Paul Stewart Lawrie OBE (born 1 January 1969) is a Scottish professional golfer who is best known for winning The Open Championship in 1999.

[3][4] In 1991 he won the Daily Express Scottish National Pro-am at Carnoustie by a stroke from Craig Maltman.

[6] This was the Open where the Frenchman Jean van de Velde blew a three-shot lead on the final hole.

Lawrie won a four-hole playoff against Van de Velde and American Justin Leonard.

Also, Lawrie came back from the largest third-round deficit ever faced by a major championship winner - going into the final day, he trailed the leader, Van de Velde, by 10 shots.

[7] After his major championship victory, Lawrie's game shifted to a higher level without quite moving him into the global elite group of golfers.

He enjoyed little success in the U.S. and when his five-year major championship exemption expired at the end of the 2004 season, he lost his PGA Tour card.

Lawrie was the last European player to win a major until 2007, when that drought was ended by Pádraig Harrington of Ireland in The Open Championship.

[13][14] On 1 October 2020, Lawrie announced that he would be retiring from the European Tour following his 620th career event at the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open due to back problems and would instead compete on the European Senior Tour moving forward.

[18] PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) *Note: Tournament shortened to 36/54 holes due to weather.

1Cancelled due to 9/11 QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.