Brandon Stone

Brandon Stone
Personal information
Born	(1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 32) Rustenburg, South Africa
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationality	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Career
College	University of Texas
Turned professional	2013
Current tours	European Tour Sunshine Tour
Former tour	Challenge Tour
Professional wins	5
Highest ranking	67 (12 February 2017) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour	3
Sunshine Tour	4
Challenge Tour	1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament	DNP
PGA Championship	T12: 2018
U.S. Open	T35: 2017
The Open Championship	T61: 2018
Achievements and awards
Sunshine Tour Order of Merit winner 2016–17

Brandon Stone (born 20 April 1993) is a South African professional golfer who plays on the European Tour and Sunshine Tour. He represented South Africa at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Amateur career

Stone won several amateur tournaments in South Africa and played on the 2012 South Africa Eisenhower Trophy team. He played one year of college golf at the University of Texas, winning three events, before turning professional in 2013. ^{[2] [3]}

Professional career

In 2015, Stone played on the Sunshine Tour and Challenge Tour. He finished 14th on the Challenge Tour rankings, aided by second-place finishes at the Barclays Kenya Open and GANT Open and graduated to the European Tour. ^[4] In November 2015, he earned his first professional win at the Sunshine Tour's Lion of Africa Cape Town Open. ^[5]

In January 2016, making his second European Tour start as a full member, Stone won the South African Open by two strokes. The event was co-sanctioned with the Sunshine Tour.

In July 2017, Stone employed Alan Burns as his full time caddie commencing with The Open Championship. He had previously worked with Burns at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in December 2015. ^[6]

He won the 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open at Gullane with a final-round 60, tying the European Tour record, after narrowly missing a birdie putt on the final hole that would have given him a 59. ^[7]

In April 2021, Stone won the Limpopo Championship after a four-man playoff, making a birdie at the first extra hole. ^[8]

Amateur wins

• 2010 Boland Open, Southern Cape Amateur
• 2011 Prince's Grant Invitational, North West Open, Limpopo Open, Ekurhuleni Open
• 2012 KwaZulu Natal Open, Prince's Grant Invitational, Sanlam Cape Province Open, Carpet Capital Collegiate
• 2013 Bayou City Collegiate, Big 12 Championship

Source: ^[9]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (3)

Legend
Rolex Series (1)
Other European Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner-up
1	10 Jan 2016	BMW SA Open 1	−14 (71-67-65-71=274)	2 strokes	Christiaan Bezuidenhout
2	4 Dec 2016 (2017 season)	Alfred Dunhill Championship 1	−21 (67-66-66-68=267)	6 strokes	Richard Sterne
3	15 Jul 2018	Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open	−20 (70-64-66-60=260)	4 strokes	Eddie Pepperell

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Result
1	2020	Oman Open	Sami Välimäki	Lost to par on third extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (4)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Other Sunshine Tour (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
1	22 Nov 2015	Lion of Africa Cape Town Open	−16 (73-66-63-70=272)	5 strokes	Ockie Strydom
2	10 Jan 2016	BMW SA Open 1	−14 (71-67-65-71=274)	2 strokes	Christiaan Bezuidenhout
3	4 Dec 2016	Alfred Dunhill Championship 1	−21 (67-66-66-68=267)	6 strokes	Richard Sterne
4	25 Apr 2021	Limpopo Championship 2	−8 (72-69-69-70=280)	Playoff	Oliver Bekker, Hennie du Plessis, Daniel van Tonder

¹Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
²Co-sanctioned by the Challenge Tour

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponents	Result
1	2021	Limpopo Championship	Oliver Bekker, Hennie du Plessis, Daniel van Tonder	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Winning score	Margin of victory	Runners-up
1	25 Apr 2021	Limpopo Championship 1	−8 (72-69-69-70=280)	Playoff	Oliver Bekker, Hennie du Plessis, Daniel van Tonder

¹Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent(s)	Result
1	2015	Barclays Kenya Open	Haydn Porteous	Lost to eagle on first extra hole
2	2021	Limpopo Championship	Oliver Bekker, Hennie du Plessis, Daniel van Tonder	Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open		T35
The Open Championship	CUT	T70	T61
PGA Championship	CUT	CUT	T12

Tournament	2019	2020	2021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship	CUT		CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship	CUT	NT

  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Championship	T67	T60			T44
Match Play				NT1
Invitational		T53
Champions	76	T46		NT1	NT1

¹Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

• Eisenhower Trophy (representing South Africa): 2012

See also

• 2015 Challenge Tour graduates
• 2023 Challenge Tour graduates

References

1. "Week 6 2017 Ending 12 Feb 2017" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
2. "Brandon Stone". Texas Longhorns Athletics. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
3. Lavner, Ryan (5 June 2013). "Freshman of the Year Stone turns professional". Golf Channel. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
4. "Brandon Stone – Career Record". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
5. "Stone takes memorable maiden win". Sport24. 22 November 2015.
6. "Brandon praises caddy Alan Burns". Sunshine Tour. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
7. "Brandon Stone". European Tour. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
8. "Stone takes playoff victory in Limpopo Championship". Sport 24. 25 April 2021.
9. "Brandon Stone". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

External links

• Brandon Stone at the Sunshine Tour official site
• Brandon Stone at the European Tour official site
• Brandon Stone at the Official World Golf Ranking official site