SubscribeAbout Oliver Fisher
Oliver Fisher (born 13 September 1988) is an English golfer who plays on the European Tour.
Oliver Fisher
Fisher is regarded as one of the best prospects of recent years. He was a winner of the Faldo Series, Nick Faldo’s development programme for young golfers, in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and in 2005 he became the youngest player to take part in the Walker Cup. In late 2006 he competed at the European Tour Qualifying School as an amateur. He finished fifth to become the youngest Briton to win a tour card and immediately turned professional. He made the cut at his first five European Tour events as a professional and finished high enough on the 2007 Order of Merit to retain his card for 2008.
Oliver Fisher on tour
Quote from ShotTalk.com - “He is from Chigwell and played at West Essex, an absolute awesome talent. Was spotted by Chris Jenkins when Ollie was 9 at a driving range in Dagenham. Chris took him under his wing and has been teaching him ever since. Ollie won everything as a junior in Essex, he once won the county junior and men’s championships in the same year when he was like 13/14. Kept improving getting better and better. Broke the course record round Celtic manor when he was 13. Was the youngest GB player ever in Walker Cup, 16 yrs old!. He was being looked after by Nike and IMG back then it was a no brainer he would sign with them when he turned pro. Won countless big amatuer events. Was off +5 as an amateur. Decided he didn’t want to go down the route of trying to earn enough money for a tour card on the back of invites and wanted to earn it properly. Went to tour school in 2006, finished 5th (if i remember rightly), I think the youngest Brit to earn a card. Anyway, earned enough money to keep his card in 2007 and has made a steady progression. The thing is his swing is pretty perfect, no quirky movements like Garcia, Casey etc have in their swing.”
“He is down to earth, a real athlete, totally focused and not flash (take not Poulter, Rose) and wants it enough to step up to it, and he is only 19!! I believe and have done along with everyone who knows of him that he is better than Rory Mcilroy (Rory got over exposed for playing well in the open) and I think you will see Ollie push on this year and finish high on the European tour OOM. Also quite a few pros I have spoken to round here believe he is possibly the best ball striker they have ever seen in person, the coverage on TV was saying they haven’t seen anyone hit their irons this flush before last week in Andlucia.”
Quote from Thomas Levet - “If he improves on Tour in two or three years he’ll be like Tiger Woods”
OLIVER FISHER FACTFILE
Born September 13 1988
Birthplace London
Height 6ft 1in
Turned pro 2006
oliver was very impressive when i met him at the irish open in adadre manor….. we had dinner with him too and he was very nice to us he allowed us walk a few holes with him in practice and again very very impressive player great swing and ball striker and still young enough to go very far in this game im predicting a win on tour for him next season come on olly!!!!!
Hi Ollie,
I was a member at Abridge where you practice. May I say having watched you in recent weeks how much you have improved from tee to green. The biggest improvement I noticed is in your mental approach to the game. Once your flat stick starts the perform as well as the rest of your game skies the limit.
All the best
Good Work Ollie…. keep it going on and you will be bounce back with the big boyus on tour, i am fine, hope your dad doing well………… i am sure you will win the european your one day, all the best danny
Hi Ollie,
Great to see you playing really well over our neck of the woods in the Far East, I am really happy to see you getting your card back as you rightly deserves, you are going to be a great player and you have proved it straight away with no time wasted… All the very best for the season.. See you in Scotland hopefully in the Open…Tango Scotland/Hong Kong
HI OLLIE,
ITS GREAT TO SEE YOU PLAYING SO WELL AGAIN,
WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING Y0U ON TV, CONGRATULATIONS
LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT WENTWORTH IN MAY.
TWO SILVER SURFERS…..
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2 SILVER SURFERS……….
Hi Ollie
Would like to thank you for taking the time out to meet us at the NGCC clinc, and the tips that you past on,am hitting straight now!, thank you once again for you support in the NGCC, all the best for the rest of 2010, Dave Patterson
Has Ollie grown in height over the last couple of years? He looks to have gained a few inches.
We enjoyed seeing you this weekend on T.V. Congratulations on coming 8th.
Best of luck for the future. Looking forward to seeing you at WENTWORTH. BMW.
TWO SILVER SURFERS…W.E.G.C
just do your best.dont let yourself or your future change.
I have been following your progress and i am sure you will be a success in the future.
2009 season is only a blip you are too talented to let it affect you.
I am sure with the right coach and plenty of hard work and dedication we will be watching you in the final group on sunday afternoon in future events.
I wished you all the best at Chelmsford after the thornton cup final in 2003 and i am doing so again.
All the best in the future ollie.
keep head up good luck 2010
Can’t help thinking about what may be going wrong, however I’m sure someone will get you back on track and where you ought to be…top 50 ! Perhaps go back to your roots !! Knew of you as a junior, playing County golf against Herts, remember Tony Mitchell, Tom Haylock etc.?. Best of luck for 2010
Played well in last few tournaments just looking like losing his card,treat it as a minor setback as you have the game and attitude to compete at the top.
All the very best for next year,me and the boys will come out to watch you.
I have been lucky to follow Olly in several matches this year working for Sky TV, Unbelievable talent , everything will come good , he`s a fighter with the right attitude .
Olly , I might of lost my £200 at the open but I know that that will be repaid plenty of times over in the near future . Awesome talent , Golf legend of the future.
Hughesie
I said way back(even when he was playing fairly well),that i spotted a fault in his set up,but because my name is not harmon or cowen,no one seems to listen!.
Two days with me would turn him around.wouldnt even charge him.
Olly split from his coach Chris Jenkins back in February 2009 – since then he seems to of had various coaches, none of which appear to of captured the best skills that Jenkins bought out of him.
Jenkins was his coach from 9 years old, it was him who developed Ollie’s swing, hopefully he’ll find a new coach that can keep him grounded and help him find his form again.
Olly was a brilliant amatuer golfer. But the Olliver Fisher I saw at the Open wasnt, the same player?? He was working on some very strange practice drills? It seems the coaches have got to him, and ruined what was a great prospect!!. SHAME……
Seems the lads swing has gone. It is such a great shame to see such a talent (went round with him at Jerez Qualifying School) allowing the mental daemons to get the better of him. Hopefully he is young enough to train and play through the problem, but it will be very difficult to get the confidence back as he has not won anything on tour, YET.
Best of luck and lets hope that you can retain your card for next year. Whether you do or not, start working with a good sports psychologist and focus on the target not the swing.
I see he retired from the Czech Open after half a dozen holes anyone what the problem was?
Followed Oliver for both days at the open,he is still too far away from the ball at address!.
Enjoyed watching you at wentworth and the londonclub.
Best of luck at THE OPEN….
les &Iris Gill (WEST ESSEX .GOLF CLUB …..
Me and my son watched you at Sunningdale on monday.You played some lovely golf and what a play off!!!st hole on the New course,Drive ,9 iron and pitched 1 foot from the hole,amazing!!Good luck in The Open Im having a bet on you…..Well done Oliver
Followed your group at Wentworth last Friday, and I was impressed with your calm attitude & demeanour throughout the round & how you didn’t give up.
Keep going, and good luck.
Lovely swing, and seems a nice fella but noticed at wentworth that he is over reaching at address.
olli costas gave gave us the hat’s there wicked .Thanks
regards Charles and Harry
Good luck mate! Wish u all the best would be lovely to see u competing with the best. It will be rightly deserves! All the best!
All u need to do is keep on with the practice and you’ll be OK.