What is Ian Baker-Finch’s Net Worth?
Ian Baker-Finch is an Australian skilled golfer who has a net worth of $6 million. Ian Baker-Finch started competing in golf tournaments professionally in 1979, competing on the PGA Tour of Australasia. His first skilled win was the title on the New Zealand Open in 1983. He started competing on the European Tour within the mid-80s, after which joined the PGA Tour in 1985. He finally gained two PGA Tour tournaments, two European tour titles, three Japan Golf Tour tournaments, and eleven PGA Tour of Australasia tournaments. He achieved nearly all of his main event successes within the late 80s and early 90s. He positioned thirty fourth on the 1989 PGA Championship, thirteenth on the 1992 U.S. Open, sixth on the 1992 Masters Tournament, and gained the 1991 Open Championship. In 2000, he was awarded the Australian Sports Medal. After retiring he turned a broadcaster for ESPN, ABC Sports and, most just lately, CBS Sports.
Early Life
Ian Baker-Finch was born on October 24, 1960 in Nambour, Australia. He grew up in the identical neighborhood as fellow future skilled golfers Greg Norman and Wayne Grady. He started taking part in golf as a toddler and shortly confirmed nice promise within the sport. He significantly admired golfer Jack Nicklaus as he was studying easy methods to play and creating his recreation. He has said that he based mostly a lot of his golf recreation on Nicklaus’ e-book, “Golf My Way.”
Career
Baker-Finch turned skilled in 1979 on the age of 19. He started his skilled profession on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He gained his first skilled event, the New Zealand Open, in 1983. This win earned him an entry to The Open Championship in 1984. He made headlines whereas taking part in within the event after he took the lead after the 36th gap and held onto it for 3 rounds till he shot a disastrous spherical and finally completed in ninth place.
In 1985, he joined the European Tour and gained the 1985 Scandinavian Enterprise Open. He completed within the prime 20 rankings on the order of advantage in each 1985 and 1986. He additionally continued to play in Australasia throughout the Northern Hemisphere winter season. Additionally, he typically performed on the Japan Golf Tour.
Baker-Finch first performed on the PGA Tour as an invitee in 1985. He started to play commonly on the Tour in 1989 after having certified for tour membership by ending third within the 1988 World Series of Golf. He gained his first PGA Tour title on the 1989 Southwestern Bell Colonial. This win earned him a two yr exemption on the Tour. In 1990, he completed in 16th place on the PGA Tour Money record after having completed in second place in three tournaments and in third place in two others.
Though Baker-Finch was taking part in properly all through the Eighties and had gained tournaments on 4 completely different continents, he was usually not thought-about to be a member of the elite group of worldwide golfers. In 1991, he gained the Open Championship at Royal Birkdale by beating Mike Harwood by two strokes. This win was thought-about to be a shock, as he was not projected to win the competitors. The similar yr, he had three different second place finishes. He certified for the Tour Championship with a 13th place end on the cash record. He ranked briefly within the prime 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 1991.
After successful the 1991 Open Championship, he earned a 10-year exemption from the PGA Tour. In 1992, he secured a second place end in The Players Championship. Other than that end, he by no means got here near touchdown one other main win on the PGA Tour once more. In 1992 and 1993, he did choose up quite a few wins in Australia. After this, nevertheless, his kind and stage of play went into an accelerating decline. He typically adjusted his swing and commenced to lose confidence in his recreation. His final top-10 end on the PGA Tour was a tie for 10th within the 1994 Masters Tournament.
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After 1994, Baker-Finch suffered from an entire collapse of his recreation. The issues have been usually psychological, as he performed very properly in observe rounds and on observe ranges however would then fail to carry out in precise gameplay. He famously hooked his first spherical tee shot on the 1995 Open Championship at St. Andrews. In each 1995 and 1996, he both missed the lower, withdrew after one spherical, or was disqualified in all 29 PGA Tour occasions he entered. After a very dangerous first spherical on the 1997 Open at Royal Troon, he withdrew from the competitors and retired from event golf. He has since said that he had fully misplaced confidence in his expertise and did not even wish to be round golf programs anymore. He didn’t return to the sport apart from serving because the Gary Player’s captain’s assistant for the International workforce within the Presidents Cup in 2003, 2005, and 2007.
After leaving skilled golf as a competitor, Baker-Finch centered his profession on broadcasting and golf course design and administration. He was employed by ESPN and ABC Sports to commentate on golf tournaments in 1998. He remained on this function till 2006, and served because the lead analyst for ESPN and as a gap announcer for ABC. In 2007, he was employed by CBS Sports as a gap announcer, a place he nonetheless holds as we speak.
Personal Life
Ian Baker-Finch is married to his spouse, Jennie. The couple have two daughters – Hayley and Laura. The family resides in North Palm Beach, Florida and lives a non-public life, usually staying out of the general public eye.
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