| Ashley Chesters | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ashley John Warburton Chesters |
| Born | 25 August 1989 Shrewsbury, England |
| Sporting nationality |  England |
| Career | |
| Turned professional | 2015 |
| Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour |
| Former tour(s) | European Tour |
| Best results in major championships | |
| Masters Tournament | DNP |
| PGA Championship | DNP |
| U.S. Open | DNP |
| The Open Championship | T12: 2015 |
Ashley John Warburton Chesters (born 25 August 1989) is an English professional golfer.
Chesters won the European Amateur in 2014 and 2015, the first golfer to win it twice. [1] These wins qualified him for the 2014 and 2015 Open Championships. In 2014 he scored 70 and 77 to miss the cut by one stroke. In 2015 Chesters scored 71 and 72 to make the cut and then scored 67 and 69 to finished tied for 12th place. [2]
In 2014 Chesters played in the Bonallack Trophy, the St Andrews Trophy and the Eisenhower Trophy. He played in the 2015 Walker Cup at Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club, scoring 3½ points in a Great Britain and Ireland team that won 16½–9½.
Chesters turned professional after the 2015 Walker Cup. In 2016 he played on the Challenge Tour. He finished tied for 16th place in the 2016 European Tour Qualifying School to earn his place on the 2017 European Tour.
Since joining the European Tour in 2017 his best finish has been 4th place in the 2018 Andalucía Valderrama Masters.
Source: [3]
| Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Open Championship | CUT | T12 | NT | CUT |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Note: Chesters only played in The Open Championship.
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