Brandon Robinson-Thompson

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Brandon Robinson-Thompson
Personal information
Born (1992-08-25) 25 August 1992 (age 32)
Totland Bay, Isle of Wight, England
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Career
College Morningside College
University of South Carolina Aiken
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) EuropeanTour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
PGA Tour Latinoamérica
MENA Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Clutch Pro Tour
Professional wins7
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2
Other5
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2024
The Open Championship 59th: 2023
Achievements and awards
Peach Belt Conference
Player of the Year		2015
Medal record
Island Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Isle of Wight Men's individual
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2011 Isle of Wight Men's team

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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Early life and college career

Robinson-Thompson was born in Totland Bay, Isle of Wight in 1992, and educated at Carisbrooke College. He attended Morningside College 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

Robinson-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

Source: [7]

Professional wins (7)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
130 Jul 2023 Irish Challenge −12 (69-64-72-67=272)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Will Enefer, Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Gumberg
211 Aug 2024 Farmfoods Scottish Challenge −22 (67-67-62-66=262)8 strokes Flag of Denmark.svg Hamish Brown

Clutch Pro Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
11 Jun 2023 Galvin Green Championship−4 (68-68=136)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Curtis Knipes
222 Jun 2023 Northern Ireland Open −9 (63-69-69=201)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Daniel Smith
330 Jun 2023Machynys−12 (68-66-70=204)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Jake Ayres, Flag of England.svg Sam Broadhurst,
Flag of England.svg Jake Burnage

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
124 Jul 2022 Glal.uk Worcestershire Masters−7 (70-66-73=209)2 strokes Flag of England.svg James Allan, Flag of England.svg Joe Brooks,
Flag of Scotland.svg Jeff Wright

MENA Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
17 Feb 2023 Egyptian Swing 2−11 (65-67-67=199)4 strokes Flag of Italy.svg Jacopo Vecchi Fossa

Results in major championships

Tournament20232024
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship 59
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

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References

  1. ↑ "Men's Golf Roster: Brandon Robinson-Thompson". South Carolina Aiken Athletics. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Brandon Robinson Thompson Bio". The R&A. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  3. ↑ Broughton, Jamie (21 July 2023). "The Open: Brandon Robinson Thompson takes grandfather to Royal Liverpool on debut". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Moon, Andrew (13 June 2024). "'I can compete at this level' - Robinson-Thompson". BBC Sport. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Robinson Thompson looking to continue meteoric golfing rise at St. Mellion". PGA European Tour. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. ↑ "Brandon Robinson-Thompson". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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