Marcus Armitage

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Marcus Armitage
Personal information
Full nameMarcus Ashley Philip Armitage
NicknameThe Bullet [1]
Born (1987-07-15) 15 July 1987 (age 36)
Salford, Greater Manchester, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb; 14 st)
Sporting nationalityFlag of England.svg  England
Residence Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England
Career
Turned professional2008
Current tour(s) European Tour
Former tour(s) Challenge Tour
PGA EuroPro Tour
Professional wins6
Number of wins by tour
European Tour1
Challenge Tour1
Other4
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2021
The Open Championship T53: 2021

Marcus Ashley Philip Armitage (born 15 July 1987) is an English professional golfer. He won the 2021 Porsche European Open on the European Tour.

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Professional career

Armitage turned professional in 2008. He played on the PGA EuroPro Tour in 2013, earning rookie of the year honours. [2] He also won on tour as part of fourteen total victories for the year. [3] [4] Over the 2014 season, Armitage reworked his swing. [4] Armitage won twice on the 2015 PGA EuroPro Tour, finished fourth in the money list, and earned his tour card for the 2016 Challenge Tour. [5]

Armitage won the 2016 Foshan Open on the Challenge Tour. He was also a runner-up in the Volopa Irish Challenge and finished 11th in the Order of Merit to earn his tour card for the 2017 European Tour. [6]

Armitage had a disappointing season in 2017 and lost his card on the main tour. He made a useful start of the 2018 Challenge Tour season with a runner-up finish in the Belt & Road Colorful Yunnan Open. He had two moderate seasons on the Challenge Tour, finishing 50th in the 2018 Order of Merit and 85th in 2019. However he earned a return to the European Tour with a good performance in the European Tour Q School. In January 2020, he recorded his best finish on the European Tour at the time, when he was third in the South African Open.

In June 2021, Armitage claimed his first victory on the European Tour at the Porsche European Open. He shot a final-round 65 to win by two shots. [7]

Professional wins (6)

European Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
17 Jun 2021 Porsche European Open −8 (72-71-65=208)*2 strokes Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Thomas Detry, Flag of Italy.svg Edoardo Molinari,
Flag of England.svg Matthew Southgate, Flag of the Netherlands.svg Darius van Driel

*Note: The 2021 Porsche European Open was shortened to 54 holes due to COVID-19 travel restrictions in Germany.

Challenge Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
123 Oct 2016 Foshan Open −19 (69-68-65-67=269)1 stroke Flag of Germany.svg Alexander Knappe, Flag of France.svg Matthieu Pavon

PGA EuroPro Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner-up
126 Jul 2013 Kingspan Concra Wood Open−8 (73-67-68=208)2 strokes Flag of Scotland.svg Paul Doherty
219 Jun 2015 Grenke Championship−10 (68-69-66=203)1 stroke Flag of England.svg Steve Surry
321 Aug 2015Tree of Life Championship−11 (67-67-68=202)2 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Brian Casey

Jamega Pro Golf Tour wins (1)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runners-up
116 Apr 2019Oxford Golf Club−8 (67-65=132)3 strokes Flag of England.svg Jamie Abbott, Flag of England.svg Nathan Kimsey,
Flag of England.svg Christopher Lloyd

Results in major championships

Results not in chronological order before 2019 and in 2020.

Tournament20182019202020212022
Masters Tournament
PGA Championship
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship CUTNTT53T74
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied
NT = No tournament due to COVID-19 pandemic

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References

  1. ↑ Powers, Christopher (5 February 2020). "Marcus Armitage, AKA "The Bullet", petting his new golf clubs is the funniest video you'll see today". Golf Digest. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  2. ↑ "Marcus Armitage wins EuroPro Tour Rookie of the Year". Northern Golfer. 13 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  3. ↑ Whitwam, Linda (3 August 2013). "Skelmanthorpe golfer Marcus Armitage wins PGA EuroPro Tour Kingspan Concra Wood Open in Ireland". Huddersfield Examiner. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Westby, Nick (6 August 2014). "Golf: Weighting game tees Armitage up for Tour". Yorkshire Evening Post. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Meet the Satellite Tour graduates". GolfSwinger. 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Rupied, Emmanuel (23 October 2016). "Foshan Open : Armitage titré, Pavon échoue à un coup" [Foshan Open: Armitage titled, Pavon fails by one shot]. L'Équipe (in French). Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  7. ↑ "Armitage surges to first title in Hamburg". European Tour. 7 June 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
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