Conor Purcell

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Conor Purcell
Personal information
Born (1997-06-20) 20 June 1997 (age 28)
County Dublin, Ireland
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Ireland.svg  Ireland
Residence Malahide, County Dublin, Ireland
Career
College University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Turned professional2019
Current tour European Tour
Former tours Challenge Tour
Alps Tour
MENA Golf Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour2

Conor Purcell (born 20 June 1997) is an Irish professional golfer and European Tour player. He has won two titles on the Challenge Tour. [1]

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Early life and amateur career

Purcell was born in Dublin, where his father Joey became a club professional at Portmarnock Golf Club in 1991, after playing on the European Tour. As a 12-year-old, Purcell was Ireland's best tennis player in his age group, but switched focus to golf at 13. [2]

Purcell had a successful amateur career and won the Men's Home Internationals with Ireland in 2016 and 2017, and the 2018 St Andrews Trophy with Great Britain and Ireland. In 2018, he was semi-finalist at The Amateur Championship, and runner-up at the Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship. In 2019, he was runner-up at the Irish Amateur Open Championship and become the first Irish winner of the Australian Amateur at Woodlands GC in Melbourne. [2]

He enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte in 2016 and played two years with the Charlotte 49ers men's golf team, where he was Conference USA All-Freshman Team and Conference USA First Team selections. [3]

Professional career

Purcell turned professional in 2019 and joined the 2020 MENA Golf Tour, where he tied for 3rd at the Newgiza Open in Egypt. [4] On the 2022 Alps Tour, he was runner-up at the Ein Bay Open, two strokes behind Stefano Mazzoli. [5]

In 2021, Purcell joined the Challenge Tour where he was runner-up at the 2023 Dormy Open, before winning twice in 2024, including the Northern Ireland Open, to graduate to the 2025 European Tour. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [7]

Professional wins (2)

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
128 Jul 2024 Black Desert NI Open −13 (66-65-65-71=267)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Joakim Lagergren
220 Oct 2024 Hangzhou Open 1−18 (63-69-67-67=266)1 stroke Flag of Spain.svg Ángel Ayora, Flag of Finland.svg Oliver Lindell,
Flag of England.svg Jack Senior

1Co-sanctioned by the China Tour

Team appearances

Amateur

Source: [7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Conor Purcell Player Profile". PGA European Tour. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Gilleece, Dermot (28 January 2019). "Purcell clan revels in sweet success of a talent realised". Irish Independent. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Men's Golf Roster: Conor Purcell". Charlotte 49ers. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Craven, John (13 February 2020). "Purcell pleased with efforts despite falling short of maiden pro title". Irish Golfer Magazine. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  5. ↑ McKendry, Adam (24 February 2022). "Purcell kicks off season with second place finish on Alps". Irish Golfer Magazine. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Kelly, Dave (31 December 2024). "'I've earned my stripes' - Next level awaits for Conor Purcell after earning DP World Tour card". RTÉ. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  7. 1 2 "Conor Purcell". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
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