| David Lynn, PGA European Touring Professional
One week after losing a lucky ball marker that had served him for ten years and adopting a new one, he captured his maiden European Tour title with a three stroke victory over Ireland’s Paul McGinley and Australian Richard Green in the 2004 KLM Open at Hilversumche Golf Club in The Netherlands.
Often consulted a series of famous quotations to inspire him but ultimately put his victory down to a different token of luck, an 1891 'Queen's Shilling' that soldiers were handed when going to war, given to him by his father after losing his Wedgwood China ball-marker the week before going to Holland. "It was pretty lucky for the guy who owned it because he came back, so I guess it was lucky for me," he said after his victory which helped him to his best season on The European Tour, finishing 26th on the Order of Merit.
Ended 2005 in 28th place after another consistent year in which he tied second in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles and the Linde German Masters. Won his card through the Challenge Tour in 1997, but missed eight cuts by just one shot to lose it. However, Lynn performed strongly in the 1999 Qualifying School.
At the second stage at Peralada, he birdied the first extra hole to win a seven man play-off for five places. Then in the Final Stage at San Roque, he finished sixth with three rounds in the sixties after finally curing a hook which had been bothering him all season.
A former England amateur international, he won the Greek Amateur Championship when he finished eight strokes ahead of David Howell. Lynn is also a keen snooker player who once took on Steve Davis and Barry Hearn in a challenge Match with his brother Simon.
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