Brandon Stone

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Brandon Stone
Personal information
Born (1993-04-20) 20 April 1993 (age 31)
Rustenburg, South Africa
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb; 10.2 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Residence Pretoria, South Africa
Career
College University of Texas
Turned professional2013
Current tour(s) European Tour
Sunshine Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
Professional wins5
Highest ranking 67 (12 February 2017) [1]
(as of 21 April 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Sunshine Tour4
Challenge Tour1
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.

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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

Source: [9]

Professional wins (5)

European Tour wins (3)

Legend
Rolex Series (1)
Other European Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
110 Jan 2016 BMW SA Open 1−14 (71-67-65-71=274)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout
24 Dec 2016
(2017 season)		 Alfred Dunhill Championship 1−21 (67-66-66-68=267)6 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Richard Sterne
315 Jul 2018 Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open −20 (70-64-66-60=260)4 strokes Flag of England.svg Eddie Pepperell

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2020 Oman Open Flag of Finland.svg Sami Välimäki Lost to par on third extra hole

Sunshine Tour wins (4)

Legend
Flagship events (2)
Other Sunshine Tour (2)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
122 Nov 2015 Lion of Africa Cape Town Open −16 (73-66-63-70=272)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ockie Strydom
210 Jan 2016 BMW SA Open 1−14 (71-67-65-71=274)2 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Christiaan Bezuidenhout
34 Dec 2016 Alfred Dunhill Championship 1−21 (67-66-66-68=267)6 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Richard Sterne
425 Apr 2021 Limpopo Championship 2−8 (72-69-69-70=280)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker, Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis,
Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder

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

Sunshine Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2021 Limpopo Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker, Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis,
Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder 		Won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
125 Apr 2021 Limpopo Championship 1−8 (72-69-69-70=280)Playoff Flag of South Africa.svg Oliver Bekker, Flag of South Africa.svg Hennie du Plessis,
Flag of South Africa.svg Daniel van Tonder

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–1)

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

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open T35
The Open Championship CUTT70T61
PGA Championship CUTCUTT12
Tournament201920202021
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship CUTCUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTNT
  Did not play

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

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20172018201920202021
Championship T67T60T44
Match Play NT1
Invitational T53
Champions 76T46NT1NT1

1Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

  Did not play

NT = No tournament
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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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.
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