A winner of 87 skilled tournaments world wide between 1985-2018, together with 4 Main championships, 20 LPGA Tour titles and 45 Girls European Tour occasions, Dame Laura, 60, has been a figurehead of ladies’s skilled golf for over three a long time. Between 1985-2010, she received at the very least one particular person title someplace on the earth each season, apart from 2005, and was the primary golfer, male or feminine, to win tournaments on 5 continents in a single yr. A seven-time winner of the Girls European Tour order of benefit, she is life member of the Girls European Tour and was inducted into the World Golf Corridor of Fame in 2015.
“I’m very honoured to obtain this award from The PGA,” mentioned Davies, who obtained her award on the PGA’s lunch in Scotland on December 13. “It’s all the time additional particular to be recognised by one’s personal friends within the trade. I dedicate the award to all of the hard-working PGA Professional’s who’re dedicated to rising our nice sport.”
Rose, recent from taking part in a pivotal function in Europe’s latest victory on the Ryder Cup in Rome, obtained his award from PGA Captain Tim Rouse on the annual PGA Lunch held in London on December 15.
On receiving his award, he mentioned: “It’s an enormous honour to be recognised by The PGA for my achievements within the sport of golf and I actually admire their help. Hopefully I can add a number of extra to that record within the years to return. I believe there must be a particular point out to all of the PGA Professionals who’re serving to to develop and construct the sport of golf all around the world, they’re the true heroes!”
Rose, 43, loved a massively profitable profession which stretches all the best way again to his newbie days as a youngster taking part in at North Hants GC, which noticed him symbolize his membership, county and England at all ages group, whereas additionally representing GB&I within the 1997 Walker Cup.
The spotlight of his newbie profession got here in 1998 together with his headline-grabbing 4th-placed end on the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale, which thrust the then 17-year-old teenager into the world’s highlight. He turned skilled shortly after and secured his first tour victory on the Dunhill Championship in 2002, a yr that additionally noticed three different match wins world wide, together with the British Masters. The wins have flowed ever since, together with his CV now boasting 25 tour victories during the last 25 years. His breakthrough Main success got here on the 2013 US Open at Merion, the place he turn out to be the primary Englishman to win the title since Tony Jacklin triumphed at Hazeltine in 1970.
Awarded an MBE within the 2017 New Yr Honours for companies to golf, Rose has continued with success since then, incomes a gold medal on the 2016 Olympics in Rio and reaching primary on the earth for the primary time in 2018, the identical yr that he received the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup. As a group participant, Rose has performed in six Ryder Cup matches, being on the profitable facet 4 occasions, and capturing 15.5 factors. He partnered Bob MacIntyre in Rome, profitable 1.5 factors from their two fourball matches to assist Europe to a convincing 16.5 – 11.5 victory over the US.
Commenting on the awards, Robert Maxfield, chief government of The PGA, mentioned: “The PGA Recognition Award is our approach of acknowledging nice achievements within the sport and I’m delighted on behalf of the PGA’s Membership to bestow this accolade on Justin and Dame Laura, who’re each deserving winners and a credit score to the game.”
