Aaron Townsend

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Aaron Townsend
Personal information
Born (1981-07-04) 4 July 1981 (age 43)
Newcastle, Australia
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight85 kg (187 lb; 13.4 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
ResidenceSydney, Australia
SpouseSally
Career
Turned professional2003
Current tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2012

Aaron Townsend (born 4 July 1981) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour of Australasia. [1] He has also played a number of events on the European Tour, Challenge Tour and Web.com Tour. [2] [3]

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Professional career

Townsend turned professional in 2003. [3] His first professional win in a tour event came at the 2008 New South Wales Open, an event on the Von Nida Tour. Townsend won the event, hosted in his home region of Australia by seven strokes. [4]

In 2009 Townsend won the Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship on the PGA Tour of Australasia, finishing three strokes ahead of Scott Arnold and Michael Wright. [5] In 2012 Townsend made his first appearance in a major championship at the 2012 Open Championship, following rounds of 70 and 74 he missed the cut by a single shot. [6]

In February 2015 following five years without a win, Townsend won again on the PGA Tour of Australasia event at the Victorian PGA Championship, having holed a bunker shot on the final hole to win to tournament by a single stroke. [7]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
122 Nov 2009 Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship −21 (67-61-65-66=259)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Arnold, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Michael Wright
213 Feb 2015 Mercedes-Benz Truck and Bus Victorian PGA Championship −13 (67-73-69-66=275)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Scott Strange

Von Nida Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
116 Nov 2008 NSW Open −17 (63-67-69-68=267)7 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steven Jones

Results in major championships

Tournament2012
The Open Championship CUT

Note: Townsend only played in The Open Championship.
CUT = missed the half-way cut

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References

  1. ↑ "Player profile". PGA Tour of Australasia . Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  2. ↑ "Player profile". PGA Tour . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Player profile". PGA European Tour . Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. ↑ Powter, Anthony (16 November 2008). "Townsend cruises to NSW Open win". iseekgolf.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015.
  5. ↑ Powter, Anthony (22 November 2009). "Townsend wins NSW PGA Championship". iseekgolf.com. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015.
  6. ↑ "The 141st Open Championship Leaderboard". PGA European Tour . Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  7. ↑ "NSW golfer Aaron Townsend has holed a bunker shot on the 18th to win the Victorian PGA Championship by one shot from Scott Strange". Special Broadcasting Service. 13 February 2015.
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