European Tour Casey joined the
European Tour in May 2001, and recorded a second in his fifth event and a win in his eleventh, the
Gleneagles Scottish PGA Championship. He ended that season 22nd on the order of merit and won the
Sir Henry Cotton Rookie of the Year award. After a disappointing second season he won the
ANZ Championship and the
Benson and Hedges International Open in 2003, and came sixth on the Order of Merit. Casey did not win any individual titles in 2004, but he was a member of the victorious European
Ryder Cup team and also won the
WGC-World Cup for England in partnership with
Luke Donald. Another highlight of his year was a sixth-place finish in his first
Masters. He joined the PGA Tour shortly afterwards as a Special Temporary Member and his membership of the 2004 European Ryder Cup Team qualified him for membership of the US based tour for the 2005 season. However he continues to play mainly in Europe, and was the leader of the European Tour Order of Merit in 2006, until
Pádraig Harrington overtook him in the final event. He re-joined the
PGA Tour in 2009. Casey has featured in the top 10 of the
Official World Golf Ranking and was the highest ranked Englishman for a time. In January 2007 he reached a career high of No. 13 in the rankings. In 2006, Casey won the
HSBC World Match Play Championship at
Wentworth, beating
Shaun Micheel 10 and 8 in a record victory for the final. Casey became the only player in
Ryder Cup history to win a foursome match with a
hole-in-one on Saturday, 23 September 2006, in Ireland. Casey sparked controversy in November 2004, when in an interview for the
Sunday Times newspaper he reportedly said, of the US
Ryder Cup team,
"Oh, we properly hate them. We wanted to beat them as badly as possible". Several leading American golfers, including
Fred Funk and
Davis Love III, publicly dismissed the controversy surrounding Casey as tabloid mischief. Casey later apologised, saying the remarks were taken out of context and using the word "hate" was an error. Casey said he has an American coach (
Peter Kostis) and an American girlfriend, and says he
"has nothing against America".
PGA Tour Casey earned his first
PGA Tour win on 5 April 2009 by defeating
J. B. Holmes in a one-hole playoff at the
Shell Houston Open. This win took him to No. 6 in the Official World Golf Ranking. . Casey won his milestone 10th event on the European Tour at the 2009
BMW PGA Championship at
Wentworth Golf Club in Surrey, where he won by one stroke over Wentworth resident and fellow Englishman
Ross Fisher. This win vaulted Casey to a career high of 3rd in the
Official World Golf Ranking. He had been ranked at No. 41 at the beginning of 2009. Casey won the 2012
Telus World Skins Game in Canada, having defeated
Jhonattan Vegas in a tiebreaker during the event in July. In June 2013, Casey won his 12th European Tour title at
The Irish Open to end a two-and-a-half-year winless drought, due to form and fitness problems. He captured the title with a final round 67 in changeable conditions, to win by three strokes over
Joost Luiten and
Robert Rock. He had begun the day four shots behind the leader Luiten, but a run of five birdies in six holes in the middle of the round opened up a three shot lead. It was reduced to one stroke, when Casey bogeyed the 15th and 16th, but a closing eagle on the par five 18th sealed the victory. In September 2014, Casey won his 13th European Tour title at the
KLM Open in the
Netherlands, his first victory of the 2014 season. He took victory after posting a final round 66, putting him one shot ahead of runner up, and fellow Englishman
Simon Dyson. He started the final round four strokes off the lead of
Romain Wattel. The victory was especially emotional and gratifying as Casey's wife Pollyanna had given birth to the couple's first child two weeks prior to the event. In 2015, Casey chose to give up his European Tour exemption and focus solely on the PGA Tour, citing a need to lessen his travel. In February 2015, Casey finished in a tie for second at the
Northern Trust Open after losing in a sudden-death playoff to
James Hahn. Casey finished the tournament at six-under-par, tied with Hahn and
Dustin Johnson. After the trio all parred the first extra hole, Casey could only make a par on the second extra hole and was eliminated when Hahn and Johnson both got up and down for birdies from the green-side rough. Casey continued his good form in America the following week, when he finished in a tie for third at the
Honda Classic, one shot outside a playoff. Two weeks later he equalled his 2004 performance by finishing tied for 6th place in the
