Warren Humphreys
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Warren Humphreys is an English
England
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 professional golf
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er.

Humphreys was born in Kingston. He had a successful amateur career, winning the 1971 English Amateur
English Amateur
The English Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of England. It has been played annually since 1925 and is organized by the English Golf Union....

 and playing on that year's winning Great Britain & Ireland Walker Cup
Walker Cup
The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland...

 team. He turned professional
Professional golfer
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 towards the end of that year.

Humphreys made the top one hundred on the European Tour Order of Merit thirteen times, with a best ranking of twentieth in 1973. His sole European Tour tournament victory came at the 1985 Portuguese Open
Portuguese Open
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. Since retiring from tournament golf he has worked as a golf broadcaster for Sky Sports
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and The Golf Channel
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.

Results in major championships

Tournament 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
The Masters
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U.S. Open
U.S. Open (golf)
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The Open Championship
The Open Championship
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PGA Championship
PGA Championship
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Tournament 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
The Masters
The Masters Tournament
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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...

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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...

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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...

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DNP = Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1969, 1973, 1982, 1983, 1984)

"T" = tied

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

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