Scott Laycock (born 15 September 1971) is an

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. Laycock won the

Victorian Open The Vic Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1957 and is the Victoria state open championship for men. It is run by Golf Victoria and is a Golf Australia national ranking event. The event is held concurren ...

in 2001 in Australia. He shot an aggregate of 270, 18 under par. This was a tournament record, but has since been broken by

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at the 2020

ISPS Handa Vic Open The Vic Open is an annual golf tournament held in Australia. It was founded in 1957 and is the Victoria state open championship for men. It is run by Golf Victoria and is a Golf Australia national ranking event. The event is held concurrentl ...

, when he shot an aggregate of 269, 19 under par. Laycock joined the

Japan Golf Tour The Japan Golf Tour ( ja, 日本ゴルフツアー機構) is a prominent golf tour. It was founded in 1973 and as of 2006 it offers the third-highest annual prize fund out of the regular (that is not for seniors) men's professional tours after ...

in 2000, and won

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in 2002. In 2003 he played on the

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but failed to maintain his playing rights. He has featured in the top 100 of the

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. Laycock played in the

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once and

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twice between 2002–2007; missing the cut in all three of his major championship appearances.

Professional wins (4)

Japan Golf Tour wins (1)

Japan Golf Tour playoff record (0–1)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

Other wins (1)

*1997 Hugo Boss Foursomes

Playoff record

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1) OneAsia Tour playoff record (0–1)

Results in major championships

CUT = missed the halfway cut
''Note: Laycock only played in The Open Championship and the PGA Championship.''

Results in World Golf Championships

References

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* * * * Australian male golfers Japan Golf Tour golfers PGA Tour golfers PGA Tour of Australasia golfers Golfers from Melbourne 1971 births Living people Sportsmen from Victoria (state) {{australia-golf-bio-stub