Barry Lane

Barry Douglas Lane (born 21 June 1960) is an English professional golfer.
Lane was born in Hayes, Middlesex. He turned professional in 1976 and first played on the European Tour in 1982. For the first few seasons he failed to finish high enough on the Order of Merit to retain his card and he made several visits to the Qualifying School, but by 1986 he was established on the tour. His best years came in the early to mid nineties, when he made the top ten of the order of merit three times, with a best of fifth in 1992. He won four European Tour events between 1988 and 1994. He had a relatively bad period in his later thirties, but after the turn of the Millennium his form improved again and he picked up his fifth win on the Tour at the 2004 Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters.
Lane has won several professional tournaments off of the European Tour, most lucratively the 1995 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf. This event was a precursor of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship and Lane's prize was US$1,000,000, which was a rare level of prize in golf at that time.
Lane made his only Ryder Cup appearance in Europe's home defeat at The Belfry in 1993, losing all three of his matches. He has represented England in the World Cup and the Alfred Dunhill Cup several times, and has played for the Rest of the World Team in the UBS Cup three times.
On turning 50 in June 2010, Lane joined the European Senior Tour. He quickly claimed his first win at the Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open that August. Lane continued his good form in 2011, playing a mixture of regular and senior European Tour events, and winning twice more on the Seniors tour. He won the 2012 Speedy Services Wales Senior Open and gained fifth Senior win by taking the MCB Tour Championship in December 2016.

European Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	9 Jul 1988	Bell's Scottish Open	−13 (70-67-66-68=271)	3 strokes	Sandy Lyle, José Rivero
2	4 Oct 1992	Mercedes German Masters	−16 (71-67-66-68=272)	2 strokes	Rodger Davis, Bernhard Langer, Ian Woosnam
3	5 Sep 1993	Canon European Masters	−18 (69-67-64-70=270)	1 stroke	Seve Ballesteros, Miguel Ángel Jiménez
4	13 Mar 1994	Turespana Open de Baleares	−19 (64-70-66-69=269)	2 strokes	Jim Payne
5	9 May 2004	Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters	−16 (70-69-67-66=272)	3 strokes	Ángel Cabrera, Eduardo Romero

European Tour playoff record (0–3)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	1988	Torras Hostench Barcelona Open	Nick Faldo, Mark Mouland, David Whelan	Whelan won with par on fourth extra hole Faldo and Lane eliminated with birdie on first hole
2	1992	Roma Masters	José Maria Cañizares	Lost to birdie on second extra hole
3	1995	Smurfit European Open	Bernhard Langer	Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Other wins (5)

• 1983 Jamaica Open, Footjoy PGA Assistants' Championship, Footjoy World Assistants' Championship
• 1987 Equity & Law Challenge
• 1995 Andersen Consulting World Championship of Golf

European Senior Tour wins (5)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Aug 2010	Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open	−4 (69-71-72=212)	4 strokes	Glenn Ralph, Jim Rhodes
2	21 Aug 2011	Cleveland Golf/Srixon Scottish Senior Open (2)	−14 (67-69-66=202)	2 strokes	Gary Koch
3	18 Sep 2011	Casa Serena Open	−15 (67-62-69=198)	2 strokes	Peter Fowler
4	26 Aug 2012	Speedy Services Wales Senior Open	−7 (72-67-70=209)	1 stroke	Philip Golding
5	11 Dec 2016	MCB Tour Championship	−12 (67-67-68=204)	1 stroke	Paul Broadhurst

DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
WD = Withdrew
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.

Summary

• Most consecutive cuts made – 6 (1991 Open Championship – 1993 PGA)
• Longest streak of top-10s – 0

• Dunhill Cup (representing England): 1988, 1994, 1995, 1996
• World Cup (representing England): 1988, 1994
• Ryder Cup (representing Europe): 1993
• UBS Cup (representing the Rest of the World): 2002, 2003 (tie), 2004