# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-torrance
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:52:13.603Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-torrance"
name: "Sam Torrance"
slug: "sam-torrance"
description: "Samuel Robert Torrance is a Scottish former professional golfer and sports commentator. He was one of the leading players on the European Tour from the mid-1970s to the late 1990s, with 21 Tour wins. Torrance was a member of European Ryder Cup teams on eight occasions consecutively; on Cup-winning teams four times. He was also part of the winning Scotland team at the 1995 Dunhill Cup. He was the winning non-playing captain of the European Ryder Cup team in 2002. Torrance was honoured with the MBE (1996) and OBE (2003), for his outstanding contributions to golf."
tagline: "Scottish golfer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Torrance.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1953-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.66
  momentum:             4.231578947368422
  historical:           9.675924
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519721/"
    handle:    "nm1519721"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "سام تورانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "سام تورانس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%83%98_%ED%86%A0%EB%9F%B0%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "샘 토런스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Torrance"
    title: "Sam Torrance"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1360466"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump