Brandon Robinson-Thompson (born 25 August 1992) is an English professional golfer. In 2023, he won the Northern Ireland Open and the Irish Challenge.
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| Born | 25 August 1992 Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, England | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||
| Sporting nationality |  England | |||||||||||
| Career | ||||||||||||
| College | Morningside University University of South Carolina Aiken | |||||||||||
| Turned professional | 2017 | |||||||||||
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour | |||||||||||
| Former tour(s) | PGA Tour Latinoamérica MENA Tour PGA EuroPro Tour Clutch Pro Tour | |||||||||||
| Professional wins | 6 | |||||||||||
| Number of wins by tour | ||||||||||||
| Challenge Tour | 1 | |||||||||||
| Other | 5 | |||||||||||
| Best results in major championships | ||||||||||||
| Masters Tournament | DNP | |||||||||||
| PGA Championship | DNP | |||||||||||
| U.S. Open | CUT: 2024 | |||||||||||
| The Open Championship | 59th: 2023 | |||||||||||
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Medal record
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Early life and college career
editRobinson-Thompson was born in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight in 1992, and educated at Carisbrooke College. He attended Morningside University for two years, where he won six tournaments and was individual Great Plains Athletic Conference champion. He transferred to the University of South Carolina Aiken where he was first-team All-American and Peach Belt Conference Player of the Year in 2015. He finished top-10 in the NCAA Division II Championship individually.[1]
Professional career
editRobinson-Thompson turned professional in 2017 and joined the 2018 PGA Tour Latinoamérica. In 2021, he joined the PGA EuroPro Tour where he won the 2022 Worcestershire Masters and finished 7th in the rankings, narrowly missing out on promotion to the Challenge Tour.
In 2023, he won an event in Egypt on the MENA Tour and the Northern Ireland Open, which earned him a start at the ISPS Handa World Invitational.[2] He made it through Final Qualifying at Royal Porthcawl in Wales to join the 2023 Open Championship at Hoylake, where he finished solo 59th.[3][4] The week after he was invited to the Irish Challenge which he won, securing membership of the Challenge Tour, where he finished the season ranked 22nd, missing out on graduation to the European Tour by one place, earning category 19 exemption.[5]
Robinson-Thompson earned a spot at the 2024 U.S. Open at Pinehurst Resort in the Walton Heath qualifier, and ultimately missed the cut by a single stroke.[6]
Amateur wins
edit- 2014 Saint Leo Invitational
Source:[7]
Professional wins (6)
editChallenge Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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| 1 | 30 Jul 2023 | Irish Challenge | −12 (69-64-72-67=272) | 2 strokes | Will Enefer,  Jordan Gumberg
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Clutch Pro Tour wins (3)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up |
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| 1 | 1 Jun 2023 | Galvin Green Championship | −4 (68-68=136) | 1 stroke | Curtis Knipes
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| 2 | 22 Jun 2023 | Northern Ireland Open | −9 (63-69-69=201) | 3 strokes | Daniel Smith
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| 3 | 30 Jun 2023 | Machynys | −12 (68-66-70=204) | 2 strokes | Jake Ayres, Sam Broadhurst, Jake Burnage
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PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runners-up |
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| 1 | 24 Jul 2022 | GLAL.UK Worcestershire Masters | −7 (70-66-73=209) | 2 strokes | James Allan, Joe Brooks, Jeff Wright
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MENA Tour wins (1)
edit| No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory |
Runner-up |
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| 1 | 7 Feb 2023 | Egyptian Swing 2 | −11 (65-67-67=199) | 4 strokes |  Jacopo Vecchi Fossa
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Results in major championships
edit| Tournament | 2023 | 2024 |
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| Masters Tournament | ||
| PGA Championship | ||
| U.S. Open | CUT | |
| The Open Championship | 59 |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
References
edit- ^ "Men's Golf Roster: Brandon Robinson-Thompson". South Carolina Aiken Athletics. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Brandon Robinson Thompson Bio". The R&A. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Broughton, Jamie (21 July 2023). "The Open: Brandon Robinson Thompson takes grandfather to Royal Liverpool on debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Moon, Andrew (13 June 2024). "'I can compete at this level' - Robinson-Thompson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Robinson Thompson looking to continue meteoric golfing rise at St. Mellion". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Moreno, Jon (18 June 2024). "Tiger Woods outscored by Isle of Wight golfer Brandon at US Open". Isle of Wight County Press. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ "Brandon Robinson-Thompson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
External links
edit- Official website
- Brandon Robinson-Thompson at the European Tour official site
- Brandon Robinson-Thompson at the Official World Golf Ranking official site