Dan Bradbury

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Dan Bradbury
Personal information
Full nameDaniel John Bradbury
Born (1999-07-26) 26 July 1999 (age 25)
Wakefield, England
Height6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Wakefield, England
Career
College Lincoln Memorial University
Florida State University
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins2
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Sunshine Tour1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship CUT: 2023, 2024

Daniel John Bradbury (born 26 July 1999) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He claimed his first win as a professional in his third European Tour start at the 2022 Joburg Open.

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Amateur career

Bradbury attended Lincoln Memorial University from 2017 to 2021, where he was the 2020 and 2021 South Atlantic Conference Men's Athlete of the Year. [1] He played his final collegiate season at Florida State University in 2022. [2]

Professional career

Bradbury turned professional in July 2022 and made his first start at the Cazoo Classic, played at Hillside Golf Club in Southport. He missed the cut. [3] In November 2022, in his third start on the European Tour and playing on a sponsor's invite, Bradbury won the Joburg Open, an event also co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour. He shot a final score of 263 (21 under par) to win by three shots ahead of Sami Välimäki. The win also gained him an exemption into the 2023 Open Championship. [4]

Amateur wins

Source: [1] [5]

Professional wins (2)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
127 Nov 2022
(2023 season)
Joburg Open 1−21 (63-66-67-67=263)3 strokes Flag of Finland.svg Sami Välimäki
213 Oct 2024 FedEx Open de France −16 (67-66-69-66=268)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Sam Bairstow, Flag of Denmark.svg Thorbjørn Olesen,
Flag of Germany.svg Yannik Paul, Flag of Denmark.svg Jeff Winther

1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

Results in major championships

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

CUT = missed the half-way cut

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References

  1. 1 2 "Dan Bradbury". Lincoln Memorial Railsplitters . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. Caradonna, Taylor (2 March 2022). "Home Away From Home: Dan Bradbury's Journey to Tallahassee". Florida State Seminoles . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. Westby, Nick (21 July 2022). "Patient wait over as Wakefield's Dan Bradbury takes first steps DP World Tour at Cazoo English Open". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. "Fairy-tale win for Dan Bradbury at Joburg Open on DP World Tour". Gulf News. 27 November 2022. Retrieved 27 November 2022 via MSN.
  5. "Dan Bradbury". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 27 November 2022.