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Andrew Nicholas Buckle (24 September 1982) is an Australian professional golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
er.

Buckle was born in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
. He has a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15-17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and the Australian Amateur
Australian Amateur

The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894 and is organized by Golf Australia....
.

Buckle won the 2002 Queensland Open on his professional debut. As a professional, he has plied his trade all over the world, including time on the PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour of Australasia

The PGA Tour of Australasia is a professional golf tour for men. Official events on the tour count for Official World Golf Rankings points. The tour was formed in 1973 as the PGA Tour of Australia and adopted its current name in 1991....
 and appearances in Europe and Japan.






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Andrew Nicholas Buckle (24 September 1982) is an Australian professional golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
er.

Buckle was born in Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
. He has a promising amateur career, including two wins in the Boy's 15-17 division at the World Junior Golf Championships and the Australian Amateur
Australian Amateur

The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894 and is organized by Golf Australia....
.

Buckle won the 2002 Queensland Open on his professional debut. As a professional, he has plied his trade all over the world, including time on the PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour of Australasia

The PGA Tour of Australasia is a professional golf tour for men. Official events on the tour count for Official World Golf Rankings points. The tour was formed in 1973 as the PGA Tour of Australia and adopted its current name in 1991....
 and appearances in Europe and Japan. He joined the Asian Tour
Asian Tour

The Asian Tour is the principal men's professional golf professional golf tours in Asia except for Japan, which has its own Japan Golf Tour, which is also a full member of the International Federation of PGA Tours....
 in 2005 and in 2006 he finished second in the Indonesia Open and the TCL Classic
TCL Classic

The TCL Classic was a men's professional golf golf tournament which was played on a Golf course architect by United States Robert Trent Jones, Jr....
, which are both Asian Tour/European Tour co-sanctioned events. Also in 2006, he won his second professional event at Virginia Beach Open
Virginia Beach Open

The Virginia Beach Open was a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It wa played annually at The TPC of Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA....
 on the U.S.-based Nationwide Tour
Nationwide Tour

The Nationwide Tour is the developmental golf tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either failed to score well enough at that level's Qualifying School to earn their PGA Tour card, or who have done so but then failed to win enough money to stay at that level....
.

Buckle has performed consistently around the world and for a time in 2006 he was the only golfer in the top 100 of the Official World Golf Rankings
Official World Golf Rankings

The Official World Golf Rankings is a system for rating the performance level of male professional golfers. They were introduced in 1986 and are endorsed by the four Men's major golf championships and the six professional golf tours which make up the International Federation of PGA Tours, namely the PGA Tour, the European Tour, the Asian Tour...
 who was not a member of one of the three richest under-50 men's tours (the PGA
PGA Tour

The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the main professional golf tours in the United States. It is headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida....
, European and Japanese
Japan Golf Tour

The Japan Golf Tour is a prominent golf professional golf tours. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third highest annual prize fund out of the regular men's professional tours after the PGA Tour and the European Tour....
 tours), but he won a PGA Tour card at the 2006 Qualifying School
Qualifying school

In professional golf the term qualifying school is used for the annual qualifying tournaments for leading professional golf tours such as the U.S....
.

Amateur wins (6)

  • 1999 World Junior Golf Championships - Boys' 15-17 division
  • 2000 World Junior Golf Championships - Boys' 15-17 division
  • 2001 Australian Amateur
    Australian Amateur

    The Australian Amateur is the national amateur golf championship of Australia. It has been played annually since 1894 and is organized by Golf Australia....
  • 2002 Queensland Amateur (Australia), Saujana Amateur Open (Malaysia), Dogwood Invitational
    Dogwood Invitational

    The Dogwood Invitational is a top ten men's amateur golf tournament. Founded in 1941, it is hosted annually at the Druid Hills Golf Club in Atlanta, Georgia, USA....
     (United States)


Professional wins (2)


Nationwide Tour wins (1)

  • 2006 Virginia Beach Open
    Virginia Beach Open

    The Virginia Beach Open was a regular golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It wa played annually at The TPC of Virginia Beach in Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA....


Other wins (1)

  • 2002 Queensland Open


Results in major championships

Tournament2004200520062007
The Masters
The Masters Tournament

The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters, or The U.S. Masters outside of the United States, is one of four Men's major golf championships in men's Professional golf tours....
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U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
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The Open Championship
The Open Championship

The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....
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PGA Championship
PGA Championship

The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the Professional Golfers Association of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four men's major golf championships in professional golf, and it is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August ....
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DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

See also

  • 2006 Nationwide Tour Graduates
    2006 Nationwide Tour Graduates

    This is a list of players who graduated from the Nationwide Tour in 2006. The top 22 players on the Nationwide Tour's money list in 2006 earned their PGA Tour card for 2007....


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