Haydn Porteous | |||
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![]() Porteous at the 2018 Nordea Masters | |||
Personal information | |||
Born | 8 July 1994 | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) | ||
Sporting nationality | ![]() | ||
Residence | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||
Career | |||
Turned professional | 2013 | ||
Current tour(s) | Challenge Tour Sunshine Tour | ||
Former tour(s) | European Tour | ||
Professional wins | 5 | ||
Number of wins by tour | |||
European Tour | 2 | ||
Sunshine Tour | 2 | ||
Challenge Tour | 1 | ||
Other | 1 | ||
Best results in major championships | |||
Masters Tournament | DNP | ||
PGA Championship | DNP | ||
U.S. Open | DNP | ||
The Open Championship | T30: 2016 | ||
Achievements and awards | |||
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Haydn Porteous (born 8 July 1994) is a South African professional golfer.
Porteous won many amateur tournaments in South Africa, including the South African Stroke Play in 2012 and 2013. He represented his country, together with Zander Lombard and Brandon Stone, at the 2012 Eisenhower Trophy in Antalya, Turkey. [1]
He was the top-ranked South African amateur player when he turned professional in 2013. [2] [3]
Porteous has played on the Sunshine Tour and the Challenge Tour. He won the 2015 Barclays Kenya Open on the Challenge Tour. [2] [3]
In January 2016, Porteous won his maiden European Tour title with a two-stroke victory on home soil at the Joburg Open. [4] This was a co-sanctioned event with the Sunshine Tour. Following Brandon Stone's win the previous week, Porteous' win was the second consecutive European Tour win by a South African first-time winner.
In January 2018, Porteous reached a career best 166th in the Official World Golf Ranking. [5]
Source: [6]
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 17 Jan 2016 | Joburg Open 1 | −18 (66-66-68-69=269) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 3 Sep 2017 | D+D Real Czech Masters | −13 (70-69-67-69=275) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 17 Jan 2016 | Joburg Open 1 | −18 (66-66-68-69=269) | 2 strokes | ![]() |
2 | 12 Mar 2016 | Investec Cup | −12 (69-68-68-71=276) | 1 stroke | ![]() |
1Co-sanctioned by the European Tour
Sunshine Tour playoff record (0–1)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponents | Result |
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1 | 2014 | Vodacom Origins of Golf at Wild Coast | ![]() ![]() | de Jager won with par on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 12 Apr 2015 | Barclays Kenya Open | −17 (66-65-72-68=271) | Playoff | ![]() |
Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)
No. | Year | Tournament | Opponent | Result |
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1 | 2015 | Barclays Kenya Open | ![]() | Won with eagle on first extra hole |
No. | Date | Tournament | Winning score | Margin of victory | Runner-up |
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1 | 10 Jul 2013 | Winter Challenge Houghton GC (as an amateur) | −5 (67-70-74=211) | 8 strokes | ![]() |
Tournament | 2016 |
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Masters Tournament | |
U.S. Open | |
The Open Championship | T30 |
PGA Championship |
CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
Tournament | 2017 |
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Championship | |
Match Play | |
Invitational | |
Champions | T38 |
"T" = Tied