Wayne Riley

Riley was born in Sydney. He turned professional in 1977, and started out on the PGA Tour of Australasia. He has won several tournaments in Australia and New Zealand, including the 1991 Australian Open.

Riley came through the European Tour's final qualifying school in 1984, but had to wait eleven years before winning his first tournament on the tour, the 1995 Scottish Open.^[2] He played on the European Tour for almost twenty years, and won only one other tour event, the 1996 Portuguese Open. He finished a career high 11th on the Order of Merit in 1995.

Riley represented Australia in the 1996 Alfred Dunhill Cup and the 1997 World Cup.

Since leaving the tour, Riley has worked for Sky Sports as an on course commentator on their European Tour coverage.

Riley has four children who all reside in England.

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	15 Jul 1995	Scottish Open	−12 (66-69-69-72=276)	2 strokes	Nick Faldo
2	24 Mar 1996	Portuguese Open	−13 (65-67-69-70=271)	2 strokes	Mark Davis, Martin Gates

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	11 Nov 1984	Victorian PGA Championship	−14 (68-65-70-71=274)	Playoff	Ian Baker-Finch
2	24 Nov 1985	U-Bix Classic[a]	−19 (70-68-70-65=273)	3 strokes	George Serhan
3	11 Nov 1990	Air New Zealand Shell Open	−12 (67-65-66-70=268)	7 strokes	Frank Nobilo
4	1 Dec 1991	Australian Open	−3 (72-74-71-68=285)	1 stroke	Robert Allenby (a)

PGA Tour of Australasia playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	1984	Victorian PGA Championship	Ian Baker-Finch	Won with birdie on second extra hole

Note: Riley never played in the Masters Tournament or the PGA Championship.

CUT = missed the half-way cut (3rd round cut in 1984 Open Championship)
"T" = tied

• Dunhill Cup (representing Australia): 1996
• World Cup (representing Australia): 1997