Daniel Nisbet

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Daniel Nisbet
Personal information
Born (1990-09-13) 13 September 1990 (age 33)
Redcliffe, Queensland, Australia
Height5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight191 lb (87 kg)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Residence Brisbane, Australia
Career
Turned professional2012
Former tour(s) PGA Tour of Australasia
PGA Tour China
Asian Tour
Professional wins5
Number of wins by tour
Asian Tour1
PGA Tour of Australasia3
Other2
Achievements and awards
Australian Junior Order of Merit2006

Daniel Nisbet (born 13 September 1990) is a professional golfer from Australia. He has three wins on the PGA Tour of Australasia, including the 2018 New Zealand Open, an event co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour.

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Early life and amateur career

Nisbet was born in 1990 and grew up on a golf course, Caboolture Golf Club, and started playing golf early. [1] He had success as an amateur and won the Australian Junior Order of Merit in 2006. [2] In 2008, he won the Australian Boys' Amateur and Handa Junior Masters. [3]

In 2012, he lost the final of the Australian Amateur to Marcel Schneider, and finished runner-up at the Australian Master of the Amateurs at Royal Melbourne Golf Club. [4] [5]

Nisbet represented Australia at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy together with Cameron Smith and Matt Stieger. [6]

Professional career

Nisbet turned professional in 2012 and joined the PGA Tour of Australasia. In his rookie season, he was runner-up at the 2012 NSW PGA Championship, three strokes behind Matt Stieger. He tied for 3rd at the WA Open Championship in 2014 and 2015. In April 2015, he won his first professional title, the PGA of Australia's Morobe Open in Papua New Guinea. [7]

In 2016, he played on the PGA Tour China, where he won the Clearwater Bay Open in Hong Kong, after he rolled in a 10-foot putt for eagle on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. [8]

On the 2018 PGA Tour of Australasia, Nisbet won two tournaments, the New Zealand Open and the MMC Northern Territory PGA Championship, and finished the season a career-best third on the Order of Merit. [9]

In 2019, he won his third PGA Tour of Australasia title, the Queensland PGA Championship, by six strokes. [10]

Personal life

Nisbet first met his wife when they were 12 and 11 years old, playing in a junior golf tournament. They started dating seven years later and got married in 2016. [1]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (5)

Asian Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
14 Mar 2018 ISPS Handa New Zealand Open 1−27 (63-66-67-62=258)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Pilkadaris

1Co-sanctioned by the PGA Tour of Australasia

PGA Tour of Australasia wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
14 Mar 2018 ISPS Handa New Zealand Open 1−27 (63-66-67-62=258)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Terry Pilkadaris
219 Aug 2018 MMC Northern Territory PGA Championship −19 (64-69-69-63=265)2 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Gale, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Damien Jordan
324 Feb 2019 Coca-Cola Queensland PGA Championship −24 (66-63-63-64=256)6 strokes Flag of Australia (converted).svg Harrison Endycott, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Deyen Lawson

1Co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour

PGA Tour China wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
16 Nov 2016 Clearwater Bay Open−19 (69-67-65-64=265)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Alexander Kang

Other wins (1)

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2019
Champions 77

Team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. 1 2 "Daniel Nisbet Bio". PGA Tour. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  2. ↑ "Daniel Nisbet Wins 2006 Junior Order of Merit". Golf Australia. 16 November 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  3. ↑ "2008 MasterCard Junior Masters". iseekgolf.com. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ↑ "Marcel Schneider wins Australian Amateur". Amateurgolf.com. 22 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "2012 Australian Men's Amateur Championship" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Team/Player Leaderboard". Golfstat. 1 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Daniel Nisbet Wins Morobe Open 2015". 26 April 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  8. ↑ "Nisbet's play-off eagle seals Hong Kong victory". Golf Australia. 6 November 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  9. ↑ "Scintillating final round earns Daniel Nisbet NZ Open title". NZ Herald. 4 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Daniel Nisbet cruises to Queensland PGA victory". Australian Golf Digest. 24 February 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2024.
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