Barry Lane Joins The 600 Club
Barry Lane will become only the fifth player to surpass 600 European Tour events when he pegs it up at the Commercialbank Qatar Masters at the Doha Golf Club tomorrow.
Lane joins Sam Torrance (702), Roger Chapman (617), Eamonn Darcy (610) and Malcolm Mackenzie (603) as the golden oldies of golf.
What’s remarkable is that Lane has not lost his card since coming through Tour School in 1985, which we at GP feel is a marvellous achievement.
Bazzer agrees: “That is quite an achievement, last year I struggled a little bit but played better towards the end of the season. There are not many guys out there who have played 600 events and there are not many out here who have always kept their cards either, so I am proud of myself for that.”
Lane has won five times on tour, stretching as far back to 1988 when Bell’s sponsored the Scottish Open, the 1992 Mercedes German Masters, the 1993 Canon European Masters, the 1994 Turespana Open de Baleares and more recently the 2004 Daily Telegraph Damovo British Masters.
“All of my victories are obviously very special, but probably winning the British Masters after such a big gap since my previous victory gave me particular pleasure, proving that I could win out here on tour at 44, as I was then,” he reflected.
"If you shank it out right again you're on the couch."
"Yes dear."
We at GP believe that it was the missus kept Lane in check for so long, not letting him out of her sight, and even being his caddie.
“We have a good time and she looks out for me, keeps me on my toes and tries to keep me smiling and positive,” said Lane about his wife Camilla. They say the success to every good man is the backing of a smart woman. Barry would holla to that!
1/23/2008 2:40:05 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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