Liam Johnston

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Liam Johnston
Personal information
Born (1993-01-26) 26 January 1993 (age 31)
Dumfries, Scotland
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sporting nationalityFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Residence Dumfries, Scotland
Career
College University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Turned professional2017
Current tour(s) Challenge Tour
Former tour(s) European Tour
Professional wins4
Number of wins by tour
Challenge Tour3
Other1
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
European Golf Team Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gleneagles Mixed team

Liam Johnston (born 26 January 1993) is a Scottish professional golfer. He won the Kazakhstan Open and Match Play 9 on the Challenge Tour in 2018.

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Amateur career

Johnston had a successful junior career and finished second on the Scottish Boys Order of Merit in 2010 and 2011. He was runner-up at the 2011 Scottish Boys Match Play and the 2011 Scottish Boys Stroke Play. He attended the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga between 2011 and 2015 and graduated with a degree in psychology. He was All-Southern Conference performer with the Chattanooga Mocs men's golf team in 2014 and 2015. [1]

Johnston represented Scotland in the Men's Home Internationals in 2016 and 2017, both times losing to Ireland, and at the 2017 European Amateur Team Championship, where he lost to Sweden in the quarter final together with Craig Howie, Ryan Lumsden, Robert MacIntyre, Jamie Stewart and Connor Syme. [2]

He had a successful 2017 and won the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship and the Scottish Amateur Stroke Play Championship. [3]

Professional career

Johnston turned professional in late 2017 and played on the Challenge Tour in 2018. He won twice, at the Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 in May and the Kazakhstan Open in September. He finished 10th in the Order of Merit to gain a place on the European Tour for 2019 as one of the 15 2018 Challenge Tour graduates.

Johnston also won a silver medal at the 2018 European Golf Team Championships at Gleneagles, together with a Great Britain made up of Connor Syme, Michele Thomson and Meghan MacLaren. [4]

His best finish on the European Tour in 2019 was joint fifth in the D+D Real Czech Masters, and he finished 148th in the Order of Merit. [5]

In 2020 Johnston fired a career best 61 to lead by a single shot at the end of the first day of the Portugal Masters. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [3]

Professional wins (4)

Challenge Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
120 May 2018 Andalucía Costa del Sol Match Play 9 1 up Flag of Scotland.svg Grant Forrest
216 Sep 2018 Kazakhstan Open −24 (66-67-64-67=264)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Tom Murray
312 Jun 2022 Empordà Challenge −13 (71-65-64-67=267)2 strokes Flag of England.svg Todd Clements

Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
15 Feb 2018 Open Prestigia−13 (71-64-68=203)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Jonas Kölbing

Team appearances

Amateur

Professional

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References

  1. ↑ "Men's Golf Roster: Liam Johnston". University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "European Amateur Team Championship Results, 2017 - Diamond CC, Austria". European Golf Association. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Liam Johnston". WAGR. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "Ice-cool Iceland win gold in mixed event". PGA European Tour. 25 January 2022.
  5. ↑ "Liam Johnston Career Record". European Tour. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Johnston leads by one after spotless 61". European Tour. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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