Bryden Macpherson

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Bryden Macpherson
Personal information
Born (1990-08-07) 7 August 1990 (age 34)
Melbourne, Australia
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 11 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Career
College University of Georgia
Turned professional2012
Current tour(s) Web.com Tour
PGA Tour of Australasia
Former tour(s) OneAsia Tour
PGA Tour China
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour of Australasia2
Other3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament CUT: 2012
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2011, 2014
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour China
Order of Merit winner 		2015

Bryden Macpherson (born 7 August 1990) is an Australian professional golfer best known for winning The Amateur Championship in 2011.

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Amateur career

Macpherson was born in Melbourne, Australia. He won the Dunes Medal in 2008, an amateur event in Australia, and set two course records in the process, shooting a 64 and then bettering it with a 63. He enrolled at the University of Georgia in 2009 and was named Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year and was also named to the second All-SEC team. He also won the Australian Amateur Stroke Play and the New Zealand Amateur Stroke Play in 2009. In 2010, he represented his country for the Eisenhower Trophy, the premier world amateur team golf championship. Macpherson won The Amateur Championship in 2011. This victory earned him a spot in the 2011 Open Championship and the 2012 Masters Tournament. He missed the cut at the Open by a stroke.

Professional career

Macpherson turned professional following the 2012 Masters Tournament. By doing so, he forfeited his invitation to the 2012 U.S. Open. [1]

He qualified for the 2014 Open Championship after a T-4 finish at the 2013 Australian Open. (The Australian Open was an International Qualifying Tournament for The Open. [2] ) He missed the cut after rounds of 90 and 80, [3] leaving him 26-over-par. His round of 90 was the highest score in the opening round for 15 years. [4]

Macpherson had status on three different professional tours for 2014 (PGA Tour China, PGA Tour of Australasia, OneAsia Tour). He was the first active PGA Tour China member to play in a major. Macpherson qualified for the Web.com Tour for the 2015 season. After failing to retain his Web.com Tour privileges, he returned to PGA Tour China where he won twice and finished the season leading the Order of Merit, earning him a return to the Web.com Tour for 2016. Macpherson had a disappointing 2016 season, lost his Web.com Tour card and played on the China Tour in 2017, winning the Fragrant Hills Beijing Open and finishing second in the Order of Merit.

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
111 Feb 2021 Moonah Links PGA Classic −18 (69-69-68-64=270)1 stroke Flag of Australia (converted).svg Justin Warren
228 Mar 2021 Golf Challenge NSW Open −18 (66-67-65-68=266)3 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Elvis Smylie, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jack Thompson

China Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
127 Sep 2015 Cadillac Championship−16 (72-63-69-68=272)3 strokes Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Byung-min
211 Oct 2015Lushan Open−8 (68-68-68-68=272)3 strokes Flag of the United States.svg T. K. Kim, Flag of the United States.svg Sejun Yoon
325 Jun 2017 Fragrant Hills Beijing Open−14 (71-66-69-64=270)Playoff Flag of South Korea.svg Cho Rak-hyun

Playoff record

Asian Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2017 KG S&H City Asian Golf Championship Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Xiao Bowen Lost to birdie on second extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2011201220132014
Masters Tournament CUT
U.S. Open
The Open Championship CUTCUT
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

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  2. ↑ "Emirates Australian Open". The Open. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "143rd Open – Royal Liverpool 2014 – Results table". The Open.
  4. ↑ Walton, Greg (17 July 2014). "The Open 2014: Bryden Macpherson is sunk by the yips on the way to embarrassing 90". The Daily Telegraph.
  5. ↑ Betscher, Fatiha (2 April 2012). "MacPherson becomes first Aussie to reign supreme at Georgia Cup" . Retrieved 30 November 2013.
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