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338:Walker Cup
330:Ballymoney
76:Ballymoney
66:1979-02-13
1537:BBC Sport
1450:World Cup
1439:(winners)
1372:Champions
1249:U.S. Open
1132:U.S. Open
990:Liam Bond
864:1 stroke
841:Liam Bond
796:1 stroke
769:Margin of
487:Margin of
285:U.S. Open
269:CUT: 2002
124:Residence
49:Full name
1469:See also
830:Playoff
710:Opponent
514:Playoff
316:and the
279:DQ: 2012
225:Highest
162:Children
1618:at the
1608:at the
1543:5 April
1399:Amateur
964:Result
895:22 May
816:22 Apr
771:victory
713:Result
644:28 Jul
610:25 Mar
534:22 May
489:victory
433:at the
391:on the
387:in the
227:ranking
177:College
155:
147:
129:Belfast
1385:
1304:
850:4 May
782:4 Sep
500:5 Apr
171:Career
137:Spouse
114:
94:Weight
84:Height
1508:(pdf)
1332:2012
1226:2014
1223:2013
1220:2012
1217:2011
1214:2010
1100:2009
1097:2008
1094:2007
1091:2006
1088:2005
1085:2004
1082:2003
1079:2002
1076:2001
455:2001
449:1998
149:(
145:
1589:2023
1567:2022
1545:2009
1519:2019
1512:OWGR
1463:2018
1454:2007
1437:2001
1428:1999
1419:2001
1415:1999
1376:T62
1366:T71
1329:2011
1274:CUT
1161:CUT
1112:CUT
1003:2021
973:2007
955:Year
897:2011
852:2008
818:2007
784:2005
760:Date
722:2009
704:Year
646:2013
612:2012
536:2011
502:2009
478:Date
422:and
193:2002
59:Born
1293:DQ
1279:WD
952:No.
757:No.
701:No.
475:No.
289:DNP
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