Eddie Pepperell

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Eddie Pepperell
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Pepperell in 2023
Personal information
Full nameEdward Louis Pepperell
Born (1991-01-22) 22 January 1991 (age 33)
Oxford, England
Height5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Abingdon, England
Spouse
Jennifer Rhodes
​
(m. 2024)​
Career
Turned professional2011
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 32 (7 July 2019) [1]
(as of 24 November 2024)
Number of wins by tour
European Tour2
Challenge Tour1
Other1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T51: 2019
PGA Championship T59: 2018
U.S. Open T16: 2017
The Open Championship T6: 2018

Edward Louis Pepperell (born 22 January 1991) is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. In February 2018, he won his first European Tour event at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters. In October 2018, he won his second European Tour event at the Sky Sports British Masters.

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Amateur career

Pepperell had a prominent amateur career, including finishing runner-up in the Boys Amateur Championship in 2009. [2]

Professional career

Pepperell turned professional in 2011 but failed to earn a place on either the European or Challenge Tours, and he began 2012 playing on the mini-tours. However he received an invitation to the Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne in May, the fourth event on the Challenge Tour schedule. He went on to win the event in a sudden-death playoff over Jeppe Huldahl and as a result secured his membership on the Challenge Tour.

In 2013, Pepperell placed tied 6th at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and the next day won through the qualifier for the U.S. Open at Walton Heath to win a place in his first major. [3]

Pepperell lost in a three-man sudden-death playoff at the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open in May 2015. On a very difficult final day in windy conditions, Pepperell shot a two-under 69, while all the other leaders were shooting over-par rounds, to come from seven strokes behind and join the playoff. Søren Kjeldsen won with a birdie on the first extra hole, after Pepperell and Bernd Wiesberger could not get up and down for birdie from the greenside areas. This was Pepperell's best-ever showing on the European Tour at the time and qualified him for the 2015 Open Championship, as the Irish Open was one of the Open Qualifying Series. [4] He also entered the world top-100, getting him an invitation to play in the 2015 PGA Championship. In the summer of 2015 Pepperell finished tied for fourth in the Aberdeen Asset Management Scottish Open and tied for third in the KLM Open, lifting him to a career-high world ranking of 80.

From the summer of 2015 to early 2017, Pepperell's best performances on the European Tour were 8th places and he dropped out of the world top-500. However, he qualified for the 2017 U.S. Open through the European sectional qualifying at Walton Heath and had his best performance in a major championship, finishing tied for 16th.

In February 2018, Pepperell broke through and won his maiden European Tour event at the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters by a single stroke over Oliver Fisher. The win came in his 129th start on the tour. Later in 2018 he was runner-up in the Aberdeen Standard Investments Scottish Open, a result which earned him a place in the 2018 Open Championship the following week, where he tied for sixth at five-under-par after a final round 67, the best of the day. [5] On 14 October 2018, Pepperell shot 72 to go wire-to-wire and hold off the challenge of Alexander Björk and win his second European Tour title of the season at the Sky Sports British Masters at Walton Heath Golf Club. [6] With the victory, Pepperell moved to a career best 33rd in the Official World Golf Ranking.

Pepperell finished runner-up at the Hero Open in July 2022, one shot behind Sean Crocker. It was his first top-5 finish since 2019. [7]

Personal life

Pepperell has been in a relationship with Jennifer Rhodes since he was 16. [8] They married in 2024. [9]

During 2020, Pepperell did a podcast alongside Andrew Cotter called The Pepper Pod, discussing golf matters and various other affairs. [10] In 2023, they both began a new podcast; The Chipping Forecast, alongside BBC broadcaster, Iain Carter. [11]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
125 Feb 2018 Commercial Bank Qatar Masters −18 (65-69-66-70=270)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Oliver Fisher
214 Oct 2018 Sky Sports British Masters −9 (67-69-71-72=279)2 strokes Flag of Sweden.svg Alexander Björk

European Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2015 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Flag of Denmark.svg Søren Kjeldsen, Flag of Austria.svg Bernd Wiesberger Kjeldsen won with birdie on first extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
113 May 2012 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne −3 (67-71-71-68=277)Playoff Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Huldahl

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 2012 Allianz Open Côtes d'Armor Bretagne Flag of Denmark.svg Jeppe Huldahl Won with par on first extra hole

Other wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
18 Aug 2014Farmfoods British Par 3 Championship−7 (52-49=101)Playoff Flag of England.svg Jak Hamblett

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order in 2020.

Tournament201320142015201620172018
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUTT16
The Open Championship T49T6
PGA Championship CUTT59
Tournament20192020
Masters Tournament T51
PGA Championship CUT
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship 71NT
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" indicates a tie for a place
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament 00000011
PGA Championship 00000031
U.S. Open 00000131
The Open Championship 00001133
Totals000012106

Results in The Players Championship

Tournament2019
The Players Championship T3
  Top 10

"T" indicates a tie for a place.

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament2019
Championship T67
Match Play T56
Invitational T51
Champions
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Amateur

See also

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  2. ↑ Tom Lewis wins British Boys Championship Archived 2015-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Khan leads US Open qualifiers at Walton Heath". PGA European Tour. 27 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Open 2015: Eddie Pepperell and Tyrrell Hatton set for St Andrews". BBC Sport . 1 June 2015. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
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  6. ↑ "Pepperell the master at Walton Health". PGA European Tour. 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Crocker holds off Pepperell to win Hero Open". RTE. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ↑ Cleary, Tom (17 March 2019). "Jennifer Rhodes, Eddie Pepperell's Girlfriend: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know". heavy.com. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Eddie Pepperell encouraged he can bounce back at Qualifying School as he vows to learn". European Tour. 30 October 2024. Retrieved 11 December 2024.
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