Andy Sullivan (golfer)

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Andy Sullivan
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Sullivan at the 2014 KLM Open
Personal information
Full nameAndrew Michael Sullivan
Born (1987-05-19) 19 May 1987 (age 36)
Nuneaton, England
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
ResidenceNuneaton, England
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking 28 (7 February 2016) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour4
Sunshine Tour2
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T48: 2017
PGA Championship T49: 2016
U.S. Open T23: 2016
The Open Championship T12: 2016

Andrew Michael Sullivan (born 19 May 1987) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the European Tour. [2]

Contents

Amateur career

Sullivan had a successful amateur career before turning professional. He won the individual title in the Tailhade Cup in Argentina in 2010, [3] and won the 2011 New South Wales Medal in Australia. [4] Sullivan's biggest win as an amateur came at the 2011 Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship. [5]

In 2011, Sullivan represented the winning Great Britain and Ireland team at the 2011 Walker Cup, where he lost 3&2 to Jordan Spieth in the singles. [6]

Professional career

Sullivan turned professional in 2011; [4] in that year he played four European Tour events before entering the 2011 qualifying school where he obtained the tour card with a 3rd-place finish.

In 2012, Sullivan finished in 145th place in the Race to Dubai without a top-10 finish. [7] He secured his place on the European Tour for 2013 at the 2012 qualifying school.

In 2013, Sullivan finished 98th on the Race to Dubai with his best finish being a tie for third at the Alfred Dunhill Championship. [8]

In 2014, Sullivan finished 33rd on the Race to Dubai including a second-place finishing at the Trophée Hassan II, [9] a third place at the KLM Open, and three more top-10 placements. During that season, Sullivan hit a hole-in-one at the KLM Open earning him a flight into space. [10]

Sullivan's first European Tour win came in January 2015 at the South African Open. Sullivan won the event in a playoff against South African Charl Schwartzel who had started the final round seven strokes ahead of Sullivan. [11] Sullivan quickly followed this success with wins at the 2015 Joburg Open in March [12] and the Portugal Masters in October, which was a wire-to-wire victory by nine strokes. [13] He became the first man to record three victories on the European Tour in 2015, finishing with an 8th place in the final Order of Merit . In February 2016, he advanced to a career best 28th in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Thanks to his results on the 2015 and 2016 seasons of the European Tour he obtained an automatic selection for the 2016 Ryder Cup.

In August 2020, Sullivan secured his first victory in five years at the English Championship, a new event created as part of a UK Swing after the European Tour reorganised the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. His score of 257 over 72 holes was at the time the lowest score in a European Tour tournament on European soil, beating the previous best of 258, shared by David Llewellyn in 1988 and Ian Woosnam in 1990. [14]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (4)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
111 Jan 2015 South African Open Championship 1−11 (66-70-74-67=277)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel
21 Mar 2015 Joburg Open 1−17 (71-65-68-66=270)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Wallie Coetsee, Flag of England.svg David Howell,
Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Phelan, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl,
Flag of England.svg Anthony Wall
318 Oct 2015 Portugal Masters −23 (64-64-67-66=261)9 strokes Flag of England.svg Chris Wood
49 Aug 2020 English Championship −27 (66-62-64-65=257)7 strokes Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Otaegui

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2015 South African Open Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel Won with birdie on first extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (2)

Legend
Flagship events (1)
Other Sunshine Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
111 Jan 2015
(2014 season)		 South African Open Championship 1−11 (66-70-74-67=277)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel
21 Mar 2015 Joburg Open 1−17 (71-65-68-66=270)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Wallie Coetsee, Flag of England.svg David Howell,
Flag of Ireland.svg Kevin Phelan, Flag of South Africa.svg Jaco van Zyl,
Flag of England.svg Anthony Wall

1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2015 South African Open Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Charl Schwartzel Won with birdie on first extra hole

Clutch Pro Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
116 Jul 2020 Stoneham−7 (65)Playoff Flag of England.svg Richard Bland

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament2015201620172018
Masters Tournament CUTT48
U.S. Open CUTT23
The Open Championship T30T12T70CUT
PGA Championship CUTT49CUTCUT
Tournament201920202021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTNTT26
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000021
PGA Championship 00000051
U.S. Open 00000131
The Open Championship 00000164
Totals000002167

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2016
The Players Championship CUT

CUT = missed the halfway cut

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2015201620172018201920202021
Championship T17T20T68
Match Play T34T18T58NT1T42
Invitational T50
Champions T64T62NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

See also

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  2. ↑ "Andy Sullivan, European Tour profile". European Tour . Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Sullivan takes Tailhade title in playoff". England Golf. Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
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  5. ↑ Northey, Ruth (18 October 2011). Whitaker's Almanack 2012 . A & C Black. p.  1207. ISBN   9781408130124.
  6. ↑ Carter, Iain (11 September 2011). "Walker Cup 2011: GB&I beat USA at Royal Aberdeen". BBC Sport.
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  9. ↑ "European Tour: Alejandro Canizares wins Trophee Hassan II". BBC Sport . 17 March 2014.
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