2015 Masters. In 2016, Casey finished 2nd at both the
Deutsche Bank Championship and the
BMW Championship before finishing 4th at the
Tour Championship to finish 5th in the
2016 FedEx Cup Playoffs, his best career performance in the Playoffs. In December 2015, Casey chose not to rejoin the European Tour for the following 2016 season, which made himself unavailable to qualify for the 2016 Ryder Cup. Casey reached the 15th position in the Official World Golf Rankings, just prior to the 2016 Ryder Cup, due to his in-form performances in the PGA Tour playoff tournaments immediately before the Ryder Cup event. Casey admitted that he was hurt that he was not able to participate in the 2016 Ryder Cup, due to his decision then not to obtain European Tour member status, whilst others noted that England's most in-form golfer then, was remarkably absent from the premier golf team event. Casey rejoined the tour in late October 2017 with aspirations of making the European team for the 2018 match at Le Golf National. Casey remarked that he needed to play in another Ryder Cup, he missed the European Tour and being part of English golf. Casey was subsequently selected for the
EurAsia Cup in January 2018. Casey scored two points out of a possible three and, ahead of the tournament, said he had 'no issues' speaking with 2010 Ryder Cup captain Colin Montgomerie, who infamously overlooked the then world No. 9 for a spot on the European team at
Celtic Manor. However, Casey admitted that he was hurt by the omission from Team Europe of the 2010 Ryder Cup, by not scoring sufficient points to qualify for the team, whilst having never questioned the captain's decisions on selecting individual picks for the team. Casey also acknowledged that he was not selected for the Ryder Cup teams in both 2012 and 2014, as he struggled with his golf game then. Casey won the
Valspar Championship in 2018, his first PGA Tour win in nine years. In September 2018, Casey was named as a captain's pick by
Thomas Bjørn for the European team participating in the
2018 Ryder Cup. Europe defeated the U.S. team by a dominant margin of 17.5 to 10.5 at
Le Golf National outside Paris, France. Casey went 1–1–1 including a half in his singles match against
Brooks Koepka. Casey missed a chance to win the 2019
AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, when he failed to convert a three-stroke 54-hole lead. He was chased down and passed by
Phil Mickelson, who claimed a three-stroke victory. Casey birdied the last during a Monday finish to claim solo second. He did however win the Pro-Am tournament with playing partner Don Colleran. In March 2019, Casey successfully defended his Valspar Championship title with a one-stroke victory over
Jason Kokrak and
Louis Oosthuizen, to claim his third PGA Tour title. In September 2019, Casey won the
Porsche European Open at Green Eagle Golf Course in
Hamburg, Germany. Casey earned his 14th European Tour victory and his first since winning the
KLM Open in 2014. In August 2020, Casey finished tied for second at the
2020 PGA Championship along with
Dustin Johnson, both finished two strokes behind
Collin Morikawa. This marked his best career finish in a major championship and moved him to 19th in the Official World Golf Ranking. In November 2020, Casey shot a seven under 65 to hold a share of the first round lead at the
Masters. He ultimately finished the tournament T38. In January 2021, Casey claimed his 15th European Tour victory, at the
Omega Dubai Desert Classic, with a four-stroke victory over
Brandon Stone. The win saw him move back into the top 20 in the
world rankings. In August that year, Casey finished in a tie for 3rd place at the
Olympic Games. He lost in a 7-man playoff for the bronze medal. In September 2021, Casey played on the European team in the
2021 Ryder Cup at
Whistling Straits in
Kohler, Wisconsin. The U.S. team won 19–9 and Casey went 0–4–0 and including a loss in his Sunday singles match against
Dustin Johnson.
LIV Golf In July 2022, Casey joined the
LIV Golf tour and placed sixth at his first tournament at
Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, winning $648,000 in the process. Casey competes for Crushers GC in LIV Golf. Casey then finished 21st at
LIV Golf Invitational Boston, played at The International Golf Club in Bolton, Massachusetts, talking home $171,200. In 2023, Casey's team Crushers GC took home the team event victory at LIV Golf Mexico held at the El Camaleon Golf Course in Mayakoba. == Personal life ==