Andrew Buckle
Joined Tour: 2002
Yearly Tournaments: 0
Official Tour Victories: 2002 Queensland Open.
Other Victories: 2006 Virginia Beach Open (Nationwide Tour)2002 Dogwood Invitational (US)2002 Saujana Open Amateur2002 Queensland Amateur Championship2001 Australian Amateur Championship1999 & 2000 World Junior Champion
Scoring Average: 71.5 (12 rnds, 2006)
Season Lowround: 67 (-5), R3 Johnnie Walker Classic, Perth WA
Best OOM Finish: 32 (2006)
Career Lowround: 63 (-9), Maryborough Golf Club, Queensland
Highlights: 2010: Played two Nationwide Tour events in Australia & NZ at the start of the year. Fniished T9 at the Michael Hill NZ Open and T21 at the Moonah Classic.
2009: Played 26 events on the Nationwide Tour making 20 cuts with 5 top 10 finishes. Finished 32nd on the Final Money List with $US161,106...Played three events on Australasian Tour. Made two cuts - T58 Moonah Classic, T48 NZ Open....finished 92nd on Final Australasian Tour OOM.
2008: Played 15 events on USPGA Tour, making 8 cuts with 2 top 25 finishes. Finished 194th in the FedExCup Standings.....played 11 events on the US Nationwide Tour with six cuts & 3 top 25 finishes. Finished 124th on the Money List.
2007: Playing on US PGA Tour after graduating from 2006 Nationwide Tour.....Great rookie start to the 2007 US PGA Tour finishing T4 behind Tiger Woods at the Buick Invitational in just his third event (and 6th US Career start). Led going into final round. Moved to #17 on US Money List. Finished T28, T18 and T4 in his first three events in 2007.....Scored third start in a Major when he qualified for the US Open Championship at Sectional Qualifying in June.
Finished 13th on the 2006 Nationwide Tour money list. Six top-10s included his first Nationwide Tour victory, a second and two thirds and is a rookie on the US Tour in 2007.
Broke into the top 80 in 2006…#79 week ending 9th July.
Finished T61 in his second British Open appearance (2006) after missing the cut in 2004. Only other career PGA TOUR start was a missed cut at 2006 PGA Championship.....
In 2006 finished 32nd on Australasian Tour, and 5th on the Asian Tour.
Strong history of success on Asian Tour. Was among the top performing youngsters in the 2006 season. He finished second in the Enjoy Jakarta HSBC Indonesia Open and chalked up a similar result at the TCL Classic in China finishing 5th and also finishing 5th on the Final 2006 UBS OOM.
He broke through as one of the most outstanding rookies in Asia in 2005 finishing 6th on the Final OOM.
Developed a habit of winning on debut as he subsequently won his first tournament as a professional, the 2002 Australian Open, just two months after his 18th birthday. Followed that 4 years later when, playing in his first professional tournament in the United States, recorded rounds of 67-68-64-69 to finish the Virginia Beach Open (Nationwide Tour) at a tournament-record 20-under 268, five shots clear of his nearest challenger. His winning total shattered the previous 72-hole tournament record by five shots, and his five-stroke winning margin equaled Ryuji Imada's record set in 2000.
Following a stellar amateur career both in Australia and overseas, Buckle decided to turn professional in 2002, after representing Australia at the World Amateur Teams Championship.
Outstanding Amateur golfer with wins including: 1999 & 2000 World Junior Champion, 2001 Australian Amateur Championship, 2002 Queensland Amateur Championship, 2002 Saujana Amateur Open, Malaysia, 2002 Dogwood International, US.