John Bickerton

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John Bickerton
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Personal information
Full nameJohn Edward Bickerton
Born (1969-12-23) 23 December 1969 (age 54)
Redditch, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg; 14.0 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Luxborough, England
SpouseAnnette
Children1
Career
Turned professional1991
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins4
Highest ranking 89 (2 July 2006) [1]
Number of wins by tour
European Tour3
Challenge Tour2
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship CUT: 2006
U.S. Open DNP
The Open Championship T48: 2006

John Edward Bickerton (born 23 December 1969) is an English professional golfer. He made over 400 appearances on the European Tour, winning three times, including the 2006 Open de France.

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Early life and amateur career

Bickerton was born in Redditch, England. He won the 1990 Midland Open Amateur Championship and turned professional in 1991. [2] [3]

Professional career

Bickerton joined the Challenge Tour, Europe's second tier professional golf tour, in 1993. He won the 1994 Gore-Tex Challenge after a playoff, and was runner-up in the Dutch Challenge Open, on his way to 6th on the season-ending money list, which gave him automatic promotion to the European Tour for 1995. [3] He initially struggled to establish himself at Europe's top level, returning to the Challenge Tour in 1997. In 1998, he was runner-up in the Challenge Tour Championship and had a number of other high finishes, leaving him 9th in the end-of-season rankings and a return to the European Tour in 1999. [3]

Bickerton was twice runner-up on the 1999 European Tour, losing in a playoff for the Algarve Portuguese Open and also having a solo second place in the Compass Group English Open, behind Darren Clarke. With three fourth-place finishes he ended 20th in the Order of Merit. [3] His high finish in the 1999 Order of Merit gave him a place in the Great Britain & Ireland team in the inaugural Seve Trophy in April 2000. [4]

After his two second-place finishes in 1999, Bickerton has further runner-up finishes in the 2001 Madeira Island Open, the 2002 Celtic Manor Resort Wales Open and in the 2002 BMW International Open. [3] After 287 events he won on the European Tour for the first time in October 2005, at the Abama Open de Canarias, a dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour. [5] In April 2006 he was runner-up to Niclas Fasth in the Andalucía Open de España Valle Romano, losing in a playoff. [3] In July 2006 he claimed his second tour title at one of the European Tour's richest events, the Open de France, winning by a stroke from Pádraig Harrington, and taking the first prize of €666,660. [6] After this win, Bickerton entered the top 100 in the world rankings and received invitations to the 2006 Open Championship and the 2006 PGA Championship. He finished tied for the 48th place in the Open, his best result in a major championship, but missed the cut in the PGA Championship. Bickerton had his third European Tour win in December 2007, at the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa, winning by a stroke from Ernie Els and Lee Slattery. [3]

Bickerton played regularly on the European Tour from 1999 to 2009, eventually making over 400 appearances. [3] His best finishes on the European Tour Order of Merit were 20th in both 1999 and 2006. [3] From 2010 his appearances on the tour were limited by an elbow injury, and he eventually gave up his place on the tour. [7] After leaving the European Tour, Bickerton became the resident professional at Minehead and West Somerset Golf Club in Somerset. [7]

Amateur wins

Professional wins (4)

European Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
19 Oct 2005 Abama Open de Canarias 1−10 (69-68-69-68=274)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Michael Kirk, Flag of England.svg Stuart Little
22 Jul 2006 Open de France Alstom −11 (63-70-71-69=273)1 stroke Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington
39 Dec 2007
(2008 season)		 Alfred Dunhill Championship 2−13 (70-69-68-68=275)1 stroke Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els, Flag of England.svg Lee Slattery

1Dual-ranking event with the Challenge Tour
2Co-sanctioned by the Sunshine Tour

European Tour playoff record (0–2)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1999 Algarve Portuguese Open Flag of England.svg Van Phillips Lost to par on first extra hole
2 2006 Andalucía Open de España Valle Romano Flag of Sweden.svg Niclas Fasth Lost to birdie on fourth extra hole

Challenge Tour wins (2)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
126 Aug 1994 Gore-Tex Challenge −12 (70-70-67-73=280)Playoff Flag of Scotland.svg Lee Vannet
29 Oct 2005 Abama Open de Canarias 1−10 (69-68-69-68=274)5 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Michael Kirk, Flag of England.svg Stuart Little

1Dual-ranking event with the European Tour

Challenge Tour playoff record (1–0)

No.YearTournamentOpponentResult
1 1994 Gore-Tex Challenge Flag of Scotland.svg Lee Vannet Won with par on fourth extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament19951996199719981999
The Open Championship CUT
PGA Championship
Tournament20002001200220032004200520062007
The Open Championship CUTCUTCUTT60T48CUT
PGA Championship CUT

Note: Bickerton never played in the Masters Tournament or the U.S. Open.

  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20062007
Match Play
Championship T45T50
Invitational T66
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

Team appearances

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Week 26 2006 Ending 2 Jul 2006" (pdf). OWGR . Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Midland Open Amateur Championship Past Winners". Midland Golf Union. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "John Bickerton". European Tour. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "The Teams". European Tour. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Bickerton Makes Winning Breakthrough in Tenerife". European Tour. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  6. ↑ "Bickerton earns French Open win". BBC Sport. 2 July 2006. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Maiden West win for Bickerton". The PGA. 29 September 2015.
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