Haydn Porteous
| Haydn Porteous | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Born | 8 July 1994 |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
| Sporting nationality |  South Africa |
| Residence | Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2013 |
| Current tour(s) | Sunshine Tour European Tour |
| Former tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Professional wins | 4 |
| Number of wins by tour | |
| European Tour | 1 |
| Sunshine Tour | 2 |
| Challenge Tour | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T30: 2016 |
Haydn Porteous (born 8 July 1994) is a South African professional golfer.
Porteous won many amateur tournaments in South Africa, including the South African Stroke Play in 2012 and 2013. He was the top-ranked South African player when he turned professional in 2013.[1][2]
Porteous has played on the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour. He won the 2015 Barclays Kenya Open on the Challenge Tour.[1][2]
In January 2016, Porteous won his maiden European Tour title with a two-stroke victory at the Joburg Open.[3] This was a co-sanctioned event with the Sunshine Tour. Following Brandon Stone's win the previous week, Porteous' win was the second consecutive European Tour win by a South African first-time winner.
Amateur wins (11)
- 2010 Free State and Northern Cape Open
- 2011 Boland Open
- 2012 South African Stroke Play, Boland Open Amateur, KwaZulu Natal Amateur, Limpopo Open, Harry Oppenheimer Trophy
- 2013 Prince's Grant Invitational, South African Stroke Play, Sanlam Cape Province Open, Boland Amateur Open
Source:[4]
Professional wins (4)
European Tour wins (1)
| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 Jan 2016 | Joburg Open1 | −18 (66-66-68-69=269) | 2 strokes | Zander Lombard
|
1 Co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour
Sunshine Tour wins (2)
1 Co-sanctioned with the European Tour
Challenge Tour wins (1)
Other wins (1)
- 2013 IGT Winter Challenge Houghton (as an amateur)
Results in major championships
| Tournament | 2016 |
|---|---|
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T30 |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
DNP = Did not play
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Yellow background for top-10.
Team appearances
- Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2012
References
- ^ a b "Kenya Open win opens doors for Porteous". Sport24. 16 April 2015.
- ^ a b "Eagle sends Porteous soaring to maiden title in Kenya". PGA European Tour. 12 April 2015.
- ^ "Haydn Porteous claims maiden European Tour win at Joburg Open". ESPN. 17 January 2016.
- ^ "Haydn Porteous". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
External links
- Haydn Porteous at the Sunshine Tour official site
- Haydn Porteous at the European Tour official site
- Haydn Porteous at the Official World Golf Ranking official site
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