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Graeme Storm
Professional golfer

Graeme Storm

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Professional golfer
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Place of birth
Hartlepool
Age
46 years
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Biography

Graeme Raymond Storm (born 13 March 1978) is an English professional golfer.
Storm was born in Hartlepool. He learnt his trade at Hartlepool Golf Club, where he still holds the course record of 62. He won The Amateur Championship in 1999 and represented Great Britain & Ireland in the Walker Cup, before turning professional in 2000.
Storm initially had difficulty establishing himself on the European Tour, and took a job in a local cake factory in the off season to help finance his early years as a professional. In 2004 he recorded two wins on the second tier Challenge Tour on his way to fourth in the end of season rankings, and automatic graduation back to the European Tour for 2005. That season he made a major advance by finishing 31st on the European Tour Order of Merit, an improvement of 90 places on his previous best.
In 2007, Storm won his first European Tour event, with a single shot victory at the Open de France ALSTOM. He commented, "It's unbelievable, to be honest. It's an amazing feeling.... Over the last six or seven months I've been thinking that it might never happen. I've been putting too much pressure on myself but hopefully now I can go on to better things." He went on to finish the 2007 season ranked 16th on the Order of Merit.
At the 2007 PGA Championship, Storm led after the first round after shooting a 5-under par 65 at Southern Hills Country Club. However he could not maintain that form and finished in a tie for 62nd.
In June 2009, Storm secured a place in the 2009 Open after two rounds of final qualifying at Sunningdale, he shot a record eight-under 62 on the new course in the morning and ended 10-under.
In 2016, Storm finished 112th in the European Tour standings, one spot and 100 Euros short of regaining his Tour card. Storm regained his Tour card for the twelfth consecutive year after Patrick Reed lost his European Tour privileges for failing to make enough starts at regular (non-majors or WGC) events. It was the second consecutive year a golfer took advantage of another losing his privileges in such a manner, after Ben Evans was awarded a European Tour card for 2016 after Brooks Koepka lost his membership.
84 days after almost losing his card, Storm won the South African Open, beating World Number 2, Rory McIlroy, in a playoff for his 2nd European Tour victory
Storm also works with Today's Golfer magazine, writing tips and reviews.

Amateur wins (5)

  • 1994 English Boys Under 16 Championship (McGregor Trophy)
  • 1996 English Boys Stroke Play Championship, European Junior Championship
  • 1999 The Amateur Championship

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
11 Jul 2007Open de France ALSTOM−7 (66-74-71-66=277)1 strokeDenmark Søren Hansen
215 Jan 2017BMW SA Open1−18 (69-63-67-71=270)PlayoffNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroy

1 Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour.

European Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12014Omega European MastersUnited States David LipskyLost to par on first extra hole
22017BMW SA OpenNorthern Ireland Rory McIlroyWon with par on third extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
18 Aug 2004Ryder Cup Wales Challenge−26 (68-63-64-67=262)3 strokesEngland Matthew King
210 Oct 2004Attijari Wafa - Tikida Beach Moroccan Classic−16 (64-67-68-65=264)4 strokesArgentina Juan Abbate

Results in major championships

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Masters TournamentDNPCUTDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP
U.S. OpenDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPCUTDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPCUT
The Open ChampionshipCUTDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT78DNPCUTT39T52DNPCUTDNPDNPDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPT62DNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNPDNP

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10

Team appearances

Amateur

  • Walker Cup (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1999 (winners)
  • Jacques Léglise Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 1996

Professional

  • Seve Trophy (representing Great Britain & Ireland): 2007 (winners)

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