He’s the golfer whose only PGA Tour win came at a major after overturning 10-stroke final day deficit

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Some of the best golfers in history have struggled to win major championships throughout their careers.

However, other PGA Tour players have made winning the biggest tournaments look easy, despite achieving little success elsewhere.

Some of the best players in the history of the game without a major championship to their name include Colin Montgomerie, Lee Westwood, Steve Stricker and Scott Hoch.

For context, those four players have well over 100 professional victories between them!

However, there are some golfers who turn up and win huge events out of absolutely nowhere. Ben Curtis at The Open in 2003 springs to mind.

And what about Todd Hamilton’s Open victory a year later at Royal Troon.

Perhaps the most stunning and unexpected major victory of them all, though, came just before the turn of the century.

Paul Lawrie’s only PGA Tour win came at the 1999 Open Championship

Back in 1999, golf fans witnessed one of the most exciting Open Championship finishes in the history of the competition.

Paul Lawrie headed into the final round trailing leader Jean van de Velde by 10 strokes.

However, the Scot carded a special final round of 67, while the Frenchman crumbled to a 77 after making a disastrous triple bogey on his final hole of the day.

Van de Velde’s breakdown at The Open was one of the toughest things to watch as a golf fan.

And because of the enormity of Van de Velde’s meltdown, Lawrie’s brilliance during the final round of The Open at Carnoustie is sometimes forgotten.

The man from Aberdeen carded six birdies and two bogeys as the wind blew and rain came down on Scotland’s east coast.

Lawrie’s final round 67 looks all the more impressive when taking into account the final round scoring average of 73.8 – just below three-over par.

His display of golf on that Sunday in July in 1999 makes it very hard to believe that The Open Championship was his first and last PGA Tour win.

Paul Lawrie played in two Ryder Cups as well

Lawrie’s career is one that many of his peers will look at with envy.

Not only is he a major champion, but he was part of two European Ryder Cup teams as well.

The Scot actually possesses a winning record as well, with four victories, three defeats and one tie from the eight matches he played in 1999 and 2012 respectively.

Lawrie won both of his singles matches, against Jeff Maggert in 1999 at Brookline and against Brandt Snedeker in 2012 at Medinah.

Aside from his one PGA Tour win and two Ryder Cup appearances, Lawrie has eight DP World Tour (formerly known as the European Tour) victories to his name as well.

Overall, the 56-year-old enjoyed a fabulous career in the game and the fact that he only won once on the PGA Tour really is surprising, given his talent, all-round ability and incredible mental strength.