Ewen Murray

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| fullname = James Ewen Murray

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| birth_place = Edinburgh, Scotland

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| status = Professional

| yearpro = 1971

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James Ewen Murray (born 7 October 1954) is a retired Scottish professional golfer who played on the European Tour. He is now better known as a commentator for Sky Sports Golf channel.{{cite web |url=http://www.europeantour.com/europeantour/players/playerid=136/bio/index.html |title=Ewen Murray – Biography |publisher=PGA European Tour}}{{cite web |url=https://corporate.sky.com/media-centre/biogs/sky-sports/ewen-murray |title=Ewen Murray |publisher=Sky Sports}}

He turned professional in 1971 after considerable success as a boy golfer. As a 15-year-old, Murray had reached the final of the 1970 Boys Amateur Championship and the following year won the World Junior Championship, the Scottish Boys Championship and the Scottish Boys Stroke Play Championship.

Murray won the 1977 Northern Open at Royal Dornoch, five ahead of the field.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Bec9AAAAIBAJ&sjid=jEgMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3381%2C6732020 |title=Murray comes of age with third-round 69 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow, Scotland |first=Raymond |last=Jacobs |date=29 April 1977 |page=29 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=8 September 2020}} His best performances on the European Tour were two third places; in the 1979 SOS Talisman TPC and in the 1981 Bob Hope British Classic.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XsFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=46UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1696%2C4833798 |title=King's first crown as Ewen slips |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow, Scotland |date=24 September 1979 |page=14 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=8 September 2020}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k8FAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3aUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4742%2C5388708 |title=Langer calm on the road to victory |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow, Scotland |first=Raymond |last=Jacobs |date=28 September 1981 |page=16 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=8 September 2020}} He played regularly in Africa on the Safari Circuit, winning the Zambia Open in 1980 and the Nigerian Open in 1984, when he also topped the Order of Merit.{{cite news |last=Jacobs |first=Raymond |title=Mason holds on despite a late dose of the wobbles |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow, Scotland |date=26 March 1984 |page=13 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AcFAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2qUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2288%2C5924572 |via=Google News Archive |accessdate=16 June 2020}}