Paul Eales

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title: "Paul Eales" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["english-male-golfers", "european-tour-golfers", "sunshine-tour-golfers", "european-senior-tour-golfers", "sportspeople-from-epping", "1963-births", "living-people"] description: "English golfer (born 1963)" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Eales" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary English golfer (born 1963) ::

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name	Paul Eales
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fullname	Paul Martyn Eales
birth_date
birth_place	Epping, Essex, England
death_date
height
weight	67 kg
nationality
residence	Southport, Merseyside, England
spouse	Sharon
children	1
yearpro	1985
tour	European Senior Tour
extour	European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Challenge Tour
prowins	4
eurowins	1
chalwins	1
champwins
seneurowins	1
otherwins	1
majorwins
masters	DNP
usopen	CUT: 1996
open	T47: 2002
pga	DNP
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wghofyear
award1
year1
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Career

Eales was born in Epping, Essex. He turned professional in 1985 and became a member of Europe's second tier Challenge Tour in 1990. The following season he won the Audi Open, and in 1992 finished third on the Challenge Tour Rankings to graduate to the main European Tour for the 1993 season.

After a solid rookie season in 1993, Eales won the 1994 Extremadura Open on his way to a career best 35th place on the European Tour Order of Merit. He performed consistently, but without winning again, mostly finishing within the top 100 on the Order of Merit until 2004, when he lost his tour card.

Eales was the assistant professional to Eddie Birchenough at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, where he first became an assistant in 1987.

Eales is now playing on the European Senior Tour. He won the Scottish Senior Open in August 2016 and the Jamaica Open in January 2017.

Eales is a Non-Executive Board member of the European Tour. He regularly works as a broadcaster and golf analyst for various media companies including BBC Radio 5 Live and Sky Sports.

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (1)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 20 Feb 1994 | Extremadura Open | −7 (72-69-69-71=281) | 1 stroke | SWE Peter Hedblom | ::

Challenge Tour wins (1)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 4 Aug 1991 | Audi Open | −13 (71-70-70-64=275) | 2 strokes | DEN Jacob Rasmussen | ::

Other wins (1)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 14 Jan 2017 | Jamaica Open | −1 (68-72-75=215) | 1 stroke | USA Tom Gillis | ::

European Senior Tour wins (1)

::data[format=table] | No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runners-up | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 21 Aug 2016 | Prostate Cancer UK Scottish Senior Open | −11 (68-69-68=205) | 1 stroke | AUS Peter Fowler, ESP Santiago Luna | ::

Results in major championships

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Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002
U.S. Open								CUT
The Open Championship	CUT				CUT	CUT		CUT			CUT	CUT		T47
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Note: Eales never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

References

References

1. (18 November 2005). "Eales loses playing privileges". [[BBC Radio Lancashire]].
2. (19 July 2001). "Eales' Open agony". [[BBC Sport]].

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