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Ashley Chesters

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Ashley Chesters
Personal information
Full nameAshley John Warburton Chesters
Born (1989-08-25) 25 August 1989 (age 35)
Shrewsbury, England
Sporting nationality England
Career
Turned professional2015
Current tour(s)Challenge Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenDNP
The Open ChampionshipT12: 2015

Ashley John Warburton Chesters (born 25 August 1989) is an English professional golfer.

Amateur career

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Chesters won the European Amateur in 2014 and 2015, the first golfer to win it twice.[1] These wins qualified him for the 2014 and 2015 Open Championships. In 2014 he scored 70 and 77 to miss the cut by one stroke. In 2015 Chesters scored 71 and 72 to make the cut and then scored 67 and 69 to finished tied for 12th place.[2]

In 2014 Chesters played in the Bonallack Trophy, the St Andrews Trophy and the Eisenhower Trophy. He played in the 2015 Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, scoring 3½ points in a Great Britain and Ireland team that won 16½–9½.

Professional career

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Chesters turned professional after the 2015 Walker Cup. In 2016 he played on the Challenge Tour. He finished tied for 16th place in the 2016 European Tour Qualifying School to earn his place on the 2017 European Tour.

Since joining the European Tour in 2017 his best finish has been 4th place in the 2018 Andalucía Valderrama Masters.

Amateur wins

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Source:[3]

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
The Open Championship CUT T12 NT CUT
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Chesters only played in The Open Championship.

Team appearances

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Amateur

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Ashley Chesters so close to a dream round". Shropshire Star. 17 July 2015.
  2. ^ McCabe, Jim (19 July 2015). "Tiger Woods in lowly company after missing British Open cut". Fox Sports.
  3. ^ "Ashley Chesters". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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