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Ryan Evans (golfer)

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Ryan Evans
Personal information
Born (1987-03-27) 27 March 1987 (age 37)
Kettering, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationality England
ResidenceCorby, England
Career
Turned professional2014
Current tour(s)Clutch Pro Tour
Former tour(s)European Tour
Challenge Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour1
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2018
The Open Championship58th: 2016

Ryan Evans (born 27 March 1987) is an English professional golfer. In 2017 he won the Turkish Airlines Challenge on the Challenge Tour.

Amateur career

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Evans won the 2014 Lake Macquarie Amateur, was runner-up for the 2013 St Andrews Links Trophy, and medalist at the 2014 Australian Amateur.[1][2][3]

Professional career

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Evans was invited to play in some events on the Challenge Tour in 2015. He finished the year at 28th in the rankings, with a best finish of T-3 at the Kärnten Golf Open. He earned his 2016 European Tour card through qualifying school.

Evans qualified for the 2016 Open Championship through Final Qualifying; he finished in 58th place. Later in the season he finished tied for third place in the D+D Real Czech Masters.

Evans returned to the Challenge Tour in 2017 and won the Turkish Airlines Challenge by four strokes from Tapio Pulkkanen. He finished the season 8th in the rankings to earn a place on the European Tour in 2018. He qualified for the 2018 U.S. Open as an alternate, after missing out at the fourth extra hole of a playoff in sectional qualifying at Walton Heath.

Amateur wins

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Source:[4]

Professional wins (4)

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Challenge Tour wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner-up
1 23 Apr 2017 Turkish Airlines Challenge −21 (66-66-64-71=267) 4 strokes Finland Tapio Pulkkanen

Clutch Pro Tour wins (3)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1 12 Oct 2023 Tour Championship −12 (69-67-71=207) Playoff England Ben Evans, England Curtis Griffiths
2 13 Jun 2024 Manor House −17 (66-65-68=199) Playoff England Callan Barrow
3 16 Aug 2024 Mannings Heath −16 (68-65-67=200) 2 strokes England Callum Farr, England John Gough,
England Gary King, England David Langley,
England Joe Retford, England Daniel Smith,
England Thomas Thurloway

Results in major championships

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Tournament 2016 2017 2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship 58
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

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Amateur

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lake Macquarie Am: England's Evans prevails". Amateurgolf.com. 26 January 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Raymond captures St. Andrews Links Trophy". Golfweek. 9 June 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. ^ Powter, Anthony (19 January 2014). "Lee, Koh win Australian Amateur titles". Golf Grinder. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. ^ "Ryan Evans". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
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