{{short description|English professional golfer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox golfer | name = Steven Bottomley | full_name = Steven Mark Bottomley | image = | image_size = <!-- e.g. 250px (default is 200px) --> | caption = | fullname = | nickname = Botts | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|2|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Bradford, England | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|1965|2|15|df=y}} --> | death_place = | height = {{height|ft=5|in=10}} | weight = {{convert|190|lb|kg st|abbr=on}} | nationality = {{ENG}} | residence = Bingley, England | spouse = | partner = | children = 1 | college = | yearpro = 1987 | tour = <!-- Current tours which a member of --> | extour = European Tour<br>Challenge Tour | prowins = 2 | chalwins = 1 | 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 = T3: 1995 | 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 --> }} '''Steven Mark Bottomley''' (born 15 February 1965) is an English professional golfer.
==Career== Bottomley spent eight seasons on the European Tour. His best season was in 1995, due in large part to his third place finish at the 1995 Open, where he finished 64th on the money list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=2589/record/index.html |title=Steven Bottomley – Career Record Details |publisher=PGA European Tour |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref>
Bottomley's most notable finish was a tie for 3rd place at the 1995 Open Championship. Bottomley earned his spot at the Open by way of a qualifier. He was the only player to shoot below 70 in the final round and spent an hour as the clubhouse leader. Ultimately, he finished one stroke back of a playoff.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.keighleynews.co.uk/sport/8270777.Harden_golfer_Bottomley_relives_greatest_moment_of_his_career |title=Harden golfer Bottomley relives greatest moment of his career |first=Mike |last=Crowther |newspaper=Keighley News |date=15 July 2010 |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref> The 1995 Open was held at Old Course at St Andrews and in his life Bottomley has only played six rounds at the Old Course, four of which being the rounds at the 1995 Open.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/golf/the-open-2010-dark-horse-steven-1064142 |title=The Open 2010: Dark horse Steven Bottomley recalls 1995 Old Course drama |newspaper=Daily Record |first=Dale |last=Rankin |date=12 July 2010 |accessdate=20 November 2012}}</ref>
==Professional wins (2)== ===Challenge Tour wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br>victory !Runners-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|16 Aug 1992 |Länsförsäkringar Open |−3 (72-69-71-69=281) |Playoff |{{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Gray, {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Nelson |}
'''Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)''' {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No.!!Year!!Tournament!!Opponents!!Result |-style="background:#D0F0C0;" |align=center|1 |1992 |Länsförsäkringar Open |{{flagicon|AUS}} Chris Gray, {{flagicon|USA}} Brian Nelson |Won with par on second extra hole<br>Nelson eliminated by par on first hole |}
===Other wins (1)=== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;" !No. !Date !Tournament !Winning score !Margin of<br />victory !Runners-up |- |align=center|1 |align=right|20 Oct 1996 |Open Novotel Perrier<br />(with {{flagicon|ENG}} Jonathan Lomas) |−23 (63-62-68-139=332) |1 stroke |{{flagicon|ENG}} Richard Boxall and {{flagicon|ENG}} Derrick Cooper |}
==Results in major championships== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;text-align:center;" !Tournament !1987 !1988 !1989 !1990 !1991 !1992 !1993 !1994 !1995 !1996 !1997 |- |align=left|The Open Championship |CUT |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:#eeeeee;"| |style="background:yellow;"|T3 |CUT |CUT |} ''Note: Bottomley only played in The Open Championship.''<br /> {{legend|yellow|Top 10}} {{legend|#eeeeee|Did not play}} CUT = missed the half-way cut<br /> "T" indicates a tie for a place
==Team appearances== '''Amateur''' *European Youths' Team Championship (representing England): 1984<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=GGgVawPscysC&dat=19840830&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |title=Scots trail by 15 shots |newspaper=The Glasgow Herald |page=10 |date=30 August 1984 |accessdate=2023-01-01}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{EuroTour player|2589}}
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