49 Facts About Paul Casey

Paul Alexander Casey was born on 21 July 1977 and is an English golfer who is a member of LIV Golf.

Paul Casey has played on the US-based PGA Tour and the European Tour.

Paul Casey then took a golf scholarship at Arizona State University.

Paul Casey was 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.

Paul 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.

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Paul Casey ended that season 22nd on the order of merit and won the Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award.

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

Paul Casey 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.

Paul Casey has featured in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking and was the highest ranked Englishman for a time.

In 2006, Paul Casey won the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth, beating Shaun Micheel 10 and 8 in a record victory for the final.

Paul Casey became the only player in Ryder Cup history to win a foursome match with a hole-in-one on Saturday, 23 September 2006, in Ireland.

Paul Casey later apologised, saying the remarks were taken out of context and using the word "hate" was an error.

Paul Casey said he has an American coach and an American girlfriend, and says he "has nothing against America".

Paul Casey won his milestone 10th event on the European Tour at the 2009 BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey, where he won by one stroke over Wentworth resident and fellow Englishman Ross Fisher.

Paul Casey suffered a rib injury at the 2009 Open Championship, limiting the amount of golf he could play in the second half of 2009.

In January 2011, Paul Casey won the Volvo Golf Champions tournament in Bahrain, which was his first win for 20 months.

Paul Casey won the 2012 Telus World Skins Game in Canada, having defeated Jhonattan Vegas in a tiebreaker during the event in July.

In June 2013, Paul Casey won his 12th European Tour title at The Irish Open to end a two-and-a-half-year winless drought, due to form and fitness problems.

Paul Casey captured the title with a final round 67 in changeable conditions, to win by three strokes over Joost Luiten and Robert Rock.

Paul Casey had begun the day four shots behind the leader Luiten, but a run of five birdies in six holes in the middle of the round opened up a three shot lead.

In September 2014, Paul Casey won his 13th European Tour title at the KLM Open in the Netherlands, his first victory of the 2014 season.

Paul Casey took victory after posting a final round 66, putting him one shot ahead of runner up, and fellow Englishman Simon Dyson.

Paul Casey started the final round four strokes off the lead of Romain Wattel.

In 2015, Paul Casey chose to give up his European Tour exemption and focus solely on the PGA Tour, citing a need to lessen his travel.

In February 2015, Paul Casey finished in a tie for second at the Northern Trust Open after losing in a sudden-death playoff to James Hahn.

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Paul Casey finished the tournament at six-under-par, tied with Hahn and Dustin Johnson.

Paul Casey continued his good form in America the following week, when he finished in a tie for third at the Honda Classic, one shot outside a playoff.

In 2016, Paul Casey finished 2nd at both the Deutsche Bank Championship and the BMW Championship before finishing 4th at the Tour Championship to finish 5th in the 2016 FedEx Cup Playoffs, his best career performance in the Playoffs.

In December 2015, Paul Casey chose not to rejoin the European Tour for the following 2016 season, which made himself unavailable to qualify for the 2016 Ryder Cup.

Paul Casey reached the 15th position in the Official World Golf Rankings, just prior to the 2016 Ryder Cup, due to his in-form performances in the PGA Tour playoff tournaments immediately before the Ryder Cup event.

Paul Casey admitted that he was hurt that he was not able to participate in the 2016 Ryder Cup, due to his decision then not to obtain European Tour member status, whilst others noted that England's most in-form golfer then, was remarkably absent from the premier golf team event.

Paul Casey rejoined the tour in late October 2017 with aspirations of making the European team for the 2018 match at Le Golf National.

Paul Casey remarked that he needed to play in another Ryder Cup, he missed the European Tour and being part of English golf.

Paul Casey scored two points out of a possible three and, ahead of the tournament, said he had 'no issues' speaking with 2010 Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, who infamously overlooked the then world No 9 for a spot on the European team at Celtic Manor.

However, Paul Casey admitted that he was hurt by the omission from Team Europe of the 2010 Ryder Cup, by not scoring sufficient points to qualify for the team, whilst having never questioned the captain's decisions on selecting individual picks for the team.

Paul Casey acknowledged that he was not selected for the Ryder Cup teams in both 2012 and 2014, as he struggled with his golf game then.

Paul Casey won the Valspar Championship in 2018, his first PGA Tour win in nine years.

In September 2018, Paul Casey was named as a captain's pick by Thomas Bjørn for the European team participating in the 2018 Ryder Cup.

Paul Casey was chased down and passed by Phil Mickelson, who claimed a three-stroke victory.

Paul Casey birdied the last during a Monday finish to claim solo second.

Paul Casey did however win the Pro-Am tournament with playing partner Don Colleran.

In March 2019, Paul Casey successfully defended his Valspar Championship title with a one-stroke victory over Jason Kokrak and Louis Oosthuizen, to claim his third PGA Tour title.

In September 2019, Paul Casey won the Porsche European Open at Green Eagle Golf Course in Hamburg, Germany.

Paul Casey earned his 14th European Tour victory and his first since winning the KLM Open in 2014.

In November 2020, Paul Casey shot a seven under 65 to hold a share of the first round lead at the Masters.

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In January 2021, Paul Casey claimed his 15th European Tour victory, at the Omega Dubai Desert Classic, with a four-stroke victory over Brandon Stone.

In September 2021, Paul Casey played on the European team in the 2021 Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisconsin.

In July 2022, Paul Casey joined the LIV Golf tour and placed sixth at his first tournament at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, winning $648,000 in the process.

Paul Casey then finished 21st at LIV Golf Invitational Boston, played at The International Golf Club in Bolton, Massachusetts, talking home $171,200.