Scott Laycock

Scott Laycock (born 15 September 1971) is an Australian professional golfer.

Scott Laycock
Personal information
Born (1971-09-15) 15 September 1971
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb; 14.5 st)
Sporting nationality Australia
ResidenceHobart, Tasmania, Australia
Career
Turned professional1992
Former tour(s)PGA Tour
Japan Golf Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins4
Highest ranking67 (17 February 2002)[1]
Number of wins by tour
Japan Golf Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipCUT: 2002
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipCUT: 2002, 2007

Laycock won the Victorian Open in 2001 in Australia. He shot an aggregate of 270, 18 under par. This was a tournament record, but has since been broken by Min Woo Lee at the 2020 ISPS Handa Vic Open, when he shot an aggregate of 269, 19 under par.

Laycock joined the Japan Golf Tour in 2000, and won Bridgestone Open in 2002. In 2003 he played on the PGA Tour but failed to maintain his playing rights. He has featured in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings.

Laycock played in the PGA Championship once and The Open Championship twice between 2002–2007; missing the cut in all three of his major championship appearances.

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1 27 Oct 2002 Bridgestone Open −16 (66-66-69-71=272) 1 stroke Japan Shingo Katayama, Japan Toru Taniguchi

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2002 Fujisankei Classic Japan Nobuhito Sato Lost to par on second extra hole

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 14 Jan 2001 ANZ Victorian Open Championship −18 (67-68-70-65=270) 3 strokes Australia Richard Green
2 23 Jan 2011 Surf Coast Knockout 1 up Australia Andrew Buckle

Other wins (1)

  • 1997 Hugo Boss Foursomes

Playoff record

Asian PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1997 ABN-AMRO Pakistan Masters Thailand Thammanoon Sriroj Lost to birdie on second extra hole

OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2011 Nanshan China Masters Australia Craig Hancock, South Korea Kim Bi-o,
New Zealand Michael Long
Kim won with birdie on third extra hole
Hancock eliminated by par on second hole
Laycock eliminated by par on first hole

Results in major championships

Tournament 200220032004200520062007
The Open Championship CUT CUT
PGA Championship CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the halfway cut
Note: Laycock only played in The Open Championship and the PGA Championship.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2002
Match Play
Championship 60
Invitational
  Did not play

See also

References

  1. "Week 7 2002 Ending 17 Feb 2002" (pdf). OWGR. Retrieved 29 October 2019.


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