Damien McGrane is an Irish

Ireland

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 golf

Golf

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er.

McGrane was born in Kells

Kells, County Meath

Kells is a town in County Meath, Ireland. The town lies off the M3 motorway, from Navan and from Dublin. In recent years Kells has grown greatly with many Dublin commuters moving to the town....

, County Meath

County Meath

County Meath is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-East Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Mide . Meath County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. He turned professional in 1991.

McGrane has had full status on the European Tour

PGA European Tour

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 since 2003, and has earned over €

Euro

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3.5m in prize-money. He clinched his first European Tour Title on 20 April 2008 at the Volvo China Open

Volvo China Open

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, winning by nine strokes, and ended the 2008 season ranked in the top thirty of the Order of Merit for the first time.

Other wins

• 1993 Irish PGA Assistants Championship
• 1994 Irish PGA Assistants Championship
• 1999 Irish PGA Southern Championship, Wynyard Hall (MasterCard Tour)

Results in major championships

Tournament	2008	2009
The Masters	DNP	DNP
U.S. Open U.S. Open (golf) The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual open golf tournament of the United States. It is the second of the four major championships in golf, and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the European Tour...	DNP	DNP
The Open Championship The Open Championship The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four major championships in professional golf. It is the only "major" held outside the USA and is administered by The R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico...	CUT	CUT
PGA Championship PGA Championship The PGA Championship is an annual golf tournament conducted by the PGA of America as part of the PGA Tour. It is one of the four major championships in men's professional golf, and is the golf season's final major, usually played in mid-August, customarily four weeks after The Open Championship...	DNP	DNP

DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

"T" = tied

Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10.

Equipment

• Driver: Callaway FT3 10 deg
• 3 Wood' Callaway SQ HD 15 deg
• 5 Wood' Taylor Made V Steel 18.5 deg
• Hybrids: Ping Rapture 21 deg
• Irons: Callaway X18 Pro Series
• Wedges: Callaway V Forged 47/53/60
• Putter: RIFE 2Blade
• Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
• Glove: Titleist
• Shoes: Footjoy
• Bag: Burton

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