{{Short description|English golfer (born 1961)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Richard Boxall | image = | imagesize = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = Richard Boxall | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1961|4|28|df=y}} | birth_place = Hampton Wick, Middlesex, England | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1961|4|28|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=11.5}} | weight = {{convert|196|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{ENG}} | residence = Camberley, Surrey, England | spouse = | partner = | children = | college = | yearpro = 1982 | retired = <!-- Year retired --> | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = European Tour | prowins = 2 | pgawins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour wins --> | eurowins = 1 | japwins = <!-- Number of Japan Golf Tour wins --> | asiawins = <!-- Number of Asian Tour wins --> | sunwins = <!-- Number of Sunshine Tour wins --> | auswins = <!-- Number of PGA Tour of Australasia wins --> | nwidewins = <!-- Number of Nationwide Tour wins --> | chalwins = <!-- Number of Challenge Tour wins --> | champwins = <!-- Number of Champions Tour wins --> | seneurowins = <!-- Number of European Seniors Tour wins --> | otherwins = 1 | majorwins = <!-- Number of Major Championship wins --> | masters = DNP | usopen = DNP | open = T44: 1996 | pga = DNP | wghofid = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame member ID --> | wghofyear = <!-- World Golf Hall of Fame year inducted --> | award1 = <!-- Achievement or award details --> | year1 = <!-- Year(s) of achievement or award --> | award2 = | year2 = | awardssection = <!-- location of awards page or section --> }}
'''Richard Boxall''' (born 28 April 1961) is an English professional golfer.
==Professional career== In 1982, Boxall turned professional. He won a place on the European Tour at that year's final qualifying school. He played on the Tour until 2000, and won one Tour event, the 1990 Lancia Martini Italian Open. He also had his best finish on the Order of Merit that year, placing seventeenth. He represented England in the Alfred Dunhill Cup and the World Cup of Golf in 1990.
During the third round of The Open Championship at Royal Birkdale in 1991, Boxall was just two strokes off the lead when he suffered a stress fracture of his left leg while playing his tee shot on the ninth hole.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/golf/Painful-memories-for-Boxall-17.4291369.jp |title=Painful memories for Boxall 17 years on |newspaper=The Scotsman |date=16 July 2008 |accessdate=31 May 2009}}</ref>
Boxall now works as a golf commentator, mainly on Sky Sports coverage of the European Tour. He started on the BBC.
==Professional wins (2)== ===European Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runner-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|20 May 1990 |Lancia Martini Italian Open |−21 (65-64-70-68=267) |5 strokes |{{flagicon|ESP}} José María Olazábal |}
'''European Tour playoff record (0–1)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result |-style="background:#F2C1D1;" |align=center|1 |1990 |Vinho Verde Atlantic Open |{{flagicon|NIR}} Stephen Hamill, {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen McAllister,<br>{{flagicon|NIR}} Ronan Rafferty, {{flagicon|DNK}} Anders Sørensen,<br>{{flagicon|ENG}} David Williams |McAllister won with par on first extra hole |}
===Other wins (1)=== *1995 J. P. McManus Pro-Am (shared title with Paul Broadhurst)
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1980 !1981 !1982 !1983 !1984 !1985 !1986 !1987 !1988 !1989 !1990 !1991 !1992 !1993 !1994 !1995 !1996 !1997 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |T52 |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |T52 |CUT |WD |CUT |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |CUT |T44 |T48 |} ''Note: Boxall only played in The Open Championship.''<br> {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br> WD = withdrew<br> "T" = tied
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *European Youths' Team Championship (representing England): 1982,<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Anders |last=Nordlund |date=September 1982 |title=Sveriges öde i junior-EM hängde på ett sprinklerlock, Junior-EM, pojkar |trans-title=Swedens destiny in the Junior Europeans depended on a sprinkler cover, European Youth's Team Championship |url=http://www.e-magin.se/paper/j0btbf03/paper/1#/paper/57n98r92/64 |magazine=Svensk Golf |language=sv |pages=50, 65 |number=7/1982 |accessdate=2023-01-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19820903&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Scots beat odds to reach youth's final |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=23 |date=3 September 1982 |accessdate=2023-01-02}}</ref> '''Professional''' *Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1990 *World Cup (representing England): 1990
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{EuroTour player|19}} *{{OWGR|244}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boxall, Richard}} Category:English male golfers Category:European Tour golfers Category:British golf commentators Category:Sky Sports presenters and reporters Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Category:Sportspeople from Camberley Category:People from Hampton Wick Category:1961 births Category:Living people
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