He is the golfer who played on two Ryder Cup teams and whose only PGA Tour win was a major championship

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Not many professional golfers get to experience the feeling of playing on a Ryder Cup team and winning a major championship.

One man did exactly that, but he’s far from a household name, not in America at least.

The really interesting thing is that his major triumph was his only PGA Tour victory.

There have been plenty of world-class golfers who have never won a major championship – Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood and Matt Kuchar immediately spring to mind.

And there have been plenty of examples of journeyman pros getting the job done in the biggest and most prestigious tournaments in golf.

Paul Lawrie played two Ryder Cups but won only one PGA Tour event

Lawrie is somewhat of a stalwart of European golf.

The 56-year-old won The Open Championship at Carnoustie way back in 1999 – his only win on the PGA Tour.

He was a real surprise winner of The Open at the time, and started a trend whereby somewhat unheralded players won the Claret Jug over the next few years.

Ben Curtis reigned supreme at Royal St Georges in 2003 before Todd Hamilton tasted victory at the Open a year later at Royal Troon.

Interestingly, he never won on American soil, unless you count being part of the successful European Ryder Cup team at Medinah in 2012!

He represented Europe in the Ryder Cup at Brookline as well, two months after he won The Open in 1999.

It is also worth mentioning that Lawrie bagged eight DP Tour wins throughout his career.

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Lawrie was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1969.

The Scot has won 17 professional tournaments worldwide, but only nine of those came on the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour.

His record in the Ryder Cup is fairly impressive considering how little he has played in the fiercely contested biannual contest.

At Medinah in 2012, Lawrie beat Brandt Snedeker 5&3 in the singles on what was the most dramatic final day in the competition’s history.

He is held in high esteem in Europe, but is somewhat of an unknown in America. However, his win at The Open 26 years ago proves that he certainly had the game to compete with the world’s best golfers.