Robert Rock

Won the biggest title of his career at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship in January 2012, where he held off Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell, and Tiger Woods. That was his second win after he claimed the 2011 BMW Italian Open. Had come agonizingly close two years previously, losing a playoff to then amateur Shane Lowry for the Irish Open. Made his first World Golf Championship appearances as a result of that Abu Dhabi win, knocking out Adam Scott in the first round of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and finishing 24th in the WGC-Cadillac Championship. Rose to prominence from a Midland PGA Professional and teacher with impressive performances in 2003 at the Benson and Hedges International Open and PGA Championship before fulfilling his dream of playing on The European Tour when, having taken up Affiliate Membership, he finished 116th on the 2003 Order of Merit from his seven invitations to secure his card. Goes hatless when he plays golf.
2013 Notes: Played in 25 European Tour events making 10 cuts and finishing in the top-10 twice, T-2nd Irish Open and T-7th Dubai Desert Classic. Was 85th in the Race to Dubai standings.
2014 Notes: Played in 28 European Tour events making 16 cuts and finishing in the top-10 twice, T-5th Dubai Desert Classic and T-4th Tshwane Open. Finished 93rd in the Race to Dubai standings.
2015 Notes: Played in 23 events on the European Tour making 17 cuts and finishing in the top-10, 4 times; T-3rd Lyoness Open, T-8th Tshwane open, T-9th Dubai Desert Classic and Portugal Masters. Finished 84th in the Race to Dubai.
2016 Notes: Played in 28 European Tour events making 18 cuts with three top-ten finishes. His best finish was T-3rd at the Trophee Hassan II, he earned euro486,128 and was 70th in the Race to Dubai.
2017 Notes: Played in 28 European Tour events making 15 cuts with five top-ten finishes. Best was T-3rd at the Trophee Hassan II, he earned euro563,154 and was 75th in the Race to Dubai.
2018 Notes: Played in 24 European Tour events making 18 cuts with two top-ten finishes. Best was T-6th at the Nordea Masters, he earned euro609,998 and was 64th in the Race to Dubai.
2019 Notes: His first top-ten of the year was a T-4th at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, he was 3 shots back of winner Jon Rahm and his finished earned him a berth at the British Open at Royal Portrush.