Andrew Oldcorn


Andrew Oldcorn is a Scottish professional golfer.

Early life and amateur career

In 1960, Oldcorn was born in Bolton, Lancashire, England. However, he was raised in Edinburgh, Scotland and represents Scotland.
He represented England as an amateur and won the English Amateur in 1982. He also represented Great Britain & Ireland at the 1983 Walker Cup.

Professional career

In 1983, Oldcorn turned professional. Oldcorn was medalist at the European Tour Qualifying School that year. He had a steady start to his career on tour before being struck down with ME in the early 1990s. He returned to form in 1993, to claim his first tour victory in the Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia. Away from the tour he also won the Sunderland of Scotland Masters. Several solid years followed along with another title, the 1995 DHL Jersey Open. The undoubted highlight of his career came in 2001 when he became the oldest winner in the history of the Volvo PGA Championship. He finished that season a career best 26th place on the European Tour Order of Merit.
Since turning 50, Oldcorn has primarily been playing on the senior golf tours, having won twice on the European Senior Tour.

Amateur wins

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner-up
128 Feb 1993Turespaña Masters Open de Andalucía−3 1 stroke

Other wins (1)

  • 1993 Sunderland of Scotland Masters

    European Senior Tour wins (2)

European Senior Tour playoff record
No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
12016WINSTONgolf Senior Open

Results in major championships

Tournament1990199119921993199419951996199719981999
The Open ChampionshipCUTT64CUTWDCUT80
PGA Championship

Note: Oldcorn never played in the Masters Tournament nor the U.S. Open.
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur
  • Eisenhower Trophy : 1982
  • St Andrews Trophy : 1982
  • Walker Cup : 1983
  • European Amateur Team Championship : 1983
Professional