Hansen
7	17 Sep 2006	HSBC World Match Play Championship	10 & 8			Shaun Micheel
8	21 Jan 2007	Abu Dhabi Golf Championship	71-68-67-65=271	−17	1 stroke	Peter Hanson,  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
9	18 Jan 2009	Abu Dhabi Golf Championship (2)	69-65-63-70=267	−21	1 stroke	Martin Kaymer,  Louis Oosthuizen
10	24 May 2009	BMW PGA Championship	69-67-67-68=271	−17	1 stroke	Ross Fisher
11	30 Jan 2011	Volvo Golf Champions	67-67-66-68=268	−20	1 stroke	Peter Hanson,  Miguel Ángel Jiménez
12	30 Jun 2013	The Irish Open	68-72-67-67=274	−14	3 strokes	Joost Luiten,  Robert Rock
13	14 Sep 2014	KLM Open	68-70-62-66=266	−14	1 stroke	Simon Dyson

¹Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

European Tour playoff record (2–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2004	Celtic Manor Wales Open	Simon Khan	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
2	2005	TCL Classic	Paul McGinley	Won with birdie on second extra hole
3	2005	Volvo China Open	Oliver Wilson	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Asian Tour wins (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	20 Mar 2005	TCL Classic1	64-68-68-66=266	−22	Playoff	Paul McGinley
2	27 Nov 2005	Volvo China Open1	71-69-70-65=275	−13	Playoff	Oliver Wilson

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Korean Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	To par	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	2 Oct 2011	Shinhan Donghae Open	77-73-69-69=288	E	1 stroke	Kang Sung-hoon,  Kim Kyung-tae

Other wins (2)

• 2004 World Cup of Golf (with Luke Donald)
• 2012 Telus World Skins Game

Results in major championships