Sam Torrance
| Sam Torrance OBE | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
At the Dutch Seniors Open 2010 | |||||
| Personal information | |||||
| Full name | Samuel Robert Torrance OBE | ||||
| Born | 24 August 1953 Largs, Scotland | ||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||
| Sporting nationality | Scotland | ||||
| Residence | Virginia Water, England | ||||
| Spouse | |||||
| Children | 4 | ||||
| Career | |||||
| Turned professional | 1970 | ||||
| Former tour(s) | European Tour European Senior Tour Champions Tour | ||||
| Professional wins | 46 | ||||
| Highest ranking | 13 (3 December 1995) | ||||
| Number of wins by tour | |||||
| European Tour | 21 (Tied 10th all time) | ||||
| PGA Tour of Australasia | 1 | ||||
| European Senior Tour | 11 (3rd all time) | ||||
| Other | 13 | ||||
| Best results in major championships | |||||
| Masters Tournament | T31: 1985 | ||||
| PGA Championship | T23: 1995 | ||||
| U.S. Open | T16: 1996 | ||||
| The Open Championship | 5th: 1981 | ||||
| Achievements and awards | |||||
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Samuel Robert Torrance (born 24 August 1953) is a Scottish professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions consecutively; on Cup-winning teams four times. He was also part of the winning Scotland team at the 1995 Dunhill Cup. He was the winning non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002. Torrance was honoured with the MBE (1996) and OBE (2003), for his outstanding contributions to golf